FIRE DAMAGES CHEHALIS AREA HOME
• Firefighters called about 6:40 p.m. last evening to Pier Road off Jackson Highway south of Chehalis found flames coming out the roof and backside of a two-story home. The residents had gotten themselves out and nobody was injured, according to Lewis County Fire District 5. Firefighter Brad Bozarth said the blaze appeared to have started near the stove and firefighters contained it to the kitchen area.
TRUCK CRASHES AND BURNS
• A driver was hospitalized yesterday after the cab of his truck caught fire when it ran off the road into trees on Bunker Creek Road west of Centralia and Chehalis, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Fire Capt. Scott Weinert said the adult male got himself out of the vehicle but the cab was consumed by the fire.
PRESCRIPTION DRUG FORGERY
• Centralia police yesterday arrested a 28-year-old Morton woman for forging a prescription for pain medication. Shawna L. Watson was booked into the Lewis County Jail after an officer responded about 2:40 p.m. to an address on the 500 block of South Tower Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VEHICLE THEFTS
• Centralia police are asking for calls to 911 if anyone sees a maroon Toyota Tercel stolen yesterday from the 800 block of South Silver Street. An officer called about 8:30 a.m. noted the vehicle had been left unlocked and had an extra set of keys inside. The 1995 Toyota has a license plate reading 789 WGX.
• Chehalis police were called about 8:40 p.m. yesterday to Wal-Mart on Northwest Louisiana Avenue about a stolen gold 1990 Acura Integra.
• Chehalis police were called about 2:40 p.m. yesterday to the Grocery Outlet on Northwest Louisiana Avenue about a stolen white 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer.
MOTOR STOLEN OFF BOAT
• A deputy was called to the 100 block of Fish Hatchery Road near Mossyrock yesterday evening and told somebody had stolen a two and a half horsepower motor from a boat tied up at a private dock. It happened sometime between Friday and yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The Yamaha motor is valued at about $1,130, according to the sheriff’s office.
HIT AND RUN TRUCK SOUGHT
• Centralia police took a report yesterday from the 300 block of South Pearl Street after a white flatbed pickup truck struck a post office vehicle and left the scene.
SHOE ASSAULT
• Chehalis police were called about 3 p.m. yesterday to Southwest Chehalis Avenue and Third Street to a report somebody in a vehicle threw a shoe at her van as she was driving down the street and damaged the front light.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter