Updated at 1:29 p.m.
POLICE: HUSBAND APPREHENDED AFTER GUN THREAT
• A 42-year-old Ethel man who allegedly went to Centralia where he showed his estranged wife a loaded magazine from a pistol and told her, “This bullet has your name on it” was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail yesterday. Deputies responded around 11 a.m. to the 3300 block of Harrison Avenue where the alleged incident occurred and Centralia police subsequently made a traffic stop on David E. Threlkeld and took him into custody for felony harassment, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was found with a loaded 40 caliber Glock pistol, according to the sheriff’s office.
POLICE: EX-BOYFRIEND BASHES WINDOW
• A 32-year-old Chehalis man was arrested last night for allegedly breaking the rear window of his girlfriend’s vehicle. Thommy A. Clinton was cited for the incident connected with the 600 block of Yew Street in Centralia and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• Centralia police looking for a man with a warrant from the state Department of Corrections yesterday found him just before noon at a residence on the 1100 block of F Street. Police found suspected methamphetamine and heroin on Scott R. Hotchkiss, 34, of Centralia, and booked him into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. Arrested and booked at the same time also for possession of methamphetamine was Tanner Z. R. Russell, 21, of Centralia, according to police.
THEFT AND FRAUD
• Centralia police took a report last night about a person attempting to use a credit card locally from a wallet accidentally left at a bus stop in Centralia. The report made to police about 8:30 p.m. is connected with a location of the 200 block of South Pearl Street, according to the Centralia Police Department.
MAN, TEEN ESCAPE INJURY IN DUI WRECK
• A 46-year-old Winlock resident who rolled his vehicle while trying to answer his cell phone yesterday was arrested for driving under the influence as well as reckless endangerment; he had a 13-year-old passenger, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Aid and deputies called about 7:30 p.m. yesterday to the Winlock-Vader Road near Ferrier Road found a 2004 Jeep Wrangler in a ditch with minor damage, according to the sheriff’s office. Nobody was taken to the hospital, according to Lewis County Fire District 15. Curtis J. Farrier was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. He was also cited for using his phone while driving, she said.
BB GUN INCIDENT UNDER INVESTIGATION
• Police were called about 10:15 a.m. yesterday by a parent about a 15-year-old boy who was shot with a BB gun in the area of the 1000 block of Scammon Creek Road in Centralia. The case is under investigation but the boy ended up with just a red mark on his back, according to the Centralia Police Department.
WRECKS
• The Washington State Patrol reports a 68-year-old Chehalis man was injured when his motorcycle was hit by a vehicle changing lanes on Interstate 5 north of Kelso on Sunday afternoon. Troopers called about 2:25 p.m. to the northbound lanes near milepost 42 report Halsey K. Hines was transported to St. John Medical Center in Longview. The 25-year-old driver of the Hyundai Tucson was reportedly unhurt.
• A 25-year-old Chehalis woman was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital after her Ford Taurus rear ended a Chrysler mini van on Interstate 5 south of Chehalis about 11:40 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Washington State Patrol. Troopers responding to the northbound lanes near the state Route 508 interchange cited Winona F. Gladue for following too closely, according to the state patrol. None of the four occupants in the other vehicle, from Newberg, Ore., were hurt, according to the investigating trooper.
COUPLE LOSES EVERYTHING IN OAKVILLE FIRE
• An unoccupied mobile home and nearby garage went up in smoke yesterday morning near the center of town in Oakville. Firefighters called at 6:45 a.m. to the intersection of Cedar and Newton streets were joined by crews from two other departments in getting the fire extinguished, according to Grays Harbor County Fire District 1. The fire was so hot it melted some fiberglass on another nearby building, according to Capt. Erik Palmerson. Palmerson said nobody was injured but a couple was preparing to move in on the first of the month. “And unfortunately, the (incoming) tenants had all their belongings stored in the garage,” he said. Palmerson said it began in the garage, where there had been some remodeling going on and was possibly related to wiring. Neither the owner or the renters had insurance, he said.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Oh boy, is this NOT the summer of/for LOVE!! 🙁