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CHEHALIS WOMAN SCARES BURGLAR AWAY

• Deputies were called about 12:05 a.m. today to the 400 block of Yates Road south of Chehalis after a 30-year-old mother discovered a tall thin stranger wearing a ski mask and dressed all in black inside her home. She screamed and he ran out through the laundry room door, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The woman said she had been in her daughter’s bedroom trying to get her to fall asleep when she heard a voice and thought her boyfriend had returned home, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. She hid in her child’s room until law enforcement arrived and when they searched the house, they discovered in the master bedroom a safe had been opened and a Sony Playstation had been placed inside a pillow case, Brown said. Missing from the safe was about $600 cash, silver coins, a gold watch and necklace, according to Brown. The woman said she believed the intruder had gray hair and was caucasian, according to the sheriff’s office.

ACQUAINTANCE TAKES VALUABLES BY FORCE

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports this morning that last Wednesday, a deputy took a report from a 33-year-old Toledo man who said a person he knows entered his home and used physical force plus threats of further harm while demanding anything of value in the residence and left with three laptop computers. The deputy was told it happened at noon last Monday at the River Oakes RV Campground off state Route 506 west of Interstate 5, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The case is being referred to prosecutors for a charge of robbery against the suspect, a 33-year-old man from Winlock or Cowlitz County, according to the sheriff’s office. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said there was a second victim present during the incident and there is a second suspect involved as well who is not yet identified.

MORTON POLICE CHECK FOR INTRUDER

• Police responded to a call at a residence in the 100 block of First Street in Morton about 3:10 a.m. on Friday after the homeowner reported being awakened by a noise in the attic. Officers searched the attic, and all around the exterior of the home, however, nothing was found, according to the Morton Police Department.

TOOLS TAKEN

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports this morning they are investigating the theft of two chainsaws and a winch from a metal building on the 400 block of state Route 505 outside of Winlock that occurred sometime in the week that ended on Friday. The loss is estimated at $2,300, according to the sheriff’s office.

CAR PROWL

• Someone prowled an unlocked vehicle parked at the 100 block of West High Street in Centralia while its owner was shopping, according to a report made to police about 6:25 p.m. yesterday.

GRAFFITI

• A vehicle belonging to a business and a building at the 500 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia were discovered vandalized with graffiti early yesterday morning, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FROM THE COURTHOUSE

• A 65-year-old Toledo man was arrested after he allegedly stopped  a car traveling near his home and pointed a gun at the driver and her 8-year-old son on Friday night. Police were called about 8 p.m. about the incident in the area of North Fifth Street and the woman had taken off and parked near Toledo High School and turned off her headlights to hide from the man, according to authorities. Larry N. Bemrose, 65, was contacted and spoke to officers about how he was protecting his neighborhood, allegedly admitting he’d contacted a white sport utility vehicle and a Lincoln, although denying he’d confronted the woman, court papers state. The woman, Finola Erickson, told police she’d just left a relative’s house in the area of Middle Crest Road and when she came to the stop sign, a pickup truck pulled a U-turn in front of her and blocked her, according to charging documents. She said a man she’d never seen before got out, approached with a rifle and pointed it at her son who was sitting in the passenger seat, and then walked around her side of the car and pointed it at her, charging documents relate. Bemrose gave police permission to search his truck and they retrieved a long gun leaning against his passenger seat that he said was a 4-10 shotgun, the documents state. He was arrested for first-degree assault and booked into the Lewis County Jail. Bemrose, who has no criminal history was charged with the same offense today – which has a maximum penalty of life in prison – and ordered held on $100,000 bail pending trial. His arraignment is set for Thursday in Lewis County Superior Court.

COLLISION

• A 21-year-old Randle resident was reportedly uninjured but his 1991 Chevrolet Astrovan sustained major damage when it slid off the roadway and overturned along the 200 block of Silverbrook Road in Randle about 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Ethan Middleton said he did not know what happened and advised he had been drinking alcohol, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. One of six firearms located in his vehicle was loaded, so Middleton was arrested for having a loaded firearm in a vehicle as well as first-degree negligent driving, according to the sheriff’s office. He was then released, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing a public servant, teenage boy for alcohol possession, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, protection order violation, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence; responses for alarms, disputes, misdemeanor theft, collision on city street … and more.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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