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ASSAULT

• An officer was called to Green Hill School for boys in Chehalis on Saturday after an 18-year-old student-inmate allegedly punched a 17-year-old in the mouth, causing loose teeth. A charge of second-degree assault was recommended in the case, although the resident of the state juvenile detention facility simply stayed in custody there, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• A 41-year-old Centralia woman was arrested at a residence on the 100 block of Southwest 11th Street in Chehalis on Friday evening when police arrived looking for an individual who allegedly stole beer from Safeway about two hours earlier. The suspect male was arrested for third-degree theft, according to police, but the woman who was wanted for a warrant was reportedly hostile and resisted attempts to detain her. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree assault, but prosecutors declined to file that charge.

• A 23-year-old Winlock man was arrested for allegedly choking or attempting to choke his wife on Friday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies called about 10 a.m. following the incident subsequently booked Joshua T. Strobel into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault, according to the sheriff’s office.

HARASSMENT

• Jason A. Green, 24, of Randle, was arrested on Saturday for felony harassment, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Further information was not readily available.

BURGLARY AND THEFT

• A 36-year-old Chehalis area man returned home about 4:30 p.m. on Friday to find someone had kicked in his door and stolen approximately $1,000 worth of jewelry, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The burglary occurred sometime after 7:30 a.m. at the residence on the 100 block of Valley Meadow Road, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A 59-year-old Morton woman was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for allegedly taking items from the receiving area at Jan’s Lost and Found in Morton yesterday. Prosecutors declined to file charges. She was scheduled to be released this afternoon.

• Police were called about 3:30 p.m. on Saturday to a report a battery was stolen out of a recreational vehicle on Southeast Aust Manor Drive in Chehalis.

VANDALISM

• Someone broke a window on a vehicle at the 1400 block of Johnson Road in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday morning.

DRUGS

• A 46-year-old Rochester man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine when he was contacted regarding a warrant and a violation of a protection order in connection with the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia yesterday afternoon. Bruce A. Nelson was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

POST OFFICE MYSTERY

• Morton police reported this morning they are investigating an incident in which on New Year’s Day, blood was found smeared and strewn about at the post office. Officers responding just before 11 a.m. to the building at the 100 block of Second Street found it smeared on the front windows, on the sliding doors in the front, the glass doors leading to the lobby area and also droplets on the floor, according to Chief Dan Mortensen. The post office was closed until it could be removed, according to the chief.

WRECKS

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning an 18-year-old Centralia resident totaled his car but escaped injury when he lost control of his Mazda Protege on Friday evening at a ditch along the 1900 block of South Schueber Road outside Chehalis. A deputy responding about 8 p.m. issued a citation for talking on a cell phone to Jonathan A. Robles, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Morton police responded about 12:30 p.m. on Saturday to a one car rollover accident at the intersection of Second Street and Adams Avenue in which the driver sustained minor injuries. The driver said he wasn’t feeling well and passed out, according to the Morton Police Department. He was taken to Morton General Hospital, according to Mortensen.

• A 22-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested for alleged hit and run in connection with a car running into a power pole on the 800 block of Bunker Creek Road outside Chehalis around 1 a.m. on Saturday morning. Brandon W. Bowen was also cited for speeds too fast for conditions, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that three teens and 26-year-old driver were hospitalized with minor injuries when a car skidded through an intersection at North Military and Koontz roads on Saturday night and ran into an embankment. A deputy responding about 10 p.m issued citations to Ryan Colby, of Toledo, for speed too fast for conditions and failing to stop at a stop sign, according to the sheriff’s office. Transported also to Providence Centralia Hospital were a 19-year-old man from Toledo and two 17-year-old girls, one from Toledo and the other from Chehalis, according to Sgt. Rob Snaza. The 2000 Saturn sustained major front end damage, Snaza said.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants; responses for alarms, female staggering in the street, possibly suicidal person, parking lot collision, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, defiant 13-year-old, inquiry about child custody issues, request for help finding a homeless shelter, unwelcome naughty phone calls; complaints of vehicle egged in the night, person smoking inside a bus stop shelter  … and more.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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