Lewis County Sirens.com

TOLEDO HOME SAVED FROM FIRE THAT BURNED GARGE TO THE GROUND

• A blaze yesterday morning in Toledo destroyed a detached garage but a nearby house sustained only minimal damage. Firefighters from Lewis County Fire District 2 were called about 9 a.m. to the 100 block of Cooper Road off state Route 505. “We went right to the house, the garage was already on the ground and the back side of the house had already started to burn,” Fire Lt. Tracy Summers said. The residents were not home at the time. Firefighters from Winlock and Vader assisted. A lot of tools and motor parts were lost, according to Fire Investigator Jay Birley. He said this morning he doesn’t yet know what caused the fire.

GRAFFITI IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police yesterday took two reports of spray-painted graffiti on the outsides of buildings. One was on the 100 block of West First Street and the other on the 200 block of South Pearl Street. Centralia police Sgt. Stacy Denham said one of them contained the word “Sensa.” Denham said he is not sure what was meant by it, but said it is a martial arts term for a teacher or boss.

THEFTS AND BREAK-INS

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday somebody stole more than $6,000 of items from a storage shed on the 400 block of Conrad Road in Winlock. A deputy took a report Saturday evening and learned that among the items missing were a power tools, a Kawasaki motorcycle, televisions, a floor jack and a propane tank. Damage done to wiring, gas lines and a sewer hose totaled an estimated $1,800, according to the report. The victim lives out of town and the break-in apparently occurred in previous weeks.

• A deputy took a report on Saturday about a break-in to a shop on the 700 block of Gish Road in Onalaska. Among the items stolen were a miter saw, a Stihl chainsaw and five sets of drive sockets, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. it had occurred sometime in the previous two to three weeks.

• Somebody broke the window of a Honda Civic and left the glove box open after it was left broken down Sunday evening on the side of the road near Old Highway 99 and the Oregon Trail Road, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. The Chehalis woman who owns the car had removed the stereo and put it in the trunk, and nothing was missing, the sheriff’s office reported.

POLICE CHIEF BERG TEACHES, LEARNS ABOUT NEW TECHNOLOGY

• Centralia Police Chief Bob Berg was among some 30 law enforcement officers who attended a rural law enforcement technology institute last week, an event held in Coronado, Calif. which Berg called innovative and informative. Among the topics of discussion were crime mapping, records management, communications, and technologies related to patrol vehicles, aviation and digital video, according to a news release yesterday. Participation was funded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice, according to the news release. Berg was a presenter as well, speaking about implementing electronic ticketing. Berg noted the most beneficial aspect was the interaction with his contemporaries. “I found that other departments are facing the same issues that we encounter and that there are some good solutions out there that are reasonable in cost,” Berg said in the news release. “Moreover, it reinforced my belief that the Centralia Police Department is in the forefront of implementing and using new technology for law enforcement.”

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 12th, 2010 at 11:20 am and is filed under Sharyn's sirens roundup. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.