Updated at 7:22 p.m.
BIKE VERSUS POLICE VEHICLE
• Firefighters called to a collision between a bicyclist and a Chehalis Police Department patrol vehicle last night found the 21-year-old man uninjured. It was shortly before 8:30 p.m. when the bicyclist was traveling southbound on Market Boulevard and collided with the front end of the eastbound police SUV at Park Street, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s Sgt. Steve Aust was asked to investigate and determined the young man was at fault because he was going the wrong way, he said. He won’t be cited though, Aust said. “It kinda knocked him up onto the hood a little bit and then onto the ground,” Aust said. There was minor damage to the bicycle, according to Aust.
VEHICLE THEFT
• A red Chevrolet Blazer was reported stolen yesterday from the 1000 block of Mellen Street in Centralia. The vehicle broke down on Saturday and when the owner returned to tow it away, it was gone, according to the Centralia Police Department. The license plate reads ADK 6668, according to police.
MISSING PURSE
• Centralia police took a report about 2:50 p.m. yesterday from the 1800 block of Taylor Avenue regarding a resdential burglary and a missing Coach purse. It was silver with pink rose, according to the Centralia Police Department.
BARN BURGLARY
• A 37-year-old Winlock man was arrested yesterday for second-degree burglary as well as possession and trafficking of stolen property related to a break-in to a barn at the 400 block of Hawkins Road in Winlock, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Barry W. Worley was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office. Missing was a camouflage pack containing various tools, according to Sgt. Rob Snaza.
DOMESTIC ISSUE
• A 34-year-old Chehalis area resident was arrested for felony harassment yesterday in Centralia after numerous alleged violations of of a no-contact order regarding his ex-wife. Mylo S. Armitage was booked into the Lewis County Jail after contact with police about 12:45 p.m. at the 900 block of South Tower Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.
ELUDING
• A 40-year-old Randle man was arrested yesterday afternoon at his home on the 100 block of Kelly Lane in connection with allegedly fleeing sheriff’s deputies the evening before in the area of U.S. Highway 12 and Silverbrook Road in Randle, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Jake N. Dunaway was booked into the Lewis County Jail for eluding and warrants, according to the sheriff’s office.
CAR PROWL
• Police were contacted about 11:25 a.m. yesterday about a laptop computer missing from a vehicle on the 1600 block of Gails Avenue in Chehalis. It wasn’t clear how someone got inside, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police took a report about noon yesterday from the 700 block of North Pearl Street that someone had slashed a tire on a vehicle during the night.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; responses for alarms, shoplifting, a transient sleeping on a church’s steps; complaint about neighbor with loud music, a person who asked another person for money and was rude when he was told no … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Yup, my bad – walk against traffic, ride with it. Sorry yall!
To some bicyclists, there is no such thing as a “wrong way” as it applies to them…or stop signs…or pedestrian rights-of-way…
I used to see riders like that in Seattle all the time and they’re pretty common in Portland, too. Bicyclists are laws unto themselves.
Bike’s are supposed to follow all the same rules as vehicles….HE WAS GOING THE WRONG WAY! He’s lucky he wasn’t cited!
I thought that bikes were supposed to go the wrong way???
Ooohh…the cop haters are out!!! He was going the wrong way dip shit. Oh but let’s sensationalize this. It’s way more fun!!!
Police were called to investigate themselves. They Determined they were not at fault. Case closed.