Updated at 8:15 p.m.
MEN BOOKED FOR ASSAULT OF OFFICERS
• A 58-year-old Centralia man was arrested for third-degree assault last night after two calls about a disorderly and intoxicated tenant at the 100 block of South Silver Street in Centralia. Steven M. Radick allegedly turned off someone else’s electricity and was threatening toward others; when contacted by an officer he allegedly struck the officer in the chest, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
• A 45-year-old Centralia man was arrested for third-degree assault on Monday afternoon after police were asked to remove two individuals from a trailer park on the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Police say when Mitchell W. Sinclair finally gathered up his belongings to go, he walked past an officer, twisted his body knocking the officer in the chest with his shoulder. He was He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
BOY ACCUSED OF ASSAULT
• Chehalis police were called yesterday afternoon to Green Hill School about an assault of two staff members by a student-inmate. One went to the hospital to be checked and the other didn’t wish to press for charging, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
BAR FIGHT
• Morton police on Monday said they were investigating a felony assault reported about 12:30 a.m. on Saturday at the Bucksnort Inn on Main Avenue in which a 23-year-old Glenoma man sustained a concussion. He was treated at Morton General Hospital and has been released, according to Chief Dan Mortensen.
HOME BURGLARY CENTRALIA
• A 25-year-old Centralia area man returned home about 1:30 a.m. on Saturday at the 2900 block of Sawall Avenue to discover someone had broken into his home and stolen a 40-inch Panasonic flat screen television, an xBox console and as many as 20 games, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
SHED BURGLARY CENTRALIA
• An 83-year-old Centralia man called the sheriff’s office on Monday morning after he discovered someone had cut a fence and gone into a storage shed stealing a red 2007 Yamaha ATV valued at more than $4,000. It happened at the 2200 block of Sandra Avenue, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
STOLEN TRAILER
• A 2004 utility trailer stolen out of Cle Elum was discovered at the 100 block of Cowlitz Loop Road in Toledo, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy was contacted on Friday about the trailer which had been sitting on the property for some time, after tenants had left, according to the sheriff’s office. It was returned to its owner, Sgt. Rob Snaza said.
MAIL THEFT
• A 49-year-old Centralia area resident contacted the sheriff’s office on Friday after discovering two outgoing checks had been stolen from the mailbox at the 100 block of River Heights Road. The victim told of seeing a small blue pickup truck in the area, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
MORE THEFT
• An air compressor and tools were stolen from a garage on the 700 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 12:30 p.m. yesterday.
• Centralia police took a report on Monday of wire stolen from inside a fenced area and building at the 1700 block of Lum Road which turned up in what appeared to be a homeless camp.
VEHICLE PROWL
• Chehalis police were called about 12:45 p.m. yesterday regarding a vehicle prowl in the parking lot at Shop n Kart on the 2100 block of North National Avenue in which a handgun and a garage door opener were stolen. Officer Linda Bailey said someone apparently got the victim’s home address from the registration and the victim subsequently reported his home was burglarized on Southwest William Avenue. It appeared whoever it was tried to steal the truck as well, Bailey said.
• Chehalis police were called about 6:40 p.m. yesterday regarding a vehicle prowl at the 400 block of Northeast Jefferson Avenue.
• Police called about 3:25 a.m. yesterday about a car prowl on Southwest Kelly Avenue in Chehalis subsequently came across a slew of vehicles in the area which had also been hit. Doors and trunks were found open, dome lights on and stolen items strewn along a path which a police dog attempted a track, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Among the items taken were what you might expect to find inside a vehicle, such as purses, tools, CDs, according to police
• Police were called about 5:25 p.m. yesterday regarding someone stealing a television from a vehicle at the 900 block of South Schueber Road in Centralia.
DRUGS
• A 50-year-old Toledo man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine when a deputy was asked to check on his well-being at the 5100 block of Jackson Highway in Toledo on Friday afternoon. William F. Eberle had an outstanding warrant and when he was taken into custody, the deputy found a substance that field tested positive for the dug, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Eberle was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sherif’s office.
SEXUAL ASSAULT
• Rupp W. Freece was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail on Sunday in connection with an alleged rape of a woman he knows, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
RESCUE IN THE WOODS
• Firefighters from Doty and Pe Ell responded with crews from Raymond when an elderly couple’s vehicle went down an embankment early yesterday morning west of Lewis County. Lewis County Fire District 16 Chief Greg Feuchter said he was not on the call, but it came out around 8:30 a.m. or so and while it was up towards Menlo in Pacific County, the scene was accessed off Elk Creek Road and up logging roads. Kirotv.com reports the truck accelerated off a cliff and was witnessed by the couple’s companions. The 80-year-old woman died and her husband was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle in critical condition, according to reporter Richard Thompson.
COLLISIONS
• A 20-year-old Chehalis driver escaped injury when he swerved to miss a deer in the fog at the 200 block of Berry Road outside Chehalis and ended up sheering off a utility pole early on Sunday. His pickup truck sustained major damage, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was cited for speeds too fast for conditions, according to the sheriff’s office.
• A 72-year-old driver sustained only minor injuries but her Honda Civic was totaled when she lost control of the vehicle and it rolled at the 100 block of Chilvers Road west of Chehalis on Sunday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Bordena H. Andrew was cited for second-degree negligent driving, according to the sheriff’s office.
• A 19-year-old driver was cited for speed too fas for conditions after his 1998 Subaru Legacy collided with an embankment on Friday afternoon at the 100 block of Coal Creek Road near Chehalis, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The car sustained major damage, Sgt. Rob Snaza said. The driver was not hurt, Snaza said.
• There was significant damage to both the elk and the Honda Accord when the two collided on Friday evening at the 2500 block of Salzer Valley Road outside Centralia, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 21-year-old driver was not injured, according to Sgt. Rob Snaza.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, underage drinking; responses for alarms, misdemeanor assaults, dispute, shoplifting, parking lot hit and run, possible fraud, purse taken from shopping cart; complaints loud party, screaming man, growling, staring dog … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter