VEHICLE TAKES OUT UTILITY POLE AND POWER IN BOISTFORT VALLEY
• A Curtis resident was arrested for driving under the influence after a wreck early Sunday morning that left a utility pole cut in half and knocked power out in the Boistfort Valley. Lewis County Fire District 13 responded after the approximately 3 a.m. incident on the 500 block of Curtis Hill Road. An unoccupied red Ford Expedition was found about 25 feet down an embankment, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said this morning. The driver had left to get help and returned to the scene, according to Fire Chief Gregg Peterson. Malaney S.M. Whitesel, 25, was arrested for DUI, according to the sheriff’s office.
ASSAULTS
• Deputies went looking for a 22-year-old Chehalis man after he allegedly returned to a Chehalis area home intoxicated early Saturday morning and struck his 19-year-old brother in the head and face. The victim was seen at Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office is asking prosecutors to charge the 22-year-old with second-degree assault, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning.
• Zachery K. Greene, 36, of Centralia, was arrested Friday morning for second-degree assault after he allegedly swung a short, but heavy three-pronged garden tool at his father, according to the Centralia Police Department. The victim locked himself inside the house at the 1300 block of Central Boulevard after the 9:30 a.m. call. Greene was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
MOTEL WORKER ARRESTED FOR STEALING FROM EMPLOYER
• A 50-year-old employee of a Centralia motel was arrested on Friday morning for first-degree theft following an investigation of embezzlement, according to Centralia police. Mohan Singh Bajwa was booked into the Lewis County Jail for theft at the Rodeway Inn on the 700 block of Harrison Avenue, according to police Sgt. Kurt Reichert.
SEARCH OF ROCHESTER HOME TURNS UP BUNDLES OF METH, SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS
• A 48-year-old Rochester resident was booked into jail after a search of his residence turned up packages of methamphetamine totaling almost a half pound and a $400 bass guitar stolen out of Olympia. Thurston County Sheriff’s Office deputies went to the home on the 6600 block of 188th Avenue Southwest on Friday morning after a tip received following a 6 a.m. traffic stop. Deputies found scales, scanners, syringes and other items that led them to arrest Stephan R. Conophy, 48, for unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, sheriff’s Lt. Chris Mealy said this morning. Deputies seized $900 cash, a 1991 Cadillac Seville and a late model Honda Prelude from the residence, Mealy said.
DRIVE-THRU CUSTOMER EXPOSES HIMSELF IN ROCHESTER, SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS
• A 59-year-old Chehalis man was arrested Saturday morning after a 19-year-old employee at a Rochester coffee stand – where the workers are allowed to wear attractive attire – called the sheriff’s office to tell them a drive-through customer was masturbating when he purchased his coffee. A deputy who responded about 8 a.m. to the Graba Java on the 19,500 block of Ivan Street learned that the customer gave the barista a $5 tip and complimented her on her underwear, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. She was outfitted in a short top, underwear and net stockings, according to the sheriff’s office. She also gave the deputy the man’s license plate. Derald L. Harp, 59, was contacted by a Chehalis police office at his residence and arrested by a deputy for indecent exposure, sheriff’s Lt. Chris Mealy said. He as booked into the Thurston County Jail, Mealy said.
ATV DUI
• Deputies making a traffic stop of a speeding ATV with no headlights on Koontz Road early Sunday morning arrested the driver, Kyle P. Hamshaw, 20, of Chehalis, for being under the influence, driving with a suspended license and then, being in possession of suspected marijuana, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning.
STOLEN VEHICLES
• Centralia police are asking anyone with information about a stolen 1988 Honda to call 911. An officer took a report from the 500 block of North Tower Avenue on Sunday morning about the theft of the car, black with black rims and bearing the license plate 010 ZZX.
• Chehalis police took a report on Saturday about a missing Chevrolet Suburban that had been left parked the night before near a downtown bar.
• Two individuals were arrested for possession a stolen vehicle after police were called to a shoplifting incident about 11:30 a.m. yesterday at the Outlet Mall on the 100 block of West High Street. Nicole A, Shoemaker, 22, of Puyallup, and Sothea Chum, 29, of Roy, were booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CAR PROWL ARREST
• Centralia police arrested a 36-year-old woman about 10:30 p.m. last night for vehicle prowl after witnesses observed her getting into a vehicle on the 700 block of Harrison Avenue. Jonni Rayne Wood, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
BURGLARIES AT UNOCCUPIED PROPERTIES
• Somebody broke into a Rochester residence being remodeled and stole a television, a lamp, silverware and a 5000-watt generator, according to a report made to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday. It happened on the 13,000 block of U.S. Highway 12 sometime between Thursday and Sunday, a Chehalis man who owns the property told a deputy.
• Tools were stolen from a pump house at a piece of property being fixed up to be sold on the 17,100 block of Moon Road Southwest in Rochester, according to a report made Friday morning to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office.
OTHER BREAK-INS
• Five hundred dollars of copper wire and brass tubing were reported stolen from the 18,100 block of Moon Road Southwest in Rochester sometime between 10:30 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. on Sunday, according to a report made to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office.
• Nothing appeared to be missing but somebody broke into a south Rochester fire station sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning and broke a window and left the front door open, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. It happened on the 10,300 block of Langworthy Road Southwest.
VEHICLE WINDOW BROKEN
• Centralia police took a report of a broken windshield yesterday at the 900 block of West Plum Street. Police report they have a suspect in the incident.
BICYCLE VERSUS TRUCK
• Centralia police reported a bicyclist ran a red light and rode into the side of a truck about 12:30 p.m. on Saturday at the 1600 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter