VEHICLE PROWLING ARREST
• Centralia police arrested a suspected car prowler yesterday morning when an individual on the 300 block of West Pear Street caught him inside their vehicle. Johnny R. Cyr, 29, of Chehalis, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CENTRALIA OUTLETS VICTIMIZED
• A 24-year-old Tacoma resident was arrested for retail theft shortly after noon yesterday after she allegedly was caught stealing from several outlet stores at the 100 block of West High Street in Centralia. Amber N. Fisher, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
OTHER THEFT
• Police were called about 10:15 a.m. yesterday to the 600 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia regarding the theft of electronic cigarettes.
BURNING CAR
• Firefighters were called about 3:10 p.m. yesterday to Harrison Avenue near Hoss Road where a motorist said he had been traveling northbound, smelled smoke, parked, got out and watched his Ford Taurus burst into flames. Nobody was hurt, according to Riverside Fire Authority. “We put it out, let it cool down, called a tow truck, and his son came and picked him up,” Firefighter Rick LeBoeuf said. The cause is unclear, but the car is a total loss, according to LeBoeuf.
CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING ROBBERY HAD ROOTS IN LEWIS COUNTY
• A trip to retrieve a borrowed car near Lacey – that morphed into a stabbing and a break-in where heroin and money were stolen – began in Lewis County, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. Early on Wednesday morning, deputies were called to the 5200 block of Rumac Street Southeast, where a 33-year-old Thurston County man sustained numerous stab wounds, although none were life-threatening, according to the sheriff’s office. He was transported by medics to Providence St. Peter Hospital, according to Lt. Cliff Ziesemer. The investigation revealed that seven individuals arrived to recover a female’s Saturn that had been borrowed and not returned, Ziesemer said. The suspects borrowed a Lewis County woman’s Ford Explorer to make the trip, but she was not involved in any way, nor did she know what they planned, Ziesemer said. While there, some of them broke into the house and into a bedroom where two people were hiding and demanded money and drugs, he said. A K-9 track led to one of the vehicles and three suspects, in an area off Mullen Road Southeast. Taken into custody for first-degree robbery and first-degree assault were a 15-year-old boy as well as Krista Hughes, 35, and Nakayla Hand,18, according to the sheriff’s office. Still outstanding on Christmas Eve were Joshua Kimbrough, 33, Aarin Salter, 18, Eric Ford, 20, and Aaron Simpson, 19, Ziesemer said. All live in the Olympia and Lacey area, he said. Anyone with information as to their whereabouts is asked to call Detective Mitch King at 360-786-5517, or 911 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
COLLISION
• Zachery L. Chance, 19, of Centralia, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for driving under the influence after he crashed his car into a curb around 2 a.m. at the 1600 block of Military Road in Centralia. Elijah R. Ross, 18 of Chehalis, was in the same vehicle and was cited for minor in possession of alcohol and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; responses for misdemeanor theft … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter