Updated at 6:50 p.m.
SMALL FIRE CAUSES EVACUATION AT NURSING HOME
• A good portion of patients at a Centralia nursing home were evacuated today when a fire started inside a closet. Crews called just after 1 p.m. to the 1300 block of Alexander Street found smoke in the hallways and a wall burned. A heat lamp placed in the utility room that included the fire sprinkler controls had shifted its position and ignited the wall, Riverside Fire Authority Acting Capt. Jennifer Ternan said. Someone on the scene had already used a fire extinguisher on it, she said. Nobody was injured and nobody was treated for smoke inhalation, according to Ternan. She praised the staff of Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for getting the residents outside in an organized and safe manner, even grabbing their medications and bringing a cart of water to the parking lot. They were allowed to return after about 40 minutes, she said.
MATTRESS NEXT TO HEATER IGNITES
• Firefighters were called to the 100 block of Meadow Drive in Adna just before 8 o’clock this morning when a small mattress pushed up against a wall heater caught fire. The residents were just getting ready to leave when a smoke alarm alerted them, according to Lewis County Fire District 6. Nobody was hurt, the fire was small and it was extinguished, Firefighter Kyle Eiswald said.
THEFT
• A 27-year-old Centralia woman was arrested after she was allegedly seen in someone else’s garage on the 400 block of Jefferson Street in Centralia yesterday morning. Some items were taken and some were recovered, such as jewelry, according to the Centralia Police Department. Santana L. Sanchez was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary, according to police.
DRUGS
• A 45-year-old Centralia man contacted by a community corrections officer was subsequently arrested for both an outstanding warrant and possession of methamphetamine yesterday morning. Dale A. Drew had some “scraper baggies'”which field tested positive for the drug, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
FROM THE COURTHOUSE
• The former Thurston County Superior Court judicial assistant charged with growing marijuana was convicted in a bench trial yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court. Debbie Requa, 60, said it belonged to someone who rented her garage space and she thought what he was doing was above board. Judge James Lawler found her guilty of manufacturing marijuana. Lewis County Chief Criminal Prosecutor Brad Meagher said Requa faces a sentence of zero to six months in jail as a first-time offender.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, misdemeanor assault; responses for stolen / missing cash, building tagged with graffiti, a call about a male walking with a military-looking gun that turned out to be a kid who purchased an Air-soft gun at a pawn shop and was on his way home; complaint someone else’s vehicle is parked in caller’s spot, upstairs apartment neighbors are noisy; other as in a found wallet with cash and credit cards turned into the police department … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Don’t think it’s a grammar problem, LBF…more in the area of comprehension of satire. There are probably still people who think Swift was really encouraging the Irish to eat their own young.
It’s called SARCASM, and I give me the right to be sarcastic.
If you are unable to recognize sarcasm, then that is not my proble. Perhaps you should go to school and learn grammar.
Hey Larry Butler fan, WHAT THE FUCK? or FUT THE WUCK ! gives you the right to slam such a good hearted, down to earth person like Debbie Requa, who is so trustworthy towards others. Sounds to me like you are the big piece of shit! Maybe you should just shut the fuck up until you know the facts ! This to me just sounds like another greedy fuckin court system, meaning this is all just about money. Oh so now the court system can go after the one who is really guilty and they will get twice the money.A DOUBLE WAMMY!! tHAT IS PRETTY SAD THAT OUR COURT SYSTEMS ARE ALL ABOUT THE MONEY AND NOT THE PEOPLE ! THAT IS PRETTY MESSED UP !!!!!!! I SAY FUCK THE COURT SYSTEM AND THEIR MONEY MAKING BUSINESS.
“Judge James Lawler found her guilty of manufacturing marijuana.”
Thanks your honor. Another piece of shit plant grower taught a lesson!!!
Warning: if you want to grow an innocuous plant that has never harmed anybody but actually helps people, then prepare to face Judge James Lawler! He will straight up spit a big FUCK YOU right to your peace-loving hippie face! GUILTY!!!
The only thing Lawler hates worse than those bong-toking lovemongers is when his paycheck comes with little notes on it from his lovelorn admirers at city hall like, “you’re cute!” or “you da man!”