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ROBBERY IN CENTRALIA
• Police are investigating a purported attempted armed robbery that happened overnight on a downtown Centralia street. Officers responded about 2:30 a.m. to the 300 block of South Tower Avenue where a pedestrian said he was confronted by two unknown males who wanted money, one of whom claimed to have a gun, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police learned four bystanders intervened and chased away the would-be thieves. One suspect has been identified and the investigation is ongoing, Centralia police reported this morning.
ASSAULT
• A 65-year-old Centralia man was arrested for second-degree assault on Sunday night for allegedly choking his former roommate. Charles C. Mullins was booked into the Lewis County Jail following the approximately 11:40 p.m. call associated with the 1000 block of Scammon Creek Road, according to the Centralia Police Department. The prosecutor declined to file the charge.
• Centralia police took a report just before noon on Saturday of an assault between two acquaintances at the 600 block of West Main Street that resulted in internal injuries to the victim. Further details were not available.
• Police arrested a 32-year-old Centralia man for allegedly entering his ex-girlfriend’s home – a woman who had a protection order against him – and assaulting her early Sunday morning. Gabriel Sanchez was arrested for first-degree burglary and booked into the Lewis County Jail in connection with the incident on the 600 block of Warsaw Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.
STREET CRIME
• Police responding about 11:10 p.m. yesterday to a report of a person in the roadway acting strange, at the 300 block of L Street, arrived to find the 43-year-old man beginning to disrobe. Police say Michael A. Kellogg then dropped to his knees. Kellogg was arrested for disorderly conduct and booked into the Lewis County Jail without incident, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A 23-year-old motorist was arrested about 3 p.m. yesterday for allegedly driving fast near pedestrians trying to splash them and driving fast through standing flood waters sending wakes into already flooded businesses in Centralia. Officers contacting Tyler J. Aust at the 600 block of West Main Street about 3 p.m. issued him a citation for reckless driving and then released him, according to the Centralia Police Department.
THEFT
• Bradley D. Mitchell, 29, of Chehalis, was arrested on Friday night for third-degree theft for allegedly stealing a security camera off a building on the 100 block of West First Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police took a report about 3:50 p.m. on Friday of a dog stolen from a yard on the 600 block of South Gold Street.
• Someone stole a battery from a travel trailer on the 500 block of South Ash Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police on Friday afternoon.
VEHICLE PROWL
• Chehalis police were called to a car prowl about 4:50 a.m. today at the 500 block of Northeast Adams Avenue. The trunk and door were open and various items strewn about, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Missing are three pairs of sunglasses, according to police.
• Centralia police took a report about 12:50 a.m. on Sunday of a vehicle prowl on the 100 block of South Tower Avenue in which the victim reported a large amount of money missing.
DRUGS
• A 21-year-old Rochester resident was arrested for attempted delivery of marijuana about 11 p.m. on Saturday at the 2000 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia. Alexander R. Logan was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police
• Terry L. Bryan, 34, of Centralia, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine around 7 a.m. on Saturday at the 1200 block of Mellen Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. Bryan was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
COLLISIONS
• A 20-year-old Rochester resident was arrested about 11:30 a.m. yesterday after he reportedly wrecked his vehicle during a dispute and then wouldn’t identify himself to responding officers. The incident at Seminary Hill Road on and Baker Street in Centralia earned Jared A. Heminger citations for reckless driving and obstruction, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was then released.
• A 78-year-old woman was injured when her Volkswagen Beetle left the roadway, went into a ditch and struck the embankment and a downed tree this afternoon on U.S. Highway 12 just west of Morton. Marlys A. Sliger was taken to Morton General Hospital after the approximately 2:45 p.m. wreck, according to the Washington State Patrol.
• A 92-year-old Toledo man was cited for failure to yield when he pulled his farm tractor from a driveway yesterday and collided with a passenger car traveling along the 700 block of Jackson Highway near Toledo. The 62-year-old driver of the Toyota Cressida ended up with neck pain and her car sustained major damage, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened about 11:40 a.m., according to the sheriff’s office.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, trespassing, probation violation, drinking in public, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, responses for alarms, disputes, shoplifting, vandalism, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft, vehicle stalled in the water, collisions on city streets and county roads … report of someone driving around wearing a clown mask and scaring people … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter