ATTEMPTED JEWELRY THEFT NEAR COLLEGE
• Police were contacted about 7:15 p.m. yesterday by a female Centralia College student who said she was attacked by a stranger who tried to steal her necklace. It happened at the 600 block of Centralia College Boulevard, according to police. The victim said she was able to fend off the male and get in her car and lock the doors, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police are investigating.
DRUGS
• A 32-year-old who allegedly gave some marijuana to an espresso stand employee was arrested yesterday morning for delivery of marijuana. Police were called to the 400 block of South Tower Avenue about a man exhibiting strange behavior – he had a shovel and was trying to remove water from the espresso stand parking lot while it was raining, according to Sgt. Stacy Denham. He was warned about his behavior and later when police were told he had given away some marijuana the day before, he was arrested, Denham said. The person who got the marijuana was under 21, but either way it was not legal, Denham said. Carey R. Cosgrove, a Centralia resident, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• Police called around 11:45 p.m. yesterday about a disorderly subject at the shelter on the 400 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia ended up arresting a 21-year-old man for possession of the synthetic marijuana known as Spice. Jacob M. Mielitz, a Centralia resident, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
MORE DRUGS
• A 40-year-old Centralia man was arrested about 8:45 a.m. yesterday for possession of methamphetamine and a warrant. Michael A. Kauer was booked into the Lewis County Jail after contact with an officer on the 600 block of Harrison Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.
THEFT
• A vacuum cleaner, a mirror and a blue bicycle were stolen from a home on the 2000 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia as the residents were moving out, according to a report made to police late yesterday evening.
VEHICLE PROWL
• An officer as called just after noon yesterday about a ca prowl on the 600 block of South Diamond Street. Someone rummaged through a van but didn’t take anything of value, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police were called twice to tires slashings yesterday, first at the 300 block of West Pine Street and later at the 600 block of South Diamond Street.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter