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SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS GONE, BUT EFFECTIVE

• Chehalis police were called to the Visiting Nurses business on the 700 block of South Market Boulevard on Thursday because someone stole two outdoor security cameras. While the devices went missing during the night, the images remained on the video equipment inside, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The pictures showed a male and a short female with short dark hair come into view, Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said. Officers would like to talk with the two suspects, according to Kaut.

ASSAULTS

• A 22-year-old Centralia man was arrested Thursday night for allegedly striking his sister with a bat during a dispute. Police called about 5:30 p.m. to the 1700 block of Maple Valley Drive in Centralia booked Riley J. Youckton into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called to Green Hill School for Boys on Thursday to investigate a physical dispute with multiple participants. There was a fight between two student-inmates in a classroom during which another fight broke out in the hallway with several more boys, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Staff at the juvenile corrections facility dealt with it and police responded afterward, Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said. He wasn’t aware of any serious injuries yesterday or many details, but the report wasn’t yet completed, Kaut said. While the “numerous” individuals involved didn’t want to press for charges, police will be asking the prosecutor to evaluate the case for the offense of rioting, according to Kaut.

THEFT

• Centralia police took a report of appliances missing from bank-owned property at the 700 block of Bengal Court yesterday.

FRAUD

• An officer took a report yesterday from the 1700 block of West Mellen Street in Centralia regarding an unknown suspect using a woman’s credit card on the Internet. The two-paragraph report didn’t list when or how the discovery was made or the amount in question, according to Centralia Police Department Sgt. Kurt Reichert. Oftentimes with these types of crimes, while the victim is local, the official victim – the bank – is in another jurisdiction and so the case belongs there, according to Reichert. The reports are mostly perfunctory, he said. The woman may very well be reimbursed by her credit card company and the eventual victim who takes the loss may be the vendor, Reichert said.

• Centralia police were called Thursday morning regarding the fraudulent use a credit card in connection with the 1000 block of Ellsbury Street.

BAD COMBO: MIRROR, SUNLIGHT, ANTIQUE STORE

• Firefighters were called to a shop on the 300 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia when passersby noticed wisps of smoke through a window inside the business. What happened was the sun was shining through the glass, striking an old antique convex mirror on display and the beam was directed back to just below the edge of the sill, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The Saturday Antique Market is only open one day a week, according to Firefighter Rick LeBoeuf. The call came about 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, he said. “It obviously had been doing it for awhile,” LeBoeuf said. The smoldering itself was so minute, that when a person stood in front of the mirror, the smoking stopped, he said. A firefighter scraped off a charred section about three inches in size and advised the arriving owner to move the mirror, LeBoeuf said.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence, trespassing, responses for alarms, suspicious circumstances; complaints of someone throwing eggs, intoxicated person bothering customers … and more.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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