HARASSMENT
• A 23-year-old homeless man was arrested overnight for allegedly threatening to kill two workers at the shelter on the 400 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia. Officers called just before 1 a.m. booked Jacob M. Goble into the Lewis County Jail for one count of harassment, according to the Centralia Police Department. Just one count because only one of the two men felt threatened, according to Officer Patty Finch.
STOLEN CAR
• Deputies are looking for a 39-year-old Ethel resident after the discovery of a 2001 Honda CRV which was missing many parts yesterday at the 1200 block of U.S. Highway 12 in Ethel. The sheriff’s office was called yesterday by the woman who owns the property who said she’d given permission to the subject to use the property although not to store vehicles on, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She said it appeared someone was chopping up a car there and deputies investigated, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The suspect could not be located and the case is being referred to prosecutors for a charge of first-degree possession of stolen property, according to Brown.
VEHICLE PROWL
• Chehalis police were called about 7:25 p.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowl at the 1500 block of North National Avenue where the victim’s truck had been in impound. Missing were various personal items including clothing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police took a report about 9 a.m. yesterday at the 1400 block of Oxford Avenue of a vehicle egged and a window broken. Within the hour were reports of windows broken from someone throwing rocks at the 1100 block of West First Street and the 700 block of Harrison Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.
COLLISIONS
• Centralia police say only a minor injury was sustained when a vehicle struck a utility pole at Reynolds Avenue and Lum Road at approximately 5:30 p.m. yesterday.
• A motorist was uninjured when he hit a spot of ice, spun around and struck the center barrier on Interstate 5 in Centralia yesterday morning. Firefighters responding about 7:30 a.m. to the northbound lanes near Harrison Avenue found the Chevrolet Blazer on its side and some of the barrier pushed into the southbound lanes, according to Riverside Fire Authority.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, failure to transfer vehicle title; responses for disputes, misdemeanor theft, suspicious person, loud neighbor party … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter