Lewis County Sirens.com

Updated at 1:44 p.m.

FOULED PROWL

• Centralia police were called about 4:20 a.m. today when a subject was seen breaking a vehicle’s window and stealing a backpack along the 400 block of North Tower Avenue. Officers responded but were unable to locate a suspect, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police were told that once the male realized he’d been observed, he dropped the pack and ran away, according to police. He was wearing a blue and yellow coat, police said.

AUTO THEFT

• Chehalis police responded about 5:45 a.m. today when a 19-year-old Chehalis woman discovered her red 1991 Honda Civic missing from in front of her home on the 300 block of Northeast Adams Avenue. She had last seen it about 10 p.m. the night before and she had the keys, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Officers followed some leads and subsequently the car was spotted at a location which Olympia police were asked to check, according to police. The car was recovered, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said.

• Centralia police were called about 10:15 a.m. yesterday about a car stolen during the night from the 100 block of South Tower Avenue. The 2008 Ford Focus turned up by about 1:15 p.m. parked at the 2900 block of Little Hanaford Road but it has been burned up, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Few details were available about what happened, but it’s possible someone just needed a vehicle for a short period of time and when they were done, set it on fire, maybe in an attempt to destroy any evidence, according to Cmdr. Steve Aust. “It’s actually more common than you would think,” Aust said.

BURGLARY

• Sometime between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. yesterday, someone broke into a home on the 200 block of Leonard Road near Onalaska and stole $200 worth of jewelry and cash, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A deputy was called yesterday afternoon about a theft of items from a barn on the 400 block of Butts Road near Morton. Among the goods stolen were an Alpine car stereo and a gray tool box with hand tools, It happened sometime after 8 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

FEDS STUMBLE UPON DOMESTIC VIOLATION

• The FBI was in Chehalis yesterday for unknown reasons involving what the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office called an active investigation. Sheriff’s Cmdr. Steve Aust said a detective accompanied them, but that he could not speak for the federal agents, as it is their case. While in the area of the 400 block of Southwest 14th Street about 10:45 a.m. however, an agent called 911 to report hearing a female in distress from the bushes. Chehalis police arrived and learned Tyler A. Ketchum, 19, of Puyallup, pushed the 15-year-old and then attempted to flee, but was detained, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Ketchum was arrested for a violation of a no-contact order and booked into the Lewis County Jail, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said. The incident was unrelated to the FBI’s case, Bailey said. A call seeking information from the FBI has not yet been returned.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for obstructing a police officer, protection order violation, shoplifting; responses for alarms, an inquiry about bullying at school, a business receiving a fraudulent check, collisions on city streets … and more.

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Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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