SHERIFF: TOLEDO MAN JAILED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT
• A 45-year-old Toledo man was arrested yesterday for attempted rape; he allegedly ripped off the clothes of a female friend who was napping on his couch and punched her in the face as she struggled to get away from him. Deputies contacted yesterday afternoon by the 25-year-old woman were told the attack occurred the day before at his home on the 1400 block of state Route 505, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The woman said they had been hanging out drinking beer when she got sleepy and stretched out on his coach for a nap, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Brown said after the attack, she was able to get away from him, but before she left and walked home, he threatened to kill her. Ronald Satterlee was arrested at his home and booked him into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
BURGLARY
• Centralia police were called about 7:15 a.m. today regarding a burglary to a store at the Fairway Shopping Center on the 1700 block of South Gold Street. Details on exactly what was stolen isn’t yet available. Officers are investigating.
• A Chehalis woman called police just before 8 p.m. yesterday when she discovered someone had gotten into her home and stolen a laptop computer while her step-daughter was home sleeping. The home, on the 300 block of Southwest Pacific Avenue had not been locked, according to police. The missing computer is a Gateway brand, Officer Linda Bailey said.
• Several chainsaws and two leaf blowers were stolen in a break-in to the Chehalis parks department maintenance shop, according to a report made to police on Wednesday morning. Police later discovered some of the stolen property when they went to a home on the 500 block of Southwest William Street to arrest a 35-year-old man for a warrant, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The case is under investigation.
THEFT
• Centralia police were called about 11:40 a.m. yesterday to the 1500 block of South Gold Street about theft of prescription medications. Police are following up on a lead with suspect information, according to the Centralia Police Department.
HIGH SCHOOLS AND POLICE
• Police responded to Centralia High School about 1:45 p.m. yesterday when three students showed up to school drunk. It’ not clear what followed, regarding girls who are ages 14, 15 and 16, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called to W.F. West High School about 1:30 p.m. yesterday regarding information a group of students had been smoking marijuana during lunchtime. They were contacted and searched and found was some green vegetable material, a pipe and a pen made into a pipe, according to the Chehalis Police Department. One of them, a 14-year-old boy, was sent home with his father and police will be recommending possible charges to the prosecutor, according to Officer Linda Bailey. It’s not clear if any other students are in trouble, according to Bailey.
HARASSMENT
• Police were contacted on Wednesday by a bail bond company on Northwest Chehalis Avenue about an individual who allegedly walked by and pointed a pellet pistol at an employee. Officer Linda Bailey said the complainant was given information about seeking an anti-harassment order.
MAN PINNED BY LOOSE TRAILER
• A 70-year-old man was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital yesterday after he got pinned between his dump trailer and pickup truck at the Lewis County Transfer Station on the 1400 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia. Firefighters called just after 11:30 p.m. found that workers and bystanders had gotten the man free but he had injuries to his leg and pelvis, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Responders were told the trailer had slipped off its hitch, Capt. Scott Weinert said.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter