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EXTREME SHOPLIFTING

• A subject captured on security video at a convenience store near Vader apparently took only three six-packs of Budweiser beer after backing his truck up to the entrance while it was closed and using an axe to break the glass on the front door and then popping inside and quickly back out. An employee arriving to the Shell station on the 100 block of Mulford Road on Saturday discovered the burglary and called 911, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Surveillance video from inside the business showed the male, dressed all in black and appearing to have a bandana covering his face, use a long pole to turn an outside camera, according to the sheriff’s office. Nothing at first appeared to be missing, including the safes, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The truck is described as blue with a dark canopy, according to Brown.

• Three women from Longview were arrested for allegedly shoplifting about $1,000 of merchandise from four stores at the Centralia Outlets on Saturday evening. Centralia police responded to reports about 5:40 p.m. and a trooper subsequently stopped a vehicle near the state Route 508 interchange where all the goods were recovered, according to the Centralia Police Department. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Ashley L. Leonard, 30, Adrianne R. Lindgrin, 27, and Rebecca C. Wilcox, 41, according to police. Wilcox was additionally arrested for possession of methamphetamine, according to police.

• Police were called about 10 p.m. yesterday to Safeway on the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard in Chehalis after a subject left the store with a cart full of laundry soap. Nobody was able to get a plate number as the departing vehicle had no license plate on its back and the front plate was covered, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

OTHER THEFT

• Someone stole 30 sheets of roofing tin from property on Kjesbu Road sometime between July 20 and Saturday, according to  the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

•  Centralia police took a report about 9:35 a.m. on Saturday about roughly 15 gallons of fuel stolen from a vehicle at the 1000 block of South Gold Street.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Police were called about 7:30 a.m. yesterday about a purse stolen from a vehicle at the 200 block of Northwest State Avenue in Chehalis. The purse was subsequently located in a nearby apartment but missing an item or two like a bottle of prescription meds, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The case is being referred to prosecutors for a charging decision, according to police.

• Police were called about 5:30 p.m. yesterday about a wallet stolen from a vehicle while its owner ran inside an apartment building for short time at the 300 block of Southwest Third Street in Chehalis.

BAD BAR BEHAVIOR

• A 40-year-old Morton woman was arrested for disorderly conduct after she allegedly struck another patron of a tavern on the 100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia and then walked outside and disrobed. Kristine M. Hiatt was booked into the Lewis County Jail following the Saturday night incident, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called about 10:40 p.m. on Friday to the 1000 block of Southeast Adams Avenue where a man said he observed a male “key” his neighbors Jeep. The caller tried to follow him but lost track of him and an officer subsequently contacted a suspect but no arrest was made, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DISPUTES IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police responded about 11:30 p.m. yesterday to a report of a domestic assault at the 1400 block of Harrison Avenue. No arrests were made but the case is being referred to prosecutors for evaluation of charges, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 25-year-old Centralia man was arrested on Saturday afternoon in connection with violating a protection order with assault regarding his ex-girlfriend, according to police who responded to the 2800 block of Russell Road in Centralia. Levi S. Ramirez was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 29-year-old man was contacted by Centralia police multiple times on Sunday, first for allegedly slashing a tire on a neighbor’s car at the 2800 block of Russell Road for which he was cited and then released; then because he allegedly stole a beer from a business on the 1000 block of Harrison Avenue for which he was cited. Officers found him later in the morning when they were called again to the 2800 block of Russell Road for a possible dispute, according to the Centralia Police Department. Donald P. Myers allegedly took several prescription pills there from his ex-girlfriend and was booked for theft into the Lewis County Jail. However, he was released without charges on the last incident, pending further investigation.

FALL FROM SECOND STORY

• Aid was called about 5 o’clock this morning to the 800 block of First Street in Centralia where a subject reportedly fell one story off a balcony. The patient was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Further details were not readily available.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor domestic assaults, driving under the influence; responses for alarms, violation of protection order, disputes, stolen bicycle, shoplifting, fender bender, non-injury collisions, motorist who struck a bicyclist who said he wasn’t hurt and wanted to leave, a small dog inside a parked vehicle with his tongue hanging out, a bloated possum laying on a street corner, a male laying under a sleeping bag on the grass off Northwest Pennsylvania Avenue, a male laying on a sidewalk, drunk in public, a female out in the road yelping like a dog; complaints of berry bushes growing onto a sidewalk, dogs running loose trying to pick fights … and barking dogs … and more.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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