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COMPUTER TAKEN FROM DOCTORS OFFICE

• Someone walked off with a computer from the Chehalis Childrens Clinic yesterday. No arrest has made as of this morning. Police were called about 11:45 a.m. yesterday to the office at the 300 block of South Market Boulevard and told a Toshiba laptop vanished from an exam room sometime since 9 a.m., according to the Chehalis Police Department. Detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said he had no information if patient medical information or client financial data was stored on the device.

YOU’VE GOT MAIL! NOT

• Someone emptied the mail from the postal drop box outside the Morton Post Office. Police Chief Dan Mortensen said it was discovered about 9:45 a.m. on Aug. 28 and he still has no suspects. The chief said he had no idea exactly how much mail was stolen, but said personnel there collect the contents twice each day so it would be everything members of the public left there since the previous afternoon. “Obviously they were looking for identity theft,” Mortensen said. The lock had been cut. Mortensen said boxes at the post offices in Mineral and Elbe were hit the same night.

STOLEN PROPERTY

• Deputies arrested a man at the 100 block of Taylor Road yesterday for a warrant as well as trafficking stolen property and unlawful possession of a firearm, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Martin W. Gallagher, age and town unavailable, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office. Gallagher is not being charged pending further investigation. Further details were not readily available.

OTHER THEFT

• An officer took a report yesterday morning regarding the theft of medication from an apartment on the 300 block of Southeast Washington Avenue in Chehalis.

• Someone stole a newspaper vending rack from the 700 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 10:40 p.m. yesterday.

• Grapes and unspecified broken yard decorations were reported stolen yesterday from the 700 block of North Washington Avenue in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Centralia police responded just before 4 o’clock this morning to the 200 block of North Gold Street when two males were interrupted prowling a parked car. The victim gave officers a description, according to police. but it’s unclear if any arrest were made.

• A purse was stolen from a vehicle at the 1000 block of Eckerson Road in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 11:15 a.m. yesterday.

ROAD CLOSURE

• A section of First Street in Centralia will be closed today for paving from noon until about 5 p.m. A detour will be set up while the city repaves the block between North Tower and North Pearl Street.

REWARD FOR INFO ON ART THEFT

• Lewis County Crime Stoppers is looking for tips about a residential burglary in Glenoma in which numerous pieces of a Native American art collection were stolen. Among the missing valuables are multi-colored beaded baskets, clay pots, sterling silver mini bowls, a beaded pipe, an Amazon Indian dance fan, an old string bag and a silver WWII Zippo lighter from the ship Lusitania, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The break-in at the 100 block of Frost Creek Road occurred sometime between July 20 at 4 p.m. and Aug. 25 at 5 p.m. At the time, the sheriff’s office said the loss was more than $5,000. Crime Stoppers pays up to $1,000 for information leading to the clearance of crimes. Anonymous calls can be made to 1-800-748-6422.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor assaults; responses for alarms, collision, misdemeanor assaults, reckless drivers; concerns about a female laying beside a building; complaints about a panhandler asking for money, a man with wet pants drinking a beer near  building … and more.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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