BIG HAUL
• Someone broke into a home on the 100 block of Fircrest Road outside Chehalis while the resident were away over the weekend and made off with more than $10,000 worth of valuables including two guitars, a keyboard, a drum set, a mixer and cymbals, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called after the discovery yesterday evening learned the thief or thieves got inside by removing the handle on a sliding glass door, according to the sheriff’s office. Among the other items stolen were fishing and camping gear, a small safe, two snow boards, a knife set, a rifle scope, a bow and alcohol, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The victim had been the subject of a vehicle prowl recently in Lakewood, where documents containing his address were taken, according to Brown.
ANOTHER VICTIM AT PACKWOOD CENTER
• A deputy took a report yesterday from a woman who said her wallet was stolen from her purse on Sunday evening while at the Packwood Community Center on the 12,000 block of U.S. Highway 12, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
HOLIDAY MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
• Chehalis police were called to Northwest New York Avenue yesterday morning regarding outdoor Christmas lights which someone had broken.
• Two inflatable Santa Claus’s were apparently knifed at the 800 block of Northwest Hood Place in Chehalis over the weekend. An officer called on Saturday afternoon found they were punctured and torn and would no longer inflate, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
REGULAR MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
• A 25-year-old Centralia man was arrested about 8:25 p.m. last night for allegedly throwing a bottle at a vehicle during a dispute at the 1200 block of Mellen Street, according to the Centralia Police Department. Justin R. Smith was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
• Police were called just before 4 p.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of Long Road in Centralia to take a report someone had shot the window of a home with a pellet gun.
• The sheriff’s office took a report yesterday regarding mailboxes and posts being removed from the area around the 100 block of Tr-Mountain Lane southeast of Centralia, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office
WHAT’S THAT SMELL?
• Morton police responded to a complaint of the smell of marijuana about 10 a.m. on Saturday in the 100 block of Third Street. The caller was advised the source of the odor was legal if coming from a residence, according to the Morton Police Department. It couldn’t be determined where the smell came from, according to police.
• Chehalis City Hall was evacuated just before 11 a.m. yesterday after a fire broke out on a switch panel in the elevator room in the basement. Firefighters used a dry chemical fire extinguisher to smother the small bit of remaining fire after its source was discovered, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. The damage is estimated at $50,000.
OTHER
• Plus various other misdemeanor domestic violence assaults, warrant arrests, minor collisions and alarms, as usual.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter