Updated at 9:13 p.m.
DRUGS
• An investigation by Centralia Police Department’s special Anti-Crime Team led to a search warrant yesterday at the 1200 block of North Fork Road south of Chehalis and the arrest of two individuals. Officer Patty Finch said police found three grams of suspected heroin at a residence there and arrested Brandon M. Cruzan, 24, of Chehalis, for possession of heroin with intent to deliver. Arrested at the same time was Riley R. Jones, 27, of Chehalis, for delivery of methamphetamine, possession of meth with intent to deliver and possession of heroin, Finch said. They were both booked into the Lewis County Jail.
INTERRUPTED BURGLARY
• Chehalis police were called just before 8 o’clock yesterday morning by a resident of the 1400 block of Southwest Kelly Avenue who said his neighbor just called because him to say someone was in his house. The neighbor knocked on the door and noticed someone leaving out the back and hop into a car, according to the Chehalis Police Department. “Nothing ended up being taken,” department spokesperson Linda Bailey said. The investigation is ongoing, Bailey said.
COLLISIONS
• A 33-year-old Centralia man was arrested for driving under the influence last night after his vehicle allegedly struck the rear tail light of a car parked on the 1300 block of Central Boulevard in Centralia. Officers responding about 8:20 p.m. reportedly caught up with Nicholas A. Rickart on Roswell Road and then booked him into the Lewis County Jail for DUI as well as hit and run, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A 25-year-old Vader man ended up with a possibly broken collarbone when the vehicle in which he was a passenger swerved for a deer, went into a slide and rolled several times yesterday morning near Winlock. He was cited for not wearing a seatbelt, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responding to the approximately 5:30 a.m. wreck on the 1500 block of Winlock-Vader Road learned the 34-year-old driver, also from Vader, was headed northbound when the deer ran into the road, according to the sheriff’s office. Responders extricated the patients from the 1990 Ford Bronco and they were taken to the emergency room at Providence Centralia Hospital, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The driver was cited for not having insurance. He had a cut on the top of his head, Brown said.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, disputes, disorderly person, suspicious person collision on city street … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
These guys are about to be released from prison and all it did was made them stronger, better and smarter for the dope game. Way to go cod, you dumb fucks.
All you fuckers are wrong! And if your gonna talk shit don’t hide your identity like a bitch! Who the fuck is pshaaw..?
Some people go to prison for even a gram some people need help but instead they ruin there life by the record they have of going to prison
Junkies defend junkies……
What a joke….. The name says it all. Read closer and you will seeJones was charged with multiple deliveries. The amounts found in his possession weren’t listed. And I did check the jail roster to find that Cruzan’s bail is set at $100,000. Judges dont set it that high on b.s. cases.
This site has sadly been hijacked as a reliable news source and morphed into an ass hat contest! What a joke…
Well it wasn’t enough to keep those 2 guys in jail. They were released this morning. Good luck getting intent and manufacturing to stick….possession only, most likely. Pfffttt…..the task force really needs to step up their game.
Did any of you critics manage to notice that the article states a search warrant was obtained? You have to present a judge with probable cause to get a search warrant. Also, I am pretty certain the Centralia PD had to have the consent of the Sheriff in order to act outside city limits. However, that would not matter to those of you who hate the Sheriff for enforcing the law.
The two individuals are lucky they weren’t murdered by law enforcement for supposedly pulling a pocketknife on a PIG!
PIGS LIE! The morons who believe them are FOOLS!
police squinting to find 3 grams of heroin. . . . .hmm
– maybe meant 3 ounces
Centralia PD justice is coming your way! No distance (outside jurisdiction) is too far to go and no bust is too small (because they will just overcharge the hell out of you).
Intent to deliver on 3 grams? Considering North Fork Rd is about 10 miles from where they are supposed to be doing their job I guess they kind of have to inflate the charges to help justify what a joke that investigation turned out to be.
Clearly that is an amount for personal use so why not just call it what it is…and that is simple possession. It sounds like this guy has no drug charges in his past, but leave it to Centralia to try and put the screw to him on his first one.
I guess out on North Fork its likely that they can’t use their standard school zone (aka bus drives by twice a day) enhancement threat that they have completely exploited the original purpose of to use as their bargaining chip so they cook up inaccurate charges.
Possession with intent on an 8 ball would get laughed out of any real court.
Brandon needs rehab…finally been caught for something drug related…hope he can get himself straight now…
3 grams of dope. What a major bust. How much did that cost