ANGRY DAD
• A 47-year-old man was arrested yesterday morning in Pe Ell after he allegedly went to his daughter’s residence uninvited and threatened a 21-year-old man who was there. Deputies called about 7:35 a.m. to the 100 block of East Fifth Street were told the man had been asked to leave but returned and at some point called the younger man out to fight saying he was going to get a gun and shoot him and put him “six-feet under,” according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Brandt D. McKenna, a Chehalis area resident, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for felony harassment, according to the sheriff’s office. A spokesperson for the sheriff’s office said she didn’t know what he was upset about.
POLICE: SHOPLIFT TURNS BAD
• A 20-year-old Centralia man who allegedly attempted to steal beer from the grocery on the 500 block of South Tower Avenue was arrested after he reportedly pulled the bottle from his pants and tried to hit a store security person with it last night. Officers called about 9 p.m. report Erik L. Bushnell was “subdued” by the employee and bystanders. He was arrested for second-degree robbery and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
TALL TALE LANDS ‘VICTIM’ IN JAIL
• A 20-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for false reporting after she allegedly went to the hospital and told a story that her ex-boyfriend had assaulted her. A deputy called about 9:30 p.m. yesterday to Providence Centralia Hospital was told by the young woman that it occurred at the Mount Adams Apartments in Randle, and that the ex punched her in the eye and sprained her wrist, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A skeptical deputy who saw no injuries warned her of the seriousness of making a false statement to an officer, and she allegedly confessed to making it up because her new boyfriend was going to break up with her for seeing her old boyfriend, according to the sheriff’s office. Donna H. Sisk was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
DRUGS
• An 18-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine about 1:30 p.m. yesterday at the 1400 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Detectives went to the apartment complex to talk with someone about suspected drug activity and ended up finding drugs in Jose A. Escamilla’s backpack, according to police. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. Another person was picked up on an outstanding warrant at the same time, Sgt. Carl Buster said.
• A 26-year-old Centralia woman was arrested last night following a traffic stop for driving with a suspended license and then also for possession of methamphetamine. Courtney R. Blurton was contacted by an officer about 9 p.m. at Southwest McFadden Avenue and Ninth Street, according to the Chehalis Police Department. “The officer asked if she had anything illegal on her person and she said yes,” Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said. Blurton was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
THEFT
• Police were called to a home on the 1100 block of Roosevelt Avenue in Centralia about 11:10 a.m. yesterday regarding several hundred dollars missing. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VEHICLE VERSUS BIKE
• A 14-year-old boy was knocked off his bicycle by a vehicle at the 800 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia about 3:25 p.m. yesterday. Centralia Police Department Sgt. Carl Buster said he understood it was by a car pulling out of a driveway and the teen was unhurt.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, misdemeanor theft; complaints of a male who looks high and is asking people for money at the Twin City Town Center, barking neighbor dog … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter