ESCAPE BY BOAT
• A get together at Lake Mayfield ended yesterday when a 40-year-old man and other family members including children got into a boat and retreated to the middle of the lake to get away from a drunken, belligerent and threatening relative, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said 51-year-old James P. Sauter, of Chehalis, had been drinking all day and called someone a name. When the 40-year-old stepped in to defend his sister, Sauter became enraged and tried to get him to fight, Brown said. All but Sauter left the residence on the 100 block of Lake Drive and took to the water, according to Brown. Sauter was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for misdemeanor harassment and disorderly conduct, according to the sheriff’s office.
THEFT
• Chehalis police took a report yesterday afternoon of a tow dolly being stolen from a parking lot on North National Avenue.
• Chehalis police were called about 7 p.m. yesterday after someone reportedly stole a tool box from an open garage on Northeast Washington Avenue.
• Centralia police took a report about 10 a.m. yesterday from the 1600 block of South Gold Street regarding fuel stolen from a vehicle.
NURSE PUNCHED BY PATIENT
• Police were called to the emergency room at Providence Centralia Hospital overnight where an assaultive patent allegedly punched a nurse in the stomach. Alvin R. Matuska, 69, described by police as a transient from Hollywood, Calif., was arrested for third-degree assault and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, elderly man on a scooter in traffic, egg throwing adult … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
I think they need better security at Providence, to many nurses being assaulted.
Why do people think the only way to enjoy a sunny day on the lake is either with booze or dope?
What a waist of sunshine!