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Updated at 6:04 p.m.

EAST END COFFEE STAND HIT BY ARSONIST

• Someone tried to burn down an espresso stand in Packwood last night and the fire is under investigation. A deputy was called about 11:30 p.m. to the 12000 block of U.S. Highway 12 after crews extinguished flames on the exterior of Cowboy Espresso, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Two separate spots on the outside were burned, Sgt. Rob Snaza said. Nothing inside was damaged, Snaza said. The same coffee stand was burglarized in mid-September.

POLICE: INTOXICATED THIEF RIDES BIKE DOWN STAIRS

• Police were called about 1 o’clock this morning to an apartment building in Centralia after a 63-year-old man allegedly stole a bicycle and rode away on it. He didn’t get very far though, according to police. Apparently he got on it outside an upper-level apartment, rode it down a long flight of stairs and crashed head first into a wall at the bottom, police said. Gerald R. Loveless was conscious, but injured and had been drinking, Sgt. Kurt Reichert said. It happened about 1 a.m. at the 300 block of Centralia College Boulevard. Loveless was issued a citation for third-degree theft by police, buckled up with a cervical collar onto a backboard by medics and transported to Providence Centralia Hospital. The damaged 10-speed was returned to its owners, police said.

DISPUTE

• A 46-year-old Chehalis man was arrested after police were called to a dispute on the 200 block of Southwest Chehalis Avenue which spilled out onto the street at about 10 p.m. yesterday. Wayne H. Reed became confrontational and was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, according to detective Sgt. Gary Wilson. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

ATTEMPTED BREAK-IN

• Chehalis police responded to the 600 block of Northwest Ohio Avenue about 9:30 a.m. yesterday after the discovery someone kicked in a door. It’s not clear yet if anything is missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

THEFT

• Centralia police were called just after 5 o’clock this morning to the 500 block of Hemlock Street regarding the theft of a debit card. The investigation continues, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FROM THE COURTHOUSE

• A 47-year-old Rochester man was sentenced today in connection with a Memorial Day weekend incident at a small gathering near Adna after the bars closed in which he allegedly took advantage of a young woman who was extremely intoxicated. Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor Shane O’Rourke told the judge the case was complicated and a charge of second-degree rape was pleaded down to third-degree rape with a recommendation the defendant spend six months in jail. O’Rourke said there was a question if the victim was actually unconscious, and therefore unable to give consent, and the DNA evidence was “by no means helpful to the state.” Defense attorney Don Blair said his client Michael T. Taylor has said from the beginning the two of them were messing around and both took their clothes off. They were prepared to go to trial but decided not turn down jail time because losing at trial meant a potential punishment of 10 years, Blair said. “The report said none of my client’s DNA was there,” he said. “What it did say there were three other DNAs there.” Blair asked for four months. Lewis County Superior Court Judge James Lawler said he didn’t see a reason to go below the standard sentencing range. He imposed the top of the standard sentencing range of 17 months. Lawler also gave Taylor three years of community custody following his release during which he may not drink alcohol. “As the parties are well aware, I’m not bound by any deal anyway,” Lawler said.

WRECK

• A woman and two girls were taken to Morton General Hospital yesterday after the car in which they were passengers struck the rear end of a stopped SUV on U.S. Highway 12 in Glenoma. The Acura Integra which 20-year-old John O. Salts of Randle was driving was described as totaled. A deputy called about 1 p.m. to the 8200 block of Highway 12 determined both vehicles were westbound and the Chevrolet Blazer driven by a 25-year-old Randle man was preparing to make a left turn into a driveway, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Salts was cited for second-degree negligent driving, according to the sheriff’s office. Sgt. Rob Snaza said the 27-year-old woman, the 9-year-old girl and the 7-year-old girl sustained minor injuries.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, shoplifting; responses for collision of two parked cars, suspicious circumstances, bicycle found in the middle of a street; complaint that a vehicle is in someone’s parking spot … and more.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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