NO DRUGS IN COURT
• A 21-year-old woman was arrested when she arrived at Centralia Municipal Court yesterday morning and tried to pass through courtroom security with two syringes on her. They contained suspected heroin residue and Mariah L. Parker, of Toledo, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for a drug violation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
PRESCRIPTION MED MADNESS CONTINUES
• Centralia police took a report yesterday afternoon from the 400 block of North Diamond Street regarding the theft of prescription medication – hydrocodone – from a purse.
• Centralia police a reinvestigating the theft of a prescription pad from the 1800 block of Cooks Hill Road. The incident was reported about 11 a.m. yesterday, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A Chehalis police officer was called to Wal-Mart yesterday afternoon about a forged prescription.
FLASHLIGHTS IN BARN DRAW DEPUTIES
• A deputy called about 3 a.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Swigert Road in Mossyrock – when a man saw flashlights around his barn and heard the sound of a vehicle – found a pickup stuck in the mud and two trespassers, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The men, Jeffrey A. Bennett of Olympia and Jauquin D. Sinclair of Lacey, both 32 years old, were booked onto the Lewis County Jail. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said there was no information about why the men were on the property.
SHERIFF’S OFFICE: MAN BITES WOMAN
• A 23-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday evening after he allegedly bit his girlfriend in the stomach and whacked her on the side of the head splitting her ear lobe. Responding deputies at about 6:25 p.m. found a suspect vehicle parked at North Pearl Street near Zenkner Valley Road, but the subject fled on foot into the woods, initiating a dog track, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect subsequently was found back in his driveway on Northridge Drive and ran once again before he was taken in to custody, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Michael A. Hammett, 23, of Centralia, was arrested and booked for fourth-degree assault domestic violence and resisting arrest, according to Brown.
VEHICLE THEFT
• Morton police were called to the 600 block of Temple Avenue about 8:40 a.m. on Sunday about a stolen vehicle. It was found a short distance away but unspecified items were missing, according to the Morton Police Department.
CAR PROWL
• Police took a report of a vehicle prowl yesterday afternoon at the 500 block of South Tower Avenue.
• Chehalis police were called to Southwest Snively Avenue yesterday morning about a vehicle prowl that occurred overnight.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Wow, the level of intelligence people in Lewis County have is really low. Gee, I wonder if it even registers on an intelligence test. You would think people in Napavine and Centralia would have better things to do than do drugs and make love to their brother’s and sister-cousins, and you’d be right, they’re also smuggling drugs into criminal court buildings!!!! Score one for the Knuckle Draggers.
J.Z. says:
Friday, November 23, 2012 at 11:36 am
“To those of us not in that world, junkies and tweakers are all the same. Sorry if, once in awhile, we mistake one drug-using loser for another.”
It’s understandable that you would have such an opinion if you were led to believe that drugs caused a loved-to suffer unnecessarily. But sometimes, a person’s behavior can also be caused by trauma. I was diagnosed as a schizophrenic for believing that I was separated at birth from a twin, just because someone said it was not true and that my intuition was ‘mental illness’. I no longer believe I’m mentally ill, although I still don’t know who my real mother is/was.
And Brian, everything but your name on here is phony. Your stance against meth, your attitude towards work, your tough-guy attitude, and your patriotism are just FAKE FAKE FAKE. As in NOT REAL.
And finally, Addiction is a Disease, thank you for your level-headed approach to the issue of addiction. I wish there were more people like you in the world. If I ever get the honor to meet you in person, I would gladly say, “Thank you.” You may never know how much your comment means to me.
I’ll have everyone who commented on this know that after this incident, I took it as a sign (had only relapsed 2 days prior after having a yr clean off heroin) and got clean. All by myself. I have done everything asked of me by the courts, and received a call a couple days ago from my lawyer letting me know the lab couldn’t test the syringes positive for heroin. Therefore, they have to drop charges. Now, if I had continued my use, I wouldn’t be so blessed. Karma was on my side this time. And it feels good. For some, there is hope, so ppl, remember that!
@Addiction Is A Disease…I realize you want to help people. That’s very laudable. But I’ve known several drug addicts, and they always used ‘It’s a disease’ as a shield. “It’s a disease, I can’t help it, stop judging me!” And all the while, using that battle cry as an excuse to not even try to get better.
I tried to have sympathy. I tried to offer support. But it’s hard to maintain sympathy for people who choose to do drugs while destroying the lives of all the good people around them. Parents, spouses, children, all led to emotional (and sometimes financial) ruin because they wanted to help this person. Not to mention putting their innocent families in harm’s way; maybe you’ve forgotten this, caring so much as you do for these poor widdle sick people, but the drug culture is one of theft and violence. If you feel sorry for, and want to help, someone who steals from their own family and threatens violence to those trying to stop them, you are an enabler, pure and simple.
Drug addicts…and especially drug dealers, users or not…LOVE people like you. As long as there are people out there trumpeting that we shouldn’t judge these addicts, we should coddle and support them, then they will never need to change.
No one forces people to do drugs. No one poured that first drink down an alcoholic’s throat. ‘Peer pressure’ is a cop-out, an excuse; we all have free will. Personal responibility is not a vauge, existential ideal, nor is it a social anachronism. Save your sympathy for the family, friends, and loved ones who are harmed by the addict’s selfish choices.
Soaper, get a life!
Identical Twin studies showed that identical twins, separated at birth and adopted by separate families have addiction rates that MATCH one another… no matter where they were raised.
So if you have an aunt, uncle or parent who was or is alcoholic, YOU have a FAR greater chance of having alcoholic/addict children… no matter WHAT you do. Why? Because it is mostly genetic!
So all your ability to make great choices won’t mean squat when you are watching your daughter sell her body with a needle in her arm and your neighbor telling you she deserves it.
You might think about that next time you run your mouth to your neighbors here online.
Brian… got a link? Can you prove it ISN”T a disease? OR is this just your opinion.
Want some scientific, double-blind studies? Try NIDA (part of the National Institute of Health):
http://www.drugabuse.gov/
Those who refuse to believe are going to continue doing what we are not doing now… with the exact same results. How are those working for you? Are you NOT affected by addiction? If you ARE affected, how about we change what is NOT working instead of persisting in punishing addicts because it makes US feel morally superior.
Of COURSE addiction hurts people… of COURSE we should set boundaries around our selves when dealing with them… NONE of that precludes the idea of actually researching something that works better than killing them or jailing them…
Learn here the mindset of an addict and then draw your own conclusions. (After you’ve read the article, scroll down past the advertisements and read the comments left by other survivors.)
http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2012/11/alec_bates_his_fight_to_break.html
http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2012/11/an_expert_speaks_you_lie_about.html#incart_mrt
Tweakers are junkies…. junkies are tweakers!
Drug use of any kind is not a disease, it’s a choice! Cancer and aids are diseases!! Stop making excuses for the people who know what they are smoking, shooting up or puttin in their bodies!!! Soaper, grow up and get your facts right!!!
The worst problem is overweight food addicts.
Food addiction takes an ENORMOUS toll on a person. The medical problems associated with obesity far outweigh drug abuse, which is small in comparison.
I don’t hate fat people, I just wish they would choose a positive lifestyle that doesn’t hurt people. These fat people walking around make it appear that being fat is acceptable. It’s not!!!
So before shoving another piece of cake into your addictive mouth, think about the children!!!
I have been helping a Meth Addict recover for almost a year now. let me tell you there are alot of up’s and down and relapses. I look back on my recovery and I remember the 13 year road I was on. Yes we can help out the community, it takes everyone doing their part. Laughing and calling people nammes and trying to place yourself in a catagory above the addicted helps no one! And don’t even get me going on Ciggerettes, there more addicting than Crack Cocaine. Ciggerettes have killed millions yet their still allowed in the Court House! Does the Government really have our best interest in mind? Or is it about the $?
DCE, I couldnt agree with you more. One of my parents (actually both, but one is worse than the other) has put me, my siblings, and family in a place where we really just don’t know what to do. My husband and I are struggling just to pay our bills and stay afloat in what is now our America. That aside I have my parent who I can’t stand to watch be sucked in more and more into her drug addiction and no way for me to help her. It angers me and I hate to see her so succumbed to her addiction, but really what can I do? there is no way that we could afford a treatment facility, but I cant sit idley by as her life slips farther and farther away for her. All that I can hope is that with the recent trouble that she got herself into the court will force her into drug court and to treatment. There has got to be something that can be done in our community. I bitch about the tweekers as much as anyone else and I really wish that perhaps I could get atleast one out of the lifestyle.
JZ…and not just because the American Medical Association has said so for over 50 years. It is a physical difference in the brain of those born with the genetic predisposition. Those with the tendency do NOTHING different than their peers… since 90 – 95 percent of their peers try drugs and alcohol, too, but do not get addicted.
no one tries harder than a drunk or a druggie to quit. No one. Isn’t it funny that instead of having compassion for them, we say just put the drink down like I did…. because if THAT worked, they wouldn’t be dying in droves.
Sad illness, horrible consequences, zero compassion. Nothing changes if nothing changes… how about a hue and cry to the medical field for some research into something that WORKS.
One in ten have the disease, and it runs in families. If it was cancer, we would have demonstrations about the loss of viable taxpayers to support our economy. Instead, we just blame the person born that way.
DCE…You hit the mark with the ‘at what cost?’ comment. Why should we, the law-abiding taxpayers, be made to foot the bill for people who chose the destructive path they’re on? Beacause again, they knew the consequences of their actions, and chose hedonistic escapism over facing their problems in a responsible, mature manner. These are not ‘displaced souls’, these are people who drag down everyone around them, including (and especially) those trying to help them.
J.Z we need real programs here in the community. Where are the halfway houses that can lend a hand to help Drug Addicts, Alcoholics and Prescription Pill Addicts? I’m sure there are programs but at what cost? Can the Common drug addict really get help in this community? I look around my Community and I see a dying America, out sourced jobs and no health care with Hyper Inflation going through the roof. The community should have a real program in place to get people the help they really need at no cost to them. This will never happen as long as we have a prison for profit scheme in place. Washingtons Prisons no longer have the programs they once had to better a displaced soul! The drug problem will never go away as long as drugs are illegal.
DCE…Right there is part of the problem. We classify drug addiction as a disease. While that is technically true…’disease’ simply means that something is wrong…in the mind of the average person, ‘disease’ means something that the sufferer contracted by chance, and didn’t deserve. I’ve had arthritis most of my life. I did nothing to contract arthritis, it’s just in my DNA somewhere. I’ve known many who died of cancer, who did nothing to come down with it. It just happened.
People with drug addictions chose to take drugs, knowing addiction was the inevitable result of their choice. And you have to understand the mindset of an addict…they are always looking for justifications. When they hear people say addiction is a disease, they think ‘See, it’s not my fault! I can’t help being a junkie!’ And that justifies, to them, their failure to get clean.
I have no sympathy for drug addicts. Sorry if that makes me sound all mean and harsh, but whenever you go even slightly soft on addicts, you’re enabling them, whether you know it or not.
The sad thing about drug addiction is that it is a disease of the mind. Where are the Programs that are in our community to help these so called Tweekers, Junkies an other names people call the less fortunate? I’m sure there are drug addiction programs in Lewis County but can the common Person with a Drug Addiction find the help they need , let alone afford the program. Lets face it, drug addiction has no boundaries rich or poor it can affect anyone. Name calling is not going to help a person in need of Help..
Bwahahahha>>>>>>So true junkies are not tweekers, they are usually too high or too busy looking for their next hit. The worst tweeker is one that does not get high or do drugs. Also, that drug user, heroin addict broad is an idiot. Who the hell doped up or not takes drugs, or drug parapha., into a Justice building, or law office or a jail. Some people are just idiots on Drugs or Not.
Yes, well if you are going to make comments about other peoples’ misfortunes whether they be from poor judgement or something beyond their control and call the person a “dumb broad” at least know the lingo.
That would be like somebody storming into the Air Force Headquarters and raising hell about the submarine that keeps scaring the fish away from their spot (in the ocean). Well hey….it’s the military right. Aren’t they all the same?
From now on it would be nice if you could refer to the drug user by their correct title. Thank You. ; )
ditto, J.Z.
To those of us not in that world, junkies and tweakers are all the same. Sorry if, once in awhile, we mistake one drug-using loser for another.
Don’t split hairs, Mariah! Dope is dope! Dummie? Are you in the 5th grade? Act like an adult and be civil!
@Brian… dude, junkies are not tweekers, that was heroin in those needles. But dumb is right!
Tweakers huh? Too bad it was heroin dummie.
• A 21-year-old woman was arrested when she arrived at Centralia Municipal Court yesterday morning and tried to pass through courtroom security with two syringes on her. They contained suspected heroin residue and Mariah L. Parker, of Toledo, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for a drug violation, according to the Centralia Police Department. What a dumb broad! Gotta love the tweekers!