Suspect exits Wal-Mart following high-dollar theft.
MAN GRABS JEWELRY FROM DISPLAY CASE
• Police are on the lookout for a thief who has targeted the jewelry department at Wal-Mart in Chehalis, making off with an estimated more than $3,400 of earrings and other valuables. He’s described as a heavy-set male and an image captured by store security video is being distributed by Crime Stoppers of Lewis County in hopes someone might recognize him. It was about 5:35 a.m. on Feb. 2 when he entered the store on Northwest Louisiana Avenue, approached a countertop spinnable display case and used a tool to break the lock and steal the merchandise, according to Crime Stoppers. Authorities say he was picked up and dropped off by taxi at the Pepper Tree Motel in Centralia. The same subject is believed to have committed the same crime at the same place the day before. Crime Stoppers asks anyone with information about the location of the property or the identity of the person responsible to contact them. Crime Stoppers pays up to $1,000 for information leading to the clearance of crimes. Anonymous calls can be made to 1-800-748-6422 or information may be shared online at www.lewiscountycrimestoppers.org
AUTO THEFT
• Police took a report last night of a 1995 Nissan Maxima stolen from the 100 block of Virginia Drive in Centralia. The four-door car is described by the Centralia Police Department as gray, almost black, with zebra-striped heart stickers in the back window. It has a license plate reading AOU 3246, according to police.
• Centralia police took a report about 1:30 p.m. yesterday of a vehicle stolen from the 1000 block of Scammon Creek Road which was subsequently located in an unspecified area “out in the county.”
CAR PROWL
• A purse was stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked at the 1300 block of Lum Road in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 6:25 p.m. yesterday.
DRUG INVESTIGATION
• Centralia police say they located methamphetamine when arresting Jacob R. Woods, 39, for an outstanding warrant about 7:30 p.m. yesterday at the 1200 block of Alder Street. The Chehalis resident was booked into the Lewis County Jail for the warrant, but officers continue to investigate the drug aspect of the case, according to the Centralia Police Department.
BENEFIT FOR THEFT VICTIM IS TONIGHT
• Tickets to the annual crab feed hosted by the Tenino area fire department are among the auction items donated for tonight’s event to benefit stone carver Keith Phillips whose livelihood was threatened when his tools were taken in a burglary. The dinner is set to take place at the Tenino Eagles at 349 Sussex Ave. W. from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants; responses for misdemeanor assault, collisions on city streets … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
So, if WalMart pays more than the minimum wage in this state, why can’t they afford to beef up their own security? Or is that the trade-off? They pay slightly more than minimum wage so they can’t afford real security? Either way, by shopping there, your chances of being the victim of a violent crime go way up.
And, by the way, Wal-Mart pays MORE than the minimum wage required in this state.
Actually, I was raised in Bellevue and wouldn’t eat mac and cheese at gunpoint…ate enough of it in college. Nice try, though.
Ever wanted to know how much your precious box of macaroni and cheese will go up in price if WalMart was forced to pay their employees a living wage???
http ://www .youtube .com /watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vAcaeLmybCY
Just think of how much more tax dollars would be saved if WalMart took responsibility for their own security issues!!!
And I DON’T shop at WalMart. I refuse to even go into one for fear of being robbed, raped, or murdered.
And forcing a multi-billion dollar corporation to take responsibility for its own security is not ‘totalitarian’, it’s called “taking responsibility” and not expecting the community to keep footing the bill for sucurity they could easily afford.
But coming from someone obviously from lewis county, any sense of taking responsibility for your actions just sounds like totalitarianism. I fully understand your dilemma.
Yeah, that guy is real “shopper” alright.
“Yeah, it’s Wal-Mart who are the thieves,” blah-blah-blah. The easy thing to do would be to simply shop elsewhere, but I guess it’s more fun to go the totalitarian route and try to shut it down instead.
can your cell phone record 16 simultaneous camera feeds at 27 fps? sometimes you have to sacrifice resolution for bandwidth, and hard-drive space.
Because WalMart is designed to destroy America. They are simply welfare recipients.
Why have cameras or security when the local police are more than happy to waste community resources chasing down the same thieves and scoundrels they cater to and attract?
Without a WalMart, the cops would have nothing to do except respond to simple community problems.
Why does a multi-billion dollar corporation use security cameras that are so poor in quality?
My cell phone camera does a better job!