FAMILY FEUD
• A 47-year-old Centralia man was arrested for allegedly grabbing his 19-year-old stepson by the throat when the teen stepped in between his mother and step-father during an argument at a family gathering yesterday afternoon at the 700 block of Burchett Road in Onalaska. Charles E. Lloyd left but was later contacted and booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He is to be released without charges pending further investigation.
INMATE ATTACK
• Chehalis police were called about 7:30 p.m. on Saturday to Green Hill School on Southwest 11th Street to take a report of a staff member who was reportedly punched repeatedly by an inmate-student. The case remains under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
FLASH: BANKS USE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS
• A 45-year-old Onalaska woman was arrested for allegedly stealing a wallet left on a counter by a customer at Twin Star Credit Union on Friday. A deputy called about 5:20 p.m. regarding the missing item from the 200 block of Second Street West reviewed security video which led to the suspect, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Christina G. Hendricks was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree theft, according to the sheriff’s office.
WOOD STOVE WALKS AWAY, WITH HELP
• Police called about 12:45 a.m. on Saturday regarding flashlights seen inside a vacant, foreclosed upon house on the 400 block of Gertrude Street in Chehalis arrested a 31-year-old neighbor who was reportedly found hauling a pellet stove away on a hand truck towards his home. Brady A. Morgan was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
AUTO THEFT
• A stolen baby blue 1970 Mach One Mustang worth “thousands and thousands of dollars” was recovered at a Chehalis gas station on Saturday when an individual recognized the car, blocked it in and called 911. Officers responding about 1 p.m. to the 100 block of Southwest Interstate Avenue learned the vehicle went missing overnight from an Olympia auto dealer and the 35-year-old Olympia man who had it said he worked there. He didn’t, but he had been at the business the day before as a customer, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said. Curtis M. Sword was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree possession of stolen property, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Sword asked to be reimbursed for the $40 worth of fuel he’d put in the car but his request wasn’t granted, Wilson said.
• A Volkswagen Jetta reported stolen on Saturday morning from the 1600 block of South Schueber Road in Centralia turned up wrecked about 1 a.m. on Sunday near Ives and Gallagher roads northwest of town. Responding deputies and a police dog found two individuals hiding in nearby brush and they were arrested, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Raymond D. Faure, 32, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of stolen property and Brittany L. Carey, 25, was booked for a warrant, according to the sheriff’s office.
• A red 1997 Honda Civic was stolen from the 3200 block of Ives Road near Centralia sometime between 1:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It has a license plate of AFR 1730, according to the sheriff’s office.
• A maroon Ford Expedition reported as abandoned on Friday at the 400 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue in Chehalis turned out to be stolen from Tumwater. The SUV was in perfectly good shape with its keys still in it, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The owner retrieved the vehicle.
TOOLS TAKEN
• Two chainsaws and a chop saw were stolen from a home on the 12000 block of U.S. Highway 12 in Packwood sometime between Sept. 7 and Saturday, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. The loss is estimated at $1,500.
ZOOM ZOOM
• A 24-year-old Centralia resident was arrested about 9:45 p.m. on Saturday for allegedly racing another car on the 600 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Nevarone N. Ruben was issued a citation for reckless driving and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VEHICLE PROWL
• Centralia police were called about 5:30 a.m. today to the 900 block of North Washington Avenue where someone had broken a window on a truck’s canopy and taken assorted tools.
• Chehalis police were called regarding three vehicle batteries stolen from an auto repair business at the 2100 block of North National Avenue in the Yard Bird complex on Friday afternoon.
• Someone stole the faceplate from a stereo of an unlocked vehicle parked in the lot of an apartment complex on the 300 block of Southwest Third Street in Chehalis, according to a report made to police on Friday morning.
VANDALISM
• An officer was called about 3:45 p.m. yesterday to the 2500 block of Borst Avenue where someone had shot a BB through the windshield of a vehicle.
• Police were called about 3:30 p.m. on Saturday to the 400 block of Kearney Street in Centralia regarding graffiti discovered on an individual’s house.
SEX CRIME
• An Ethel area teen was arrested early Saturday morning at his home in connection with an alleged intimate encounter with a 14-year-old girl at a house party in Chehalis in late July. It is unlawful for a person more than 48 months older than a 14 or 15 year old to engage in sex with them, according to detective Sgt. Gary WIlson. Quentin Deuel, 18, is 54 months older than the girl, Wilson said. Deuel was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree rape of a child, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assaults, violation of protection order, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, disputes, suspicious activity, bar fight, animal fight, shoplifting of crackers, candy, hair extensions, ice, and other items as well as other misdemeanor thefts, non-injury collisions in which drivers fell asleep, request to standby while an employer fired a temperamental worker, unlicensed black Labrador found walking alone downtown Centralia yesterday morning, unescorted friendly Pit Bull out in a field behind a Chehalis home on Friday morning; complaints of man pushing a shopping cart home from a grocery store, neighbors playing loud music in the night … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter