BURGLARY AND THEFT
• Centralia police were called about 6:50 p.m. yesterday to take a report that someone stole a safe and a computer from a residence on the 600 block of South King Street.
• Chehalis police were called about 4:30 p.m. yesterday regarding a burglary at an apartment on the 500 block of Northeast Jefferson Avenue. The resident arrived home to discover the door partway open and its lock broken, according to police. Missing were cigarettes, a piece of jewelry and pain medication, detective Sgt. Gary WIlson said.
• Police took a report from the 900 block of Goff Street in Centralia about 4:10 p.m. yesterday that someone stole jewelry, coin “banks” and other items from a home.
• A deputy was called yesterday to a break-in to a large shop building at the back of property on the 900 block of Ceres Hill Road west of Chehalis. The victim said among the missing items were a propane tank and torch, a ladder and numerous car parts to include one bumper and 15 automobile hoods, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• A woman who left her purse in a shopping cart when she went to load her groceries in her car at Safeway in Centralia returned to the cart to find the purse gone, according to a report made to police about 5:15 p.m. yesterday.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police took reports yesterday of gang-type graffiti spray painted on a shop and traffic sign a the 2200 block of North Tower Avenue. More graffiti was reported later in the day to a fence on the 1700 block of Hillview Road, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for trespassing, driving with a suspended license, violation of no contact order; responses for shoplifting, minor collision, suspicious people, suicide attempt … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter