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POLICE: TWO ARRESTED AFTER BEATING TEEN FOR $25 CASH
• A 16-year-old boy ended up with a broken jaw when he was mugged overnight in Centralia. Officers responding about 12:30 a.m. to the area near West Cherry and South Pearl streets report two males were located a short distance away and arrested for first-degree robbery. They stole $25 from the teen, who was alone walking to the store, according to police. The boy was taken by ambulance to Providence Centralia Hospital. He is from east of the mountains and was in Centralia visiting, according to police. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Tyler R. Stelzner, 18, and Pedro S. Beltran-Palomares, 21, both of Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.
BURGLARY VICTIM FIGHTS OFF INTRUDER WITH BOX CUTTER
• Centralia police are looking for a subject after an incident at the 1200 block of Alder Street last night in which an unknown male entered a residence and demanded pain medication. The victim, a 63-year-old man, fought back, chasing the intruder away with a utility knife, according to the Centralia Police Department. The male, who fled on foot, was described as weighing as much as 240 pounds and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, according to police. The call to 911 came just before 11 p.m. Further details were not readily available.
CENTRALIAN FINDS STRANGER SLEEPING IN HOME
• Police arrested a 31-year-old Centralia man yesterday morning after he was found sleeping on the couch of someone who didn’t know him at the 1900 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. It’s not clear how Daniel Lopez-Cuevas got inside the home, according to the Centralia Police Department. Lopez-Cuevas was arrested for criminal trespass and then released, according to police.
VANDALISM
• Police were called about 9:15 a.m. yesterday to the 1900 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia where someone had thrown a folding outdoor table through the window of a garage.
STATE PATROL CAR STRUCK IN CHEHALIS
• A state trooper was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital yesterday after his vehicle was struck on the shoulder of Interstate 5 in Chehalis. The trooper was treated for neck and back pain and has been released, according to a spokesperson for the Washington State Patrol. The incident around 10:45 a.m. at southbound Interstate 5 near the Chamber of Commerce Way interchange involved three vehicles, Trooper Will Finn said. Further details were not readily available.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, disorderly conduct, misdemeanor assault, calls for shoplifting, suspected theft by family members, missing bicycle … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter