Updated at 6:15 p.m.
BURGLARY
• A deputy was called about 5 p.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Baker Road in Packwood where someone had entered an open storage shed sometime during the previous week and taken a metal detector, a Dewalt generator and an 11 hp wood chipper, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is estimated at $4,350, according to the sheriff’s office.
• A Poulan brand chainsaw, green in color, was reported stolen from a garage on the 400 block of North Rock Street in Centralia yesterday afternoon.
• Chehalis police were called about 11:40 a.m. yesterday to the 300 block of Southwest 13th Street where damage to window screens indicated someone may have tried to break in to a building.
VEHICLE PROWL
• Centralia police responded yesterday afternoon and last night to three instances of car prowls on Eureka Avenue. In one case someone rummaged through a vehicle but apparently took nothing; in another spare change was missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
• A 22-year-old homeless man allegedly exposing himself to passing cars was arrested about 1:45 a.m. today at the 1200 block of Mellen Street. Jacob M. Goble was given his citation and then released, however he was picked up in the same area about 5 o’clock this morning after returning to a place he’d been told to stay away from, according to police. Goble was then booked into the Lewis County Jail for trespassing, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• A search warrant served yesterday morning at the 500 block of South Washington Avenue in Centralia resulted in the forwarding of recommended charges of possession of methamphetamine and heroin for its 21-year-old resident, according to the Centralia Police Department.
LOST AND FOUND
• A 1992 W.F. West High School class ring was found at Penny Playground on Southwest 13th Street yesterday and turned into the police department. Its owner is welcome to contact police to claim it, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
WRECK
• Three women were injured and two vehicles totaled in a rear-end collision this afternoon on U.S. Highway 12 in Randle. Troopers called about 2:40 p.m. to the scene near Gharret Road found Irene J. Bach, 75, of Randle, was eastbound and waiting for traffic to clear so she could make a left turn when a Hyundai Santa Fe struck the rear of her Ford Explorer, according to the Washington State Patrol. The investigating trooper blamed driver inattention on the part of Patricia W. Hodel, 60, of Raymond. Hodel, her 39-year-old passenger Dawn A. Brabon, also of Raymond, and Bach were all transported to Morton General Hospital, according to the state patrol.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants; responses for alarm, disputes, shoplifting and other misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, collisions on city streets, loud neighbor music … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Why single out Packwood ? What about Randle , Glenoma and Morton ???? They are everywhere , where have you been ?? Hello ! This is an epidemic and it is not contained to Packwood. Anyone of these towns have their share. It does not stop here either , it is all the way down the line . They are in every town . They surely do SUCK ,but they are not just in Packwood .
well looks like the packwood tweekers are at it again. so when is the lewis county sheriff dept. going to start rounding up these KNOWN low lifes?????
You CAN have your name or initials engraved on your class ring, but it’s your choice and at your expense.
Don’t they ingrave your name on the inside of a class ring (serious question, I never bought one)? I would think it would be very easy to find the owner.