Courtesy photo by Jessica Burd
VW TARGETED BY FIREWORKS
• Firefighters were called about 12:15 a.m. today to a report of a car on fire which was parked near the intersection of South Tower Avenue and East Main Street in Centralia. The damage to the 1971 Volkswagen station wagon was limited, because patrons at the Hub Tavern had sprayed it with a fire extinguisher, however police were called as it turned out someone had dropped a lit firework through the open sunroof, according to Riverside Fire Authority. It was found sitting on the seat, Fire Capt. Tim Adolphsen said. The Centralia Police Department said this morning they have no suspects. The car belongs to a 36-year-old Centralia man, according to police.
UNRULY ASSAULT SUSPECT
• Chehalis police called about 11 p.m. yesterday about a man chasing a woman around the Wal-Mart parking lot on the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue subsequently located a 30-year-old individual from Melba, Idaho and cited him for fourth-degree domestic assault. Chehalis detective Sgt. Gary WIlson said Allan M. Carroll was intoxicated and belligerent and threatened to “do bad things” to the arresting officer when he got out of jail so he was booked for intimidating a public servant.
BURGLARY AND THEFT
• A deputy called to the 2900 block of Jackson Highway south of Chehalis about 1:30 p.m. yesterday found two residences which had been broken into. Someone rummaged through several rooms at one home and next door, stole an Xbox and an iPad, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• Centralia police were called about 8:20 p.m. yesterday to the 300 block of North Tower Avenue where the back door of a business had been forced open. Nobody got inside, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• An officer took a report of medication stolen from a residence at the 1400 block of Johnson Road in Centralia yesterday.
DRUGS
• Centralia police took a report yesterday from a 34-year-old Mossyrock man that his vehicle was stolen but concluded it really wasn’t and as he was taken into custody for making a false police report, suspected methamphetamine was found. The contact with an officer took place about 11:20 a.m. at the 1300 block of Lakeshore Drive, according to the Centralia Police Department. Booked into the Lewis County Jail was Christopher M. Jacobson.
VEHICLE PROWL
• A wallet was stolen from a vehicle at the 700 block of G Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 9:25 a.m. yesterday.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor domestic assaults, violation of a protection order, driving with suspended license; responses for alarms, disputes, suspicious circumstances, various other misdemeanor thefts, non-injury collisions, possible suicidal subject; complaint about a dirty pickup truck left parked in front of a business for three days … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter