Updated at 1:18 p.m.
BIG BURGLARY
• Numerous weapons, ammunition, a safe and a bank bag containing $1,000 were among the valuables stolen in a burglary at the 700 block of Chandler Road west of Chehalis, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called last night learned the thefts occurred sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 11 p.m., according to the sheriff’s office. The loss is more than $4,500, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
TRACTOR TAKEN
• A 78-year-old Centralia man returned home after being out of the country to discover his 20-year-old Kubota tractor was missing. A deputy called yesterday morning to the 2700 block of Harrison Avenue was told the loss is about $10,000, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
MOPED MISSING
• A Yamaha moped valued at $1,000 was reported stolen from the 100 block of Union Avenue outside Centralia sometime between Feb. 24 and Sunday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
SCREAMING MAN TASED
• A 48-year-old Longview man who was found last night screaming, shaking his fist and walking around a vehicle on property at the 100 block of Sargent Road in Winlock was arrested for trespassing and resisting arrest. A deputy called about 10 p.m. ended up using a Taser to zap the subject who wouldn’t obey commands, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown didn’t say why Carl R. Brickey was there, but noted he appeared to be intoxicated or under the influence of drugs so was taken to the hospital to be checked out before the jail would book him.
TRYING TO SCRAP OUT ANTIQUE
• Two men were jailed yesterday evening after they were discovered allegedly trying to use a torch to cut up an antique iron lumber planer at the 100 block of Pine Tree Road east of Winlock. The 63-year-old property owner said he did not know the men, but the pair said they’d gotten permission from a neighbor across the street, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. David R. Shive, 52, of Chehalis and Troy M. Duryea, 44, of Ethel, were arrested and booked for trespassing and malicious mischief, according to the sheriff’s office.
DRUGS FOUND IN CONDEMNED RESIDENCE
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning they arrested a 34-year-old Centralia man on a dangerous weapon violation Friday after he was contacted parked outside a condemned home on the 300 block of M Street in Centralia and admitted he had brass knuckles with him and a pistol stashed under the steering wheel. The call was related to a child custody issue and when deputies looked in the home for the children in question, they found methamphetamine, pipes, pills and “other contraband,” according to the sheriff’s office. Eric C. Bolstad was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.
THEFT
• Morton police reported yesterday they are investigating a burglary to a business on the 100 block of Main Avenue that occurred sometime before the morning on March 4.
DRUGS
• A 33-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday afternoon near the Mellen Street freeway interchange for second-degree driving with a suspended license, possession of methamphetamine and possession of a dangerous weapon, according to the Centralia Police Department. Brian A. Lamb had a large knife with him, according to police. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
VEHICLE PROWL
• Centralia police took a report about 7 a.m. today of a car prowl on the 300 block of South Street in which someone entered an unlocked vehicle and stole its stereo.
• Centralia police were contacted about 12:30 p.m. yesterday by a woman at the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue who said her purse was taken from her vehicle while she was helping someone move.
WRECKS INTO TREES
• A deputy arriving about 6 a.m. yesterday to where a 1995 Ford Ranger had run off the road and into a stand of fir trees north of Toledo found no driver. It was west of Jackson Highway at Tucker Road, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• A 32-year-old Centralia woman was discovered on the verge of hypothermia and scratched up by brush when a deputy investigated an abandoned vehicle in a swampy wooded area off the 2100 block of Little Hanaford Road outside Centralia at about 1:35 a.m. on Saturday, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. A deputy found the engine to the 2006 GMC pickup was cold and after hearing branches breaking about 20 yards away, came upon the apparently intoxicated driver, according to the sheriff’s office. She was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital and a charge of driving under the influence is pending results of a blood draw, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The vehicle appeared to have been traveling eastbound when it crossed the road and entered the brush, according to Brown. It sustained major body damage, Brown said.
• An 18-year-old Winlock man escaped injury but totaled his 1987 Mercedes 300 when he took his eyes off the road and ran into a tree on Friday afternoon at the 700 block of South Military Road, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MACHINE?
• Lewis County Crime Stoppers is looking for tips on the whereabouts of an excavator hauled away from a Centralia-area work site last month. A witness saw an individual wearing an orange safety vest and a hard hat load the yellow 2007 Komatsu PC160LC-7KA onto a trailer at approximately 5 a.m. on Feb. 10 at the intersection of Kuper and Foron roads and then drive north on Harrison Avenue, according to Crime Stoppers. The piece of heavy equipment has a serial number of K41426 and is valued at more than $100,000. Crime Stoppers pays up to $1,000 for information leading to the clearance of crimes. Anonymous calls can be made to 1-800-748-6422.
Missing excavator. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Crime Stoppers
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter