CHILD PORN FOUND ON FAMILY’S COMPUTER GAME MEMORY, POLICE SAY
• Police arrested a former Chehalis man yesterday after a dozen or more pornographic pictures of children were turned up on a memory card from the family’s children’s computer game machine. Joshua N. Hensley, 27, was arrested at his Grand Mound workplace and booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, Chehalis Police Department Sgt. Rick McNamara said this morning. The investigation began after police were called March 21 to a Chehalis home and arrested Hensley for second-degree assault, domestic violence, McNamara said. His wife turned over to police a computer, which is still being examined for suspected illegal images by experts at the state crime lab, he said. Following Hensley’s March arrest, the wife contacted detectives again to say she discovered some pictures on the children’s game. McNamara said he didn’t know for sure if the children saw the photos or exactly where the photos originated.
DRUGS
• A Silver Creek man was arrested for unlawful possession of a controlled substance after a traffic stop about 11:40 p.m. last night on South Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to Centralia police.
THEFTS AND BURGLARY
• Chehalis police were called about 3:20 this morning about a burglary on Southwest Interstate Avenue. A window was shattered, according to the report made to police.
• A stolen riding lawn mower was found at the recycling center on Reynolds Avenue in Centralia by its owner, according to a report made to Centralia police yesterday morning.
• A clarinet was stolen from a vehicle on the 1300 block of West Main Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday morning. Later in the day, police were called about a purse being taken from a vehicle on the 2000 block of Industrial Way.
VEHICLES VANDALIZED
• Chehalis police were called about 3:45 p.m. yesterday about vandalism to a truck on Southwest Second Street. Centralia police took two reports yesterday of vandalism to vehicles; one on the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue and earlier in the day, another report that all four tires were slashed on a vehicle on the 1800 block of North Pearl Street.
DRYER FIRE ABOVE SKATING RINK
• Firefighters were called just after midnight to a smokey smell at an apartment above the Rollerdrome in Centralia. What they found on the 200 block of Maple Street was a dryer fire, Capt. Ken Colombo said this morning. The residents had laundered and then dried oily rags, which spontaneously combusted as they sat in the warm dryer, he said. The fire was confined to the machine, however, it had melted plastic parts inside. The resulting overwhelming burnt plastic odor leaves the inhabitants with probably thousands of dollars in cleaning costs, Colombo said.
SCHOOL’S OUT: SAFETY REMINDER
• With the school year ending, fire Lt. Laura Hanson wants to remind motorists to keep their eyes out for more youngsters on the streets. Children will be playing in parks, next to roadways and just having a good time riding their bicycles, Hanson of Lewis County Fire District 5 said, and drivers just need to be even more aware.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter