CENTRALIA RESIDENT FLEES INTRUDER
• Police were called yesterday morning to the 500 block of North Buckner Street in Centralia when an individual entered, or began to enter, a home while a 69-year-old woman was watching television in her living room. The person saw her and ran out the back door, she ran out the front door to a neighbor’s to call 911, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police Sgt. Stacy Denham said the back door had been unlocked. All she saw was a sleeve, described as on a dark jacket with a white stripe, Denham said. Nothing was missing and nobody hurt, but police are still investigating, according to Denham.
BREAK-IN CINEBAR
• A deputy was called yesterday regarding a burglary at the 100 block of Summer Run Drive in Cinebar in which two guns, a generator and various tools were stolen. The victim said sometime between 10:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. the night before, someone came into her residence, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
BREAK-IN WINLOCK
• The sheriff’s office reported this morning that a deputy took a report on Saturday of a burglary at the 300 block of Pine Tree Road near Winlock. Among the valuables taken sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. that day were a Smith and Wesson 9 mm handgun and a red jewelry box, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
POSSIBLE MAIL THEFT
• Centralia police were called just before 2 p.m. yesterday regarding several mailboxes getting broken into along the 3700 block of Galvin Road.
POLICE: DRIVING WHILE HIGH
• A 55-year-old motorist was arrested about 11 o’clock last night for driving under the influence of drugs after he reportedly pulled in front of a patrol car and then stopped in the road on the 200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. “The officer had to stop to avoid a collision,” Sgt. Stacy Denham said. Bruce M. Piper, from Olympia, also was found with suspected heroin in his pocket, according to Denham. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; responses for misdemeanor theft, collisions, suspicious circumstances, disputes, bicycle stolen from skate park, motorist getting mooned by someone in another vehicle, possible scam through the mail … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Wow. Wonder what the guy who stopped in the middle of the road in front of the cop was thinking…”maybe if I duck down he won’t see me?” Brilliant!