STOLEN MODEL AIRPLANE, DUCT TAPE LEAD TO GUNSHOTS, CHASE
• A burglary north of Morton was apparently solved early yesterday when law enforcement officers caught up to a suspect vehicle that turned off state Route 7 onto a logging road but was blocked by fallen trees. The 47-year-old driver admitted he had run out of his shoes when fleeing the scene at the 1700 block of state Route 7 where the burglary victim said he fired warning shots into the air after catching acquaintances stealing items from his garage, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The shoes were found in the yard and damp footprints matching the tread were discovered inside the garage, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies and Morton police called just after 1 a.m. learned from the 58-year-old victim that after he fired shots, a car towing a utility trailer left the scene but he got in his vehicle and found the car on a nearby road. The man said when the female got out of the car he fired more warning shots and the pair fled again, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. Brown said a missing gas can was found in the suspect’s car. Found near where the car had briefly parked were other stolen goods – a model airplane, its controls and duct tape, Brown said. Booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary were Kimberly D. Annis, 44, and Timothy H. Thayer, 47, both of Seattle, according to the sheriff’s office. The two had different accounts of what had gone on, and denied being inside the man’s garage, Brown said.
MULTIPLE GUNS, OTHER GOODS TAKEN IN BURGLARY
• A 49-year-old Chehalis area man called 911 yesterday after returning home to discover a burglary in which five firearms and other valuable were stolen. A deputy called about 4:50 p.m. to the 100 block of Taylor Road south of Chehalis found a back door had been forced open. Among the items taken were clothing, DVDs, ammunition, a 12-gauge shotgun, a Marlin 357 rifle, a Ruger 22, a 9 mm semi-automatic Ruger and a Glock 9 mm, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened sometime since April 11, according to the sheriff’s office. The loss is estimated at more than $2,300.
SHOP BURGLARY
• Someone broke a window to get inside a shop building at the 400 block of Burchett Road in the Onalaska area, making off with a Honda 5 hp boat motor, a Stihl weed eater and a Husqvarna chain saw. A deputy called yesterday afternoon learned the break-in occurred sometime since March 31, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
DRUGS
• A 49-year-old Chehalis man was arrested for illegal possession of Oxycodone and for an outstanding warrant yesterday morning in centralia. Anthony W. Pyper was booked into the Lewis County Jail following contact with police about 11 a.m. at the 500 block of North Tower Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police are investigating the possibility of illegal possession of prescription drugs following contact with a 19-year-old Lakewood man about 12:30 a.m. at the 1200 block of Mellen Street. Saul Estaba-Perez, 19, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for driving with a suspended license, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CAR PROWL
• Centralia police are looking for a bald male on a BMX-style bicycle following a vehicle prowl yesterday evening at East Locust Street and South Tower Avenue. Officers called just before 7 p.m. found the subject had fled the area. He was wearing blue pants and a light green sweatshirt, police were told.
RACING TICKET
• An 18-year-old Centralia resident – Jordon J. Sansouci – was cited for racing and reckless driving following contact with police at the 2800 block of Russell Road in Centralia just after 11:30 p.m. yesterday.
MORE FAKE BILLS
• Chehalis police were called to Wal-Mart about 4:30 a.m. regarding a pair of counterfeit $20 bills received at the store. Officers will be looking at security video to follow up, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Someone slashed the tire of a vehicle at the 1400 block of Oxford Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 6 p.m. yesterday.
WRECK
• A 56-year-old Onalaska man and his female passenger were hospitalized with neck and back pain following a single-vehicle rollover collision yesterday afternoon at the 1400 block of little Hanaford Road outside Centralia. A deputy investigating the approximately 3:15 wreck concluded the 1996 Ford Explorer was traveling too fast on a wet road at a sharp curve when it left the roadway and landed in a ditch, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The vehicle was described as totaled.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for violation of a protection order, warrant; responses for shoplifting, dispute, out-of-control teenager, male staggering in the roadway … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter