INTRUDER USES BATHROOM SHOWER
• Centralia police were called about 11:15 a.m. on Friday by a resident who reported finding a strange woman in his bathroom when he returned home at the 1200 block of West Chestnut Street. The female, in her 20s and wearing a brown dress, left and was last seen walking westbound, according to the Centralia Police Department. It was apparent she had used items in the house while he was gone, police reported. “It sounds like someone needed a shower,” Sgt. Kurt Reichert said.
VEHICLE VERSUS PEDESTRIAN
• Firefighters were called about 1 p.m. on Friday to the corner of Northwest Prindle Street and Pacific Avenue where a pedestrian was struck by a car. “She spidered the windshield with her head,” Chehalis Fire Department Firefighter Casey Beck said. “She just wasn’t thinking and ran out across the street. She seemed to be fine though.”
THEFT
• Police were called to a second-hand business on the 100 block of North Tower Avenue on Friday where the owner reported several thousands of dollars worth of merchandise as being stolen over the past several years. There is no suspect information, according to the Centralia Police Department. Further details were unavailable.
• Centralia police took a report on Friday of the theft of money by a caregiver on Wayne Drive in Centralia. The The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• A 25-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for an outstanding warrant and possession of methamphetamine after contact with an officer on the 1200 block of Mellen Street in Centralia about 9:30 a.m. yesterday. Jennie B. Young was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A 46-year-old Centralia woman was was arrested for a warrant and possession of methamphetamine after contact with an officer on the 1000 block of Cherry Street in Centralia about 2:20 a.m. yesterday. Terry R. Strong was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DOMESTIC DISPUTE
• A 31-year-old woman was arrested overnight for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend and throwing a brick through a window of his house during a dispute. Officers responding about 1:20 a.m. to the 700 block of Euclid Way booked Natalia L. N. Velazquez into the Lewis County Jail for fourth-degree assault and third-degree malicious mischief, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, attempt to elude, possession of marijuana, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for possible fraud, misdemeanor theft … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter