ASSAULT
• A 22-year-old Centralia man was arrested overnight for second-degree assault domestic violence after police responded to the 1100 block of South Pearl Street about 1:30 a.m. David M. Cash was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
HEAD BUTTING AND MORE LAND MAN IN JAIL, POLICE SAY
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported on Thursday they arrested a man on Tuesday for multiple offenses at a Winlock address including reportedly striking a woman with a car door, taking her vehicle twice, hitting her in the head with his head and running his van into her truck. Deputies who responded about 6:30 p.m. to the 100 block of McGlaughlin Road booked Calvin L. Rhodes into the Lewis County Jail for fourth-degree assault, domestic violence, malicious mischief, hit and run and taking a motor vehicle without permission, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.
DRUGS AND WARRANT
• Centralia police arrested a 37-year-old man for possession of unspecified illegal drugs and an outstanding warrant after a contact yesterday afternoon at Harrison and Belmont avenues. Jeramie L. Zerger of Centralia was into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
PANHANDLING ARREST
• Centralia police arrested a man for alleged aggressive panhandling after he reportedly grabbed the arm of an individual who declined to give him money in downtown Centralia. Benjamin R. Hardy, 34, of Centralia, was arrested for pedestrian interference about 6:40 p.m. on Wednesday after the incident on the 100 block of North Tower Avenue, according to police.
CHEHALIS RETIREMENT HOME REPORTS ANOTHER THEFT
• Chehalis police said on Thursday they responded to a report the day before of about $100 missing from a patients room at a retirement center on Northwest Quincy Place. On Monday, an officer was called to the same place, Chehalis West Assisted Living, to a report of the theft of $40 from a patients room.
STARVING HORSE SEIZED
• A 30-year-old emaciated horse seized from the Winlock area was in such bad shape it had maggots living in open sores but is expected to make a full recovery, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said a deputy went to the 1700 block of Winlock-Vader Road on Tuesday following a anonymous tip about a starving horse. The animal is being treated at the Lewis County Animal Shelter and the sheriff’s office is investigating a woman in connection with second-degree animal abuse, Brown said yesterday.
COLLISIONS ALL OVER
• A rollover accident on Thursday afternoon at North Pearl and Sixth streets was caused when a westbound driver ran a stop sign and was hit by a southbound vehicle, Centralia police reported yesterday. Occupants of both vehicles reportedly suffered only minor injuries, according to the Centralia Police Department. It was one of four two-vehicle collisions Centralia police responded to on the same day. None resulted in more than minor injuries, according to police.
• Two people were taken to Providence Centralia Hospital after a motorcycle wreck Thursday evening at the 1300 block of North Fork Road east of Chehalis. Lewis County Fire District 6 was called about 7:15 p.m. to the accident about six miles east of Jackson Highway, according to Fire Chief Bud Goodwillie.
• Three individuals were hospitalized after a two-vehicle collision northeast of Winlock on Wednesday night, according to Lewis County Fire District 15. Responders were called just before 10 p.m. to the area at North Military and Antrim roads, according to Firefighter Kevin Anderson. A fourth person declined to be transported, Anderson said.
• A Mossyrock man escaped serious injury when his vehicle was struck in the rear on Interstate 5 just north of Woodland and rolled over. John A. Vawter, 59, suffered neck and back pain after the Thursday morning wreck but was not hospitalized, according to the Washington State Patrol. His 2007 Ford Edge sustained an estimated $6,000 damage, the state patrol reported. The 24-year-old driver from Castle Rock was taken to St. John Medical Center in Longview with possible injuries to his collarbone and foot, according to the responding trooper. He was cited for following too closely. His 2005 Honda was described as totaled.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter