CANDY ASSAULT
• A 28-year-old Centralia man was arrested overnight for allegedly stealing a candy bar from a local business and then throwing it at the clerk when he was confronted. An officer called just after 2 a.m. to the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia booked Matt Eastman into the Lewis County Jail for misdemeanor theft and misdemeanor assault, according to the Centralia Police Department.
WORSE ASSAULT
• Chehalis police were called to a home on Southwest Mills Avenue about 8:30 a.m. yesterday where a 32-year-old man allegedly choked his girlfriend. He was arrested for second-degree assault but not booked into jail because he had to be taken to the hospital for an apparent overdose of pills, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
ANOTHER ASSAULT
• Chehalis police were called about 7:30 p.m. yesterday to Green Hill School where a pair of teenagers had gotten into a fight and one of them hit a staff member who separated them. The case involving a 16-year-old at the state juvenile detention facility will be referred to prosecutors for a charge of custodial assault, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
BIG FOOT BREAK-IN
• A deputy called last night to a burglary of a large shop building on the 200 block of state Route 506 in Toledo found a door open on the south side of the building and a roughly size 12 boot print on the door. The victim, a 66-year-old Toutle man, said that just before 9 p.m. he heard an alarm, saw a light on in the shop, shined his light that way and called 911, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Missing were a table-chop saw, an air wrench and an extension cord, according to the sheriff’s office.
ANOTHER TOOL THEFT
• About $1,400 worth of tools were discovered stolen when a Mossyrock man returned home at about 1 p.m. yesterday after being away only an hour and a half, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called to the residence on the 100 block of Vista Drive was told the resident left some tools just inside the front door and two batteries charging on the deck. Among the missing items are a power drill, an impact wrench and a bucket of other tools, according to the sheriff’s office.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter