VEHICLE PROWL
• Deputies responded about 6 a.m. yesterday to the 500 block of River Road outside Chehalis where a pair of individuals camping along the river with people unknown to them said belongings were stolen out of their vehicle. Missing were a wallet, a coin purse, a pill box and a medical bag with unspecified supplies, some of which were found in the vehicle belonging to Mark S. Chesler, 33, of Centralia, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He denied he took them, but was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for vehicle prowl and theft, according to the sheriff’s office.
DRUGS
• Police were called about 2:40 p.m. yesterday to a report of stolen prescription medications at the 900 block of F Street in Centralia.
• A 22-year-old Centralia man brought to the Lewis County Jail early yesterday by a Thurston County deputy on a warrant found himself in further trouble when during an intake process, a baggie containing a white substance fell out of his pocket. A deputy responding just after 6 a.m. contacted Cole E. Taylor and found the material field tested positive for methamphetamine, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
VANDALISM
• A deputy took a report yesterday evening that someone entered a shop building on the 1200 block of Centralia-Alpha Road and broke the windshield and rear window from an El Camino.
CITATIONS FOR PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES OF ANIMALS
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that a 53-year-old woman was bit by a Pit Bull when she tried to break up a dog fight early Saturday morning at Ike Kinswa Park.
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that last Thursday when a 57-year-old Onalaska man was checking his mail, he was bit by a dog that advanced on him, forcing him into a ditch. He was wounded above his knee cap. The pet was a Dalamation-Labrador-Pit Bull mix, according to the sheriff’s office.
WRECK
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported today that a 62-year-old Chehalis woman driving a Buick Sedan turned in front of a motorcyclist on Sunday near Chehalis, causing the victim to lay down his bike. It happened at the 400 block of Bunker Creek Road and the 71-year-old Aberdeen man suffered abrasions to his left arm and leg, according to the sheriff’s office.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, failure to register as a sex offender; responses for alarms, dispute, broken windows … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
“Sedan turned in front of a motorcyclist on Sunday near Chehalis, causing the victim to lay down his bike.”
Someday, motorcycle riders need to learn that rubber on asphalt has much more friction than metal on asphalt. Laying down his bike only increased the rider’s injuries. Of course, the attentive motorcycle rider also always assumes the people in cars are out to kill them. If he had time to react by laying down the bike, he had plenty of time for other reactions like swerving and HARD, but controlled, braking. One of my smarter moves was taking the MSF class when I bought my first motorcycle.