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LOCAL POLICE GO UNDERCOVER ON FACEBOOK

• A 36-year-old convicted felon was arrested today after he accidentally made a deal with an undercover detective on Facebook, allegedly, to trade sporting goods and electronic items for a semi-automatic rifle. Deputies got a tip the Silver Creek man was using Facebook trying to obtain a gun and began communicating with him, making arrangements to meet him at 1 o’clock today, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Kenneth L. Kemp contacted the detective at a parking lot on the 100 block of Kirkland Road in Napavine and showed the goods he want to trade, according to the sheriff’s office. After he handled and inspected the Ruger Mini-14, he was cuffed and booked in to the Lewis County Jail for unlawful possession of a firearm in the second-degree, according to the sheriff’s office. Kemp is a registered sex offender, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. He will also face a ticket for driving with a suspended license, Brown said in a news release.

CLERK THWARTS THIEF

• Police were summoned yesterday about 12:45 p.m. after a customer in a checkout line at the Goodwill reportedly reached over the counter and snatched money from the till. The clerk grabbed it back and the suspect described as a tall male with dark hair left the store, according to the Centralia police Department. Officers arriving to the 500 block of Harrison Avenue learned it had occurred several moment before the 911 call was made, as word of the incident traveled through a couple of steps with her superiors before police were called, according to Officer John Panco. He said that left them little to pursue. The departing vehicle was said to be a bright blue compact SUV, according to police.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police took a report yesterday of prescription medication stolen from a vehicle overnight at the 1000 block of Scammon Creek Road.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police say they were called about 5:25 p.m. yesterday about a young man walking down the street spray painting various things orange. The subject was described as younger than 20 wearing a gray sweatshirt and black shorts in the area of South Tower Avenue and East Locust Street. No arrest was made, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assaults including a teenager punching another teen in the back of the head at Green Hill School; responses for alarms, stolen bicycles, minor collisions, suspicious circumstances, an illegal butterfly knife confiscated from a 22-year-old passing through court security, a laptop snatched from a counter at a business, a tablet computer left on an outdoor bench picked up by someone else who told an officer he didn’t think it belonged to anyone; complaint about door-to-door-salespeople knocking at night … and more.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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