THEFT
• A 47-year-old Wal-Mart employee was arrested last night for first-degree theft, for allegedly stealing iPods at her workplace. It was an internal investigation with suspected losses of about $3,000 in merchandise, Chehalis Police Department detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said. Theresa L. Carter, 47, of Salkum, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to Wilson.
• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning by a Shelton resident who said they found their stolen boat offered on Craigslist, for sale in Chehalis. Officers are waiting for further information to determine if it the same boat and if it is actually in Chehalis, according to police.
• Chehalis police were called about 4:40 p.m. to Wal-Mart for an individual who allegedly stole a Sonicare-type toothbrush and exchanged it for a gift card. Officers chased down a 23-year-old man and discovered he had an outstanding warrant, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Fernando Aguilar, a homeless person from the Centralia area, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to detective Sgt. Gary WIlson. The toothbrush incident will be passed along to prosecutors for a possible charge of second-degree theft, Wilson said.
FIGHT
• Chehalis police were called last night to Green Hill school to take a report about multiple assaults between inmates. Further details are not readily available.
DRUGS
• A 27-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of heroin after his warrant arrest about 1:50 p.m. yesterday at West Cherry and South Pearl streets in Centralia. An officer saw a couple walking, knew the woman had an outstanding warrant, stopped and found David J. Lyon had a warrant as well, according to police. Lyon had a trace amount of suspected heroin on his person, Sgt. Kurt Reichert said. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. Samantha H. Jackson, 21, also of Centralia, was booked for her warrant, according to police.
VANDALISM
• Police took a report about 11 a.m. yesterday from the 1300 block of Eckerson Road in Centralia that someone shot at a window with what appeared to have been a BB gun.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants; responses for family disturbance, suspicious circumstances; complaints of someone sleeping in an apartment complexes common area, loose dog chasing cars, vagrants walking between retail stores … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
I’m surprised to see the response to my actions, you all make very valid points. The deal is though, I made my own choices and all centralia PD did was their job. Yes we have had a few run ins and they have learned that I usually carry drugs on me and I usually have outstanding warrants. Did they have probable cause to stop me? Yes. I am proud to say i am clean today because of officer Withrow being a “meanie” and holding me accountable, because I never would have left heroin alone on my own. Thanks everyone and God Bless. Centralia PD, keep up the good work lol
Man up and take ownership! Don’t make excuses for bad behavior! We all screw up in life but “owning” up is the way to go!
1GR, it appears you have a really good point there!
Had a warrant and drugs… Yeah, why are the meany cops picking on him?!?!
DCE, the problem is that somewhere along the line he wasn’t being honest, which is why he had an outstanding warrant. First, he did a no-no to get the warrant, then he let it slide into “outstanding” status. Now I have heard of people that didn’t know that they even had a warrant, and that in itself is another problem. But by golly, even if you make the wrong choices it’s never too late to make it right! The police were aware that he was a naughty person, and took advantage of it. So “keeping honest people honest” just doesn’t seem to work in this case, at least not for me. Kinda like when someone takes the Alford Plea, or no-contest. Man up and accept that every action has a re-action, and if that means clearing up your outstanding warrants, then get ‘er dun.
So can you tell us what IS the rate of recidivism among those who go through drug court?
Guiltybystander – nothing works 100%, and “locking them up” works almost not at all and IT ISN’T FREE. So, if Drug Court takes out 10% or 30% or eve 50% of the reoffenders… over time, it is a HUGE success, because every single person who gets sober and stays that way stop taking FROM the community and starts givning back by working and paying taxes.
Lock up takes them away (for a huge cost) and then returns them, often worse than when they left.
This is a small, small town… cops know MOST of the offenders, and you and I anyone else from here are likely related to some of them. Being familiar with an offender is not a very big deal here.
Looks like this David Kid needs to start packing a video Camera. It’s the only thing that keeps the Dirty Ones in Line…. It’s kind of like a lock on your door, it just keeps honest people honest…
Wasn’t the Drug Court pushed by Nelson Hunt and approved by the County Commissioners (complete with related tax increase) supposed to deal with the revolving door for drug offenders at the county jail? If they’re still seeing the same people coming through time and again in lockup, what are our tax dollars being used for? So far, it looks like a jobs program for people in the health/mental care industry.
Disgusted, Dominoe and what now, so would You rather he walks away and keeps doing the heroine until he does an overdose or sells some to someone that will, understand My friends, this isnt, legal marijuana, this shyt kills, meth kills too, but it takes longer, no I think David needs his pants pulled down and he needs his ass spanked until he cant sit for a week, cops cant do that its “Unconstitutional” if they could it would probably save his life, so keep enabeling him, when he does OD You can cry at his funeral, me, I would rather be an asshole to him and save his life….It worked for My Brother
Maybe he’s not a “bad kid”, but maybe arresting him enough and spending enough time in jail off streets is what some need in order for them to be clean long enough to get out of that vicious cycle of drug abuse. I’m sick of seeing the same addicts in here repeatedly! Pathetic. Can’t anyone see the system is broken?? Maybe we need to figure out a way to help rather than just keep racking up court fees and fines and judges time and money that we all know the perpetrator can never pay anyway!! Your either part of the problem, or part of the solution! Period!! Ok….done ranting. Sorry. 🙂
I happen to know David and he’s not a bad kid. Bad choices perhaps, but not a bad person. Since they’ve had prior contact with him, the police are going to look for absolutely anything they can dredge up in order to screw with him. Obviously, they have nothing better to do with their time.
Welcome to Lewis County whatnow
Because the outstanding warrant wasn’t enough, they had to arrest him for “…a trace amount of suspected heroin on his person”. Wow, grasping at straws? Yes, I will be quite thankful if the police took a deadly person off the streets, but if he was just a minor thug druggie?? Doesn’t any dollar bill have a “trace amount” of drugs on it? I don’t like druggies either, but it seems like the police just wanted to hit with with anything they could make up.