TOLEDO BURGLARY SUSPECT FOUND WITH BAGS OF VALUABLES IN KELSO
• A man suspected in a Saturday morning break-in to a Toledo area home was arrested that night after an hour-long standoff at a Kelso home, with numerous large bags of suspected stolen jewelry, watches, silverware and coin collections. Deputies were called about 10:15 a.m. on Saturday to the 200 block of Schmit Road where a 52-year-old resident said she was returning from a walk when she saw two men get into a white Mitsubishi and speed off, according to the Lewis County Sherif’s Office. She discovered she had been burglarized of a small safe and numerous pieces of jewelry including a wedding band and an engagement ring, according to the sheriff’s office. A deputy traveling north on Jackson Highway encountered the suspect vehicle heading south and pursued it, a chase during which a small safe was tossed from the car and shattered on the roadway in front of the deputy, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The pursuit continued, with assistance from other law enforcement agencies, and the Mitsubishi got onto Interstate 5 southbound and sped down the inside shoulder of the freeway but eventually got away, according to the sheriff’s office. Information from the license plate led police to the home of the suspect car’s registered owner, a woman in Kelso, Brown said. Later in the day, police got information their suspect was at the home and after an hour, at about 9:50 p.m., Kelso police accompanied by an officer with state Department of Corrections finally entered home and detained Todd E. Fears, 40, Kelso, on a DOC warrant, according to Brown. The Toledo woman’s loss is estimated at about $5,000, and Brown said she isn’t sure yet if her valuables have been recovered. Fears was brought to the Lewis County Jail yesterday where he was booked or burglary and eluding, according to Brown. Law enforcement is still looking for the passenger, described only as a skinny white male wearing a hat and backpack and ask if anyone has information that they contact the sheriff’s office. Kelso police over the next few days will be attempting to arrange for recent burglary victims to view the valuables from the bags, according to Brown.
ACCIDENTAL STABBING SEND TEEN TO HOSPITAL
• A 13-year-old girl Chehalis was hospitalized this morning after she found a steak knife embedded into her hip area. Officers called about 4:40 a.m. to the home on the 600 block of Northwest Gertrude Street learned the girl had been sleeping on a couch and rolled over onto the knife. She was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Spokesperson Linda Bailey said she did not know how the girl was doing today. “It was not just a little poke in the side, it was embedded,” Bailey said.
THE HONDA CAR BEAT
• A 1988 Honda Accord was reported stolen from the 100 block of Spring Court in Vader sometime between 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 o’clock yesterday morning. A red Honda Civic stolen from Kelso was recovered in the same area yesterday. A 28-year-old woman who called the sheriff’s office said it appeared someone may have tried to steal her car as well as she found its door ajar, however her car had a dead battery, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The missing car has a license plate of 322 ZAB, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.
• A 1996 Honda Honda Accord was discovered about 10 a.m. yesterday, wrecked into some trees along the 400 block of Oppelt Road outside Chehalis, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
FRAUD
• Police were called to the 200 block of Southwest 14th Street in Chehalis on Friday where a 49-year-old resident said he had been expecting a check which never arrived and discovered it had been cashed, for $900. The case is under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
ARRESTED, BOOKED, AND RELEASED
• A 39-year-old Centralia woman was arrested on Saturday when police were called to Wal-Mart and told she tried to return an item stolen from the store. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail but is to be released today without charges pending further investigation.
LOST AND FOUND
• An Onalaska woman who inadvertently left her wallet in a shopping cart yesterday at Wal-Mart told police she returned the cart after unloading groceries and then realizing the wallet was still in it quickly returned to discover the wallet was already gone. An officer called about 5:15 p.m. was able to track down a woman who said she found it and was going to return it to its owner, according to Chehalis Police Department.
CAR PROWL
• Chehalis police took a report about 4 p.m. on Friday from an individual parked near the Grocery Outlet at the Twin City Town Center in the 1300 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue who found marks on their vehicle window as though someone had tried to break in.
PROM OVER
• A 17-year-old Onalaska boy was taken to the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center after a deputy found him unsteady on his feet with alcohol on his breath during the Onalaska High School prom on Saturday night, held at the railroad depot in Centralia. A deputy was working the event for the Onalaska School District, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for driving under the influence, shoplifting, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarms, suspicious circumstances, theft of alcohol, collisions on city streets and in a parking lot … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter