CHEVY CAN’T ROLL THAT WAY
• Somebody removed all four fancy tires and wheels from a Chevrolet Impala parked outside an auto shop on the 2100 block of North National Avenue in Chehalis, according to a report made to police yesterday morning.
MALL SHOPLIFTING
• Surveillance cameras captured a shoplifting incident at a business on the 1300 block of Lum Road in Centralia yesterday evening, according to the Centralia Police Department. Two females left before police arrived but the investigation is ongoing. Twice last week police were called to the Outlet Mall; once on Saturday to the Coach Outlet, a high-end handbag shop, when a purse valued at $200 was stolen and two days before that when a female stole a number of the expensive purses and fled in a white mini van.
PILLS IN POCKET LEAD TO ARREST
• A 25-year-old Rochester resident was arrested after a traffic stop in Chehalis yesterday when police found suspected prescription drugs in a container, but not in a pill bottle with his name on it, in his pocket, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Mathew R. Takacs was driving with a suspended license when he was pulled over about 1:30 p.m. on Northeast Kresky Avenue, according to police. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of a controlled substance.
VAN MISSES DEBRIS BUT HITS CONCRETE BARRIER
• Two passengers were injured when a van ran into the inside concrete barrier on Interstate 5 in Chehalis yesterday afternoon. A trooper called about 3:25 p.m. to the northbound lanes near Chamber of Commerce Way reported the driver was traveling too fast when swerved to avoid debris in the road and lost control of the vehicle. The damage to the 1991 Ford van was limited to about $1,000 and the driver, Jacob N. Petty, 22, of Rochester was reportedly uninjured according to the Washington State Patrol. Passenger Corey J. Hickman, 25, of Chehalis, was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with an ankle injury, according to the state patrol. A 22-year-old passenger from Tumwater had minor injuries but declined to go the hospital, the state patrol reported.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter