THEFT FROM STORAGE CONTAINER
• An estimated $50,000 of goods described as flood prevention items were discovered missing from an outdoor storage container at K-Mart in Chehalis yesterday. Chehalis police said it’s not clear when the equipment was taken from the retailer on Louisiana Avenue.
MISSING MEDS
• Centralia police took a report yesterday afternoon of unspecified medication stolen from a vehicle in a grocery store parking lot while the man was shopping. Police noted they have no suspects from the approximately 4 p.m. car prowl on the 500 block of South Tower Avenue.
• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning from Southwest Lewis Street about the theft of prescription medication.
SMASH AND STEAL
• The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office today reported somebody smashed a car window and stole a purse with its wallet, bank book, credit cards and cell phone. The report about the incident on the 6100 block of Churchill Road Southeast outside of Tenino was made online to the sheriff’s office on Saturday.
EXPENSIVE GARDEN TOOL TAKEN
• When a 71-year-old Maytown area woman went out to do yard work over the weekend, her Craftsman high-wheeled trimmer was missing, the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office reported today. The value was $350. Also taken from her shed on the 2000 block of Beaver Creek Road were full five-gallon and three-gallon gas cans, the sheriff’s office said.
MARIJUANA
• James Dickason, 45, of Centralia, was arrested after a small jar of suspected marijuana was found in his pocket when he was stopped by a Chehalis police officer early this morning. He was cited and then released for possession of the misdemeanor amount of the drug, according to police.
CAT CARRIED OFF BY WILDLIFE
• Chehalis police were called just before 2 p.m. yesterday to a report a raccoon stole a kitten and took off with it from Northwest Shoreline Drive. Further details about the incident were unavailable today from police, as a report was made electronically and the computer system used countywide was “down” for maintenance, according to Chehalis Police Department detective Sgt. Rick McNamara.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter