DISPUTE
• A 46-year-old Centralia woman was arrested after she reportedly took a swing at a neighbor yesterday afternoon. Police called just before 2 p.m. to the 500 block of South Silver Street were told Patsy A. Bartlett was calling the young woman names and when the young woman made a comment to her companion, Bartlett ran up to her and tried to hit her, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officer Mike Lowrey said it sounds like they are not getting along. Bartlett was booked into the Lewis County Jail for fourth-degree (misdemeanor) assault, according to police.
THEFT
• Centralia police took a report just before 11 a.m. yesterday about kitchenware and fishing rods stolen from a house on the 1000 block of Long Road.
• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning about a wallet stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Southwest Fourth Street near Cascade Avenue.
• Centralia police took a report yesterday about mail-order medication that should have but didn’t show up in a mail box on the 700 block of North Washington Avenue in Centralia.
DISORDERLINESS
• Centralia police were called just before midnight to the 600 block of J Street where they were told a 23-year-old occupant used a chair to break out a bedroom window.
DRUGS
• A 30-year-old Centralia man was arrested for alleged drug dealing after he was stopped on his bicycle yesterday evening on Cooks Hill Road in Centralia, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The contact about 7:30 p.m. with Anthony B. Velazquez came from an ongoing investigation, according to detective Sgt. Gary Wilson. Police found in his possession a plastic baggie with about one-eighth of an ounce of suspected black tar heroin and another baggie with suspected methamphetamine, Wilson said. Velazquez was booked into the Lewis County Jail for conspiracy to deliver heroin and possession of meth, according to police.
MORE DISORDERLINESS
• Chehalis police were called about 11 p.m. yesterday by a woman on Southwest 20th Street who said there were three males outside dressed in black and wearing skeleton masks who were yelling, screaming and kicking at each other. Detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said he knew that a warning was given, but he didn’t have further details.
BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY
• “We call that a clue.” – Police Sgt. Gary Wilson about the cash falling out of the pockets of the suspected bank robber when he was pulled over yesterday on Interstate 5 near Kelso.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, misdemeanor assault; responses for minor collision, false alarms, disputes, stolen bicycle and other misdemeanor theft, suspicious activity, lost wallet; complaints of kids on the school roof … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter