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CAR LOST AND FOUND

• A Honda Accord stolen last night when it was left running and unattended for about three minutes in front of an apartment building on the 300 block of Southwest Third Street in Chehalis turned up this morning a front yard on Kennicott Road. Details about its condition were not readily available.

ATTEMPTED BURGLARY CENTRALIA

• Centralia police responded to an attempted break-in to an espresso stand on the 2300 block of North Pearl Street at about 10 a.m. yesterday. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

TWO TRUCKS, TOOLS STOLEN FROM SCHOOL DISTRICT

• Police have found one of the two Toledo School District vehicles stolen last week but continue to look for a maroon 1994 Ford truck with an extended cab, according to the Toledo Police Department. It has the school district’s name on its side in black lettering, according to Chief John Brockmueller. An officer took a report last Tuesday of a break-in to the district’s shop behind the middle school and found a large assortment of tools were stolen as well, according to Brockmueller. Someone used some kind of tool to force open a roll up door, according to the chief. The 1980s Chevrolet half-ton truck was discovered about 5 p.m. that day at the end of Salmon Creek Road, but the list of missing power and hand tools is large, according to Brockmueller.

SHOPLIFTED SPIRITS

• Chehalis police were called to the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard just after 8 p.m. yesterday when a male in his late 20s reportedly hid two bottles of Brandy beneath his coat at Safeway and left, apparently running up the hill, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The loss is $34, according to police.

BURGLARY MINERAL

• A deputy was called yesterday afternoon about a break-in to a vacation home at the 200 block of Mineral Hill Road in Mineral. Sometime between Dec. 27 and yesterday, someone broke a window, went inside and left with a remote door opener, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

BURGLARY SALKUM

• A 65-year-old woman called the sheriff’s office on Saturday to report that someone pried open her front door at the 2800 block of U.S. Highway 12 and stole a Wii game system and accessories, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It occurred sometime between Christmas and Jan. 19, according to the sheriff’s office.

THEFT MORTON

• Morton police are investigating the theft of an unspecified amount of cash from an apartment on the 300 block of First Street. The money was reported missing last Tuesday evening, according to police.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Someone broke into a Ford Explorer parked on the 200 block of Southwest Alfred Street in Chehalis sometime between 8 p.m. on Thursday and 5:30 a.m. on Friday, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Among the missing items were a satellite radio receiver and tools, according to police.

• A 21-year-old Centralia man was arrested on Friday in connection with a vehicle prowl that occurred on Jan. 20 at the 800 block of State Street in Centralia, Among the missing items were a rearview view, a radar detector and a CD stereo,  according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. James L. Mead was arrested for second-degree vehicle prowl and the rear view mirror was recovered, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called yesterday morning about new graffiti on two buildings at the 600 block of North Tower Avenue.

WRECKS

• A 21-year-old Winlock woman sustained minor injuries when a car ran off the 300 block of Haywire Road near Napavine and struck a tree at about 12:45 p.m. yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Others in the 2012 Chevrolet Sonic, including a pair of 2-year-olds, were uninjured but the car was totaled, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. A deputy responding about 12:45 p.m. cited the driver, a 22-year-old Napavine man, for speeding, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A 21-year-old Ethel driver suffered only minor scratches when he reportedly collided with a fence and grazed a power pole on Saturday night at the 400 block of Leonard Road  totaling his Ford pickup truck. A deputy responding about 10 p.m. arrested Abraham H. Snodgrass for driving under the influence, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A 26-year-old man from Spanaway called the sheriff’s office about 4:45 a.m. on Saturday to report he was a passenger in a car that crashed into the trees off the 200 block of Skate Creek Road South in Packwood. The 2008 Volkswagen Rabbit sustained major damage and the caller told a deputy he did not know who the driver was, but nobody was injured, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. When a deputy arrived about 7:30 a.m., the driver had left, according to the sheriff’s office.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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