TOOLS TAKEN, AND FOUND
• A 40-year-old Centralia man was arrested for trafficking in stolen property after police were called to the Lewis County Mall late Wednesday afternoon when someone shoplifted a cart full of tools from Sears. An officer identified a suspect and recovered some allegedly stolen tools at two residences in Centralia, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Alfredo G. Becerril was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police. He was charged by prosecutors yesterday with the same offense and ordered held on $10,000 bail.
SOMEONE ELSE’S PLATE
• A 36-year-old Federal Way resident was arrested about 10 p.m. on Wednesday at Interstate 5 near Mellen Street for possession of a stolen license plate, and its registration tab, according to the Centralia Police Department.
FRAUD
• Police were called on Wednesday to the 1600 block of Military Road in Centralia regarding unlawful access to a debit card account. An unspecified amount of cash was taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Chehalis police took possession of a counterfeit $50 bill that someone tried to spend at Jack-in-the-Box on Wednesday afternoon. They came through the drive-through and left without getting their meal, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police took a report about 10:40 a.m. yesterday from the 200 block of South Silver Street of tires that were slashed during the night.
LITTLE ROOF FIRE
• Firefighters were called about 8 o’clock yesterday morning to the 300 block of West Fourth Avenue in Pe Ell for a fire at a home. A neighbor had seen it and called it in, according to Lewis County Fire District 11. They suspect something from the chimney the night before had landed on the roof and smoldered, Fire Chief Michael Krafczyk said. The resident sprayed the roof with a garden hose and pretty much had it out before the crew arrived, the chief said.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, hit and run, trespassing, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, misdemeanor assault, misdemeanor theft, a refrigerator dumped off in a yard in the night … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter