KNIFE THREAT
• A 34-year-old man was arrested this morning after he allegedly suggested he might stab a clerk who asked him to leave the Texaco station on the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia. Officers called about 6 a.m. learned the clerk wanted Terry L. Bryan to get off the premises because he was bothering customers, according to the Centralia Police Department. When the clerk approached him, Bryan reportedly reached toward his pocket and asked, “Do you want to get stabbed?” Officer John Panco said. Bryan walked away but was subsequently located and booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault, according to Panco. He had a pocket knife with him, he said.
AUTO THEFT
• A 24-year-old Centralia woman working at Wal-Mart called 911 about 4:25 a.m. when she discovered her car was no longer in the parking lot. An officer responding to the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue learned she had last seen it a about 2 a.m., according to the Chehalis Police Department. The stolen blue 1997 Dodge Neon may have been stopped by a trooper in the Olympia area about 3:30 a.m., but police are still waiting to learn more about the traffic stop, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said.
STOLEN CHAINSAW
• A deputy was called yesterday to the 100 block of Martin Road in Glenoma where a Stihl MS311 chainsaw had been stolen from a shed.It disappeared sometime since last Thursday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The item has a serial number of 283428601, according to the sheriff’s office.
FRAUD
• Centralia police were contacted yesterday morning by a 46-year-old Kelso man who discovered someone used his stolen credit card at two locations in town, according to the Centralia Police Department. A charge of $150 was made in one case and in another, the transaction was rejected, according to police.
CAR PROWL
• Police were called about 12:30 p.m. yesterday regarding a vehicle prowl on Northwest Pennsylvania Avenue in Chehalis.
DRUGS
• A 23-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine yesterday following an ongoing investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department. Alfredo Mendoza Martinez was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to Officer John Panco.
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION
• Firefighters were called about 10:20 p.m. yesterday to property on the 1400 block of Airport Road Northwest where a pile of grass was smoldering. They hosed it down, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. Fire Capt. Kevin Curfman said it had heated up and ignited on its own the way compost would.
VEHICLE VERSUS BICYCLE
• Police and firefighters were called yesterday at noon to the intersection of Rock Street and Centralia College Boulevard when a man on a bicycle was struck by a sport utility vehicle. He was treated at the scene and then released by aid personnel, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrest for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence; responses for alarms, disputes, collisions on city streets, suspicious circumstances; complaint of cars speeding up and down neighborhood street … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter