Updated at 12:56 p.m.
MOVIE HEIST
• A deputy was called about 7:30 p.m. yesterday to an Onalaska-area home where someone broke in and stole 1,000 DVD movies, two large screen televisions and a Playstation. The 30-year-old victim at the 300 block of Burnt Ridge Road said it occurred sometime since Friday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The burglar got inside through an unlocked window, according to the sheriff’s office.
MOTORCYCLE MISSING
• Chehalis police took a report yesterday afternoon regarding a black dirt bike stolen from outside an apartment on the 600 block of Southeast Dobson Court. The Kawasaki 125 was taken sometime between midnight and 8 a.m., according to police.
PHONEY BILLS TO PAY COURT FINE
• An officer was called to Centralia Municipal Court yesterday afternoon after the discovery an individual had paid his fine using two fake $20 bills. The person, who may or may not have known the money was counterfeit, is being sought, according to the Centralia Police Department. The bills had the same serial number, according to police.
THEFT
• Centralia police took a report yesterday afternoon from the 1000 block of Eckerson Road regarding a burglary that occurred a week earlier. Further details were not readily available.
SUSPECTED VEHICLE PROWLER ARRESTED
• A 14-year-old Chehalis boy was arrested last night after a woman spotted three males trying to get into parked cars along Southeast Washington Avenue in Chehalis. She saw one boy manage to get inside one vehicle and rummage around just before 9 p.m., according to police. An officer tracked them down and booked the teen into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for vehicle prowl, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said.
DISPUTE LEADS TO ARREST
• A 21-year-old man was arrested on Friday night after he allegedly forced his girlfriend up the stairs to their apartment at the 200 block of Main Avenue in Morton. Witnesses said she was yelling for help, according to police. Aaron J. Jacobs was arrested for unlawful imprisonment and booked into the Lewis County Jail but was released yesterday without charges pending further investigation.
VANDALISM
• Chehalis police were called yesterday afternoon to a report of graffiti spray painted on a large portion of one wall of the restroom at Penny Playground on Southwest 13th Street.
NOT IN THE LOST AND FOUND
• A baggie containing a crystal substance found near the front door of a business on the 400 block of Second Street in Morton last week was turned over to police and logged into their property room. The material tested positive for methamphetamine, the Morton Police Department reported yesterday.
WRECK
• A 24-year-old Aberdeen woman was hospitalized after a two-vehicle wreck on state Route 508 about four miles west of Onalaska late yesterday afternoon. Both vehicles were totaled, according to the Washington State Patrol. Troopers called about 5:20 p.m. said Toni R. Emery was traveling eastbound in a Nissan Stanza when her car crossed the centerline striking the driver’s side of a Honda Odyssey driven by Iris J. Chung, 44, of Chehalis. The Nissan ended up on its top after hitting one ditch and the Odyssey ran through the ditch on the opposite side of the road, according to the state patrol. Emery was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, the patrol reported.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as shoplifting, domestic misdemeanor assault, minor collision, suspicious circumstances, loud children, a 17-year-old runaway from Centralia located in Sacramento, Calif. … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
That may be true but it seems like their hands are tied a bit, having to deal eith people calling them for things like graffiti in the bathroom and the neighbors lawn not being mowed. I just don’t see that kind of stuff being investigated in other counties.
& that message goes straight to Centralia cops haha think they actually see crime in this little play ground call Centralia
Lewis county us such a damn Joke. Specially the cops, they think there all that n never got anything to do but drive arround busting people for stupid little reasons.
That either takes some serious cajones or serious brain damage to try and pawn off counterfeit money to the court. Color me impressed!