A Mossyrock school bus and car are pictured after they collide on Kjesbu Road yesterday. / Courtesy photo by Matt Hadaller
CAR VERSUS SCHOOL BUS
• Lewis County Fire District 3 responded to a collision between a car and a school bus about noontime yesterday north of Mossyrock. Fire Chief Matt Hadaller said it happened on the 100 block of Kjesbu Road. There were about nine younger grade school-age children on the bus and they were unhurt, according to Hadaller. The bus driver was sore but okay and the young man driving the car had minor cuts, he said. The sheriff’s office reported that Abraham H. Snodgrass, 19, of Mossyrock, came around a corner in the bus’s lane of travel and hit the bus. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said Snodgrass was to be cited for negligent driving.
MISSING HUNTER, MUSHROOM PICKER FOUND
• A sheriff’s deputy used lights and sirens to guide a lost hunter out of the woods near Doty over the weekend, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said yesterday a 39-year-old Rochester man failed to meet back up with his hunting companion at dark on Sunday evening. They were in the area between Lincoln Creek Road and Doty, she said. The sheriff’s office was called just after 9:30 and the man, whose name was not reported, was found about 11:15 p.m. on the 550 Road, across from where he had been, according to Brown. He was wet and cold but otherwise okay, she said.
• The Pacific County Sheriff’s Office reported today that after several hours of searching on Sunday for a missing mushroom picker in the Elk Creek area just west of Pe Ell they discovered the missing man was located in Chehalis. Authorities were notified about 5:50 p.m. on Saturday a 42-year-old man had gotten separated from his group. An effort that included individuals from Pacific, Lewis, Thurston and three other counties on Sunday included vehicle patrols dog teams and foot searches, according to a news release. After several hours, they concluded he must have left the wooded area and as they were planning for the next day, the sheriff’s office got word he was found by Chehalis police, according to the news release. The man, whose identity was not reported, was described as being in good health and without injury, the news release stated.
BICYCLIST ARRESTED WITH DRUGS, POLICE SAY
• A Centralia man riding a bicycle without a headlamp last night was stopped by a police officer and subsequently found to be in possession of methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana, according to the Centralia Police Department. Christian D. Brown, 23, was booked into the Lewis County Jail after his contact with an officer about midnight on the 600 block of Harrison Avenue, according to police.
MAN FIRES GUN INTO DITCH, GETS ARRESTED
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday an 18-year-old man was arrested for malicious harassment for allegedly firing two rounds from a .22 rifle to scare people on Saturday. A deputy called just after 5 p.m. took a report of a dispute earlier in the day involving a Toledo man and neighbors. When it was over, Dillen Marshall, 18, the son of one of the parties involved, reportedly drove to the other person’s address, peeled out damaging a fence and fired two shot into a ditch. Marshall was booked for harassment and also malicious mischief, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.
BURGLARIES
• Centralia police took a report of a flat screen TV stolen from a residence on the 800 block of North Pearl Street on Sunday.
• A resident of the 200 block of Skate Creek Road reported a burglary on Saturday in which more than $3,000 of valuables were taken, including a .45 caliber pistol, two shotguns, a rifle, computer equipment and Black Hills gold jewelry. Also stolen while the victim was working out of town was a 1990 Geo Metro, but it was recovered by the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s office.
• Centralia police were called about a burglary to a business on the 100 block of West Walnut Street on Saturday morning.
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday that somebody broke into a vacant house and several outbuildings on the 200 block of Carroll Road south of Chehalis. The report made on Thursday noted that several hasps were broken.
• Chehalis police were called about a vehicle missing from an impound yard on Saturday morning.
• Centralia police were called about the theft of a van from the 500 block of North Tower Avenue on Friday afternoon. The missing vehicle is a metallic blue 1990 Plymouth Voyager with a Washington license plate.
• A backpack, CD player and other items were reported stolen from an unlocked vehicle on the 300 block of East Chestnut Street in Centralia yesterday, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police were called about 7:40 a.m. on Sunday after a male allegedly smashed a windshield and fled in a vehicle from the 400 block of West Main Street.
• Chehalis police were called Monday about tires on a vehicle being slashed.
• Centralia police were called just before midnight on Saturday to the 100 block of South Tower Avenue where a woman said her ex-boyfriend slashed her car tires while she was at one of the local clubs.
CAR VERSUS DEER
• Centralia police were called just before 6:30 p.m. yesterday about a car and deer collision on the 2000 block of Cooks Hill Road.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter