Updated at 4:36 p.m.
AUTO THEFT
• Police were called just before 4:30 a.m. today to the 500 block of West Fourth Street in Centralia where a male told them that when he went back inside to get his coffee after starting his vehicle, someone drove away with it. Missing is a silver 1994 Toyota Camry, according to the Centralia Police Department. The car has a license plate reading 650 WBV, according to police.
BURGLARY
• Someone stole an Xbox from a residence on the 500 block of Hemlock Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police just before 8 p.m. yesterday.
BURGLARY ARREST
• Police arrested a 32-year-old Centralia man near his home yesterday for second-degree burglary in connection with a break-in to a commercial building at Prindle Street near Cascade Avenue in Chehalis that took place in January. Detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said someone had tried to steal a pickup truck parked inside as well as lots of tools, but got spooked by an alarm. The arrest came yesterday after police got results of DNA testing on evidence found at the scene, Wilson said. William B. Fleming was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
FIREWORKS ARREST
• Centralia police arrested a 29-year-old man about 6:20 a.m. today at Alder and Elm streets for discharge of illegal fireworks. Aaron A. Skidmore, of Chehalis, was released after an officer issued the citation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
KNIFE HIDDEN IN SLEEVE
• Centralia police arrested a 33-year-old Centralia man about 11 p.m. yesterday at the 1100 block of F Street for carrying a dangerous weapon. According to the Centralia Police Department, Jesse T. Anderson had a large knife concealed in the sleeve of his shirt. Anderson was then released after his contact with an officer. Further details were not readily available.
MAIL STOLEN
• Police took a report from the 2800 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia yesterday of mail stolen from a mailbox.
• A deputy was called to the 100 block of Edgewood Place near Mossyrock yesterday regarding the theft of outgoing mail. The resident found a sticky note from the mail carrier at about 3 p.m. noting the mailbox flag was up yet the box was empty, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. items which had been placed in the box after 9 a.m. contained checks and also credit card information, according to the sheriff’s office.
DRUGS
• Chehalis police were called about 12:20 p.m. yesterday to the portable building behind the Lewis County Juvenile Justice Center about a 16-year-old participant in a summer program there who allegedly was in possession of marijuana. An officer confiscated a small pill bottle containing green vegetable matter and will be referring the case for a possible charge, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
VANDALISM
• An officer was called regarding graffiti found on a garage door on the 700 block of F Street in Centralia yesterday.
SHERIFF’S OFFICE STILL INVESTIGATING THEFT OF FIREARMS
• Lewis County Crime Stoppers is looking for tips about two burglaries to the same north Centralia home last month, one of which occurred while the woman who lives there was sleeping. Sometime between 1:30 a.m. and 6:15 a.m. on June 14, someone got inside the residence on the 100 block of Wakefield Drive and ate some food and stole some medications, according to Crime Stoppers. Authorities believe the same person or persons returned sometime during the following two days and left with two pistols – 22 caliber Ruger and 22 caliber Taurus – a Dell laptop computer and a diamond ring. The loss is around $11,000. Crime Stoppers pays up to $1,000 for information leading to the clearance of crimes. Anonymous calls can be made to 1-800-748-6422.
FROM THE COURTHOUSE
• Ruben A. Palomares, 28, was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to three counts of delivery of methamphetamine. The Tenino-area man was arrested at the end of June following an ongoing investigation by the Chehalis Police Department. Prosecutors say he is a member of the local LVL gang. Deputy Prosecutor Shane O’Rourke said Palomares had no felony criminal history so the standard sentencing range for him was 12 months to 20 months. Attorneys on both sides agreed to recommend to the judge he be sentenced to 18 months and the judge agreed, O’Rourke said.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, violations of protection orders; responses for alarms, shoplifting, stolen bicycles, other misdemeanor thefts, possible domestic assault, a person seen during the night banging around near dumpsters and talking to self; complaint about speeding vehicle in the neighborhood … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter