FAILED VEHICLE THEFT
• Chehalis police say a 32-year-old Chehalis man and his friend were unloading his pickup truck at the 200 block of Northeast Washington Avenue last night when a male ran up, jumped behind the wheel and tried to drive away. Officers called about 8:25 p.m. found the truck had struck one of the men and then a tree before they took the keys from the ignition, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Mark F. Dodge, 32, from Bremerton, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for vehicle theft, according to police. Officer Linda Bailey said the victim suffered bruises.
STOLEN SNOWMOBILE
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning a $22,000 custom built snowmobile was stolen on Monday from Skate Creek Road North near Ashford. A deputy responding about 3 p.m. learned the 2012 black and orange Arctic Cat vanished sometime in the previous hour, according to the sheriff’s office.
SEX CRIME
• A 20-year-old man was arrested by Centralia police yesterday afternoon at the 100 block of South Oak Street after a 15-year-old girl’s older sister learned of a sexual relationship between him and the teenager. Police say Ian C. Henry is from California, befriended the girl on Facebook and came to town on a Greyhound bus to meet her. Henry is described as transient, having traveled from California to New Mexico and then Colorado, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree rape of a child, according to police.
MISSING PLATE
• Centralia police took a report yesterday morning of a license plate stolen from a utility trailer at the 1300 block of Lum Road. The Washington plate reads 8078UY, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for shoplifting, suspicious circumstances … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
So a guy travels around the country by bus and has sexual relationships with underage kids he meets on the internet. This is the lowest form of internet predator. At least when they are in their own homes they can be traced. This guy is a mobile parents nightmare.
Dude! Where’s my truck! What a failed attempt of stealing the vehicle. I sure hope the guy who owns it has insurance! That guy who took a greyhound is out of his mind! A fifteen year old?! Kudos to big sis for stepping up and not allowing her younger sister to get into some kind of mess with a TRANSIENT! What if he has hurt or taken young girls before?? Just what was he really up to? Not many REAL men would do such a thing. What a coward that he has to have a relationship with a young, impressionable female! Sick pig!