DRIVING DANGEROUS
• A 26-year-old Rochester man was arrested for driving drunk after getting his truck stuck on railroad tracks in Centralia overnight. Justin D. McNeal was contacted about 3 a.m. near East Main Street and Railroad Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
• A 30-year-old Kelso driver was arrested after an officer stopped him for traveling the wrong direction on a one-way street about 2:20 a.m. this morning in Centralia. Daniel K. Stoneking was booked into the Lewis County Jail for driving under the influence of alcohol after he was contacted on South Tower Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• Centralia police assisting officers with the state Department of Corrections visited a residence on the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue about 10:30 a.m. yesterday and arrested three people for outstanding warrants, one of which was allegedly in possession of methamphetamine. Booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of meth was Steve Ingle Jr., 32, as well as Janice M. Lester, 50, and Nicodya A. Maddux, 24, all Centralia residents, according to police.
• A 43-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of cocaine after police and DOC officers visited a residence on the 2500 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia yesterday, according to police. Sergio Castro-Gutierrez was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE
• Chehalis police arrested a 31-year-old Vancouver, Wash. man yesterday following an investigation in which an 8-year-old girl recently reported sexual abuse by a relative occurring four years ago. Sgt. Brian Hickey said the alleged incident happened while he was watching her. Police traveled to Vancouver to arrest Joshua R. Wittler for first-degree rape of a child, according to Hickey. Wittler was interviewed and denied it, Hickey said. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter