TEXT MESSAGE USED AS HOLD-UP NOTE, POLICE SAY
• A 21-year-old man was arrested for robbery after he allegedly used his cell phone to text a demand note to a Chehalis grocery store clerk last night to get a carton of Marlboro cigarettes. Police were called about 1:30 a.m. to Safeway on South Market Boulevard. The subject had left and when a patrol officer contacted him, he took off running, according to Chehalis police. The officer chased him for several blocks and eventually caught up to Michael E. Bylsma, 21, of Chehalis, police detective Sgt. Rick McNamara said this morning. Bylsma was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree robbery. McNamara said the suspect had typed out his “little demand note” on his phone and then showed it to the clerk.
WOMAN TRIES TO STOP SISTER FROM TURNING HERSELF IN TO JAIL, BOTH LOCKED UP
• A 28-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for unlawful imprisonment on Sunday morning after she allegedly held her sister in her home on the 100 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue and wouldn’t let her leave. Chehalis police said the 20-year-old younger sister, a Centralia resident wanted to turn herself in at the jail, as she was wanted on a warrant. Police detective Sgt. Rick McNamara said he didn’t know why the older sister didn’t want her sister to turn herself in. The victim was able to get away and go to the jail, McNamara said. He didn’t say how long the sister was held against her will. Police went to the house and arrested Jillyn M. Sill, 28. She was booked about 9 a.m. on Sunday.
BASEBALL BAT ATTACK IN CENTRALIA
• A 26-year-old man from Kent was arrested for second-degree assault after he allegedly used a baseball bat on his old girlfriend’s new boyfriend in Centralia. Police were called about 7:30 p.m. Sunday to the 600 block of South Diamond Street where it happened and not long afterward, the suspect vehicle was spotted near freeway exit 76, according to Centralia police. Police Sgt. Stacy Denham said the victim was not severely injured. Edgar G. Escobar-Rodas, of Kent, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to Denham.
TRUCK ROLLS OVER MAN IN WINLOCK
• A 37-year-old man was hospitalized yesterday after a pickup truck he was working on rolled over him and dragged him 25 to 35 yards outside of Winlock. Aid was called about 5:50 p.m. Sunday to the scene at the 200 block of Burnett Road, off of Jones Road, according to to Lewis County Fire District 15. The truck ran over his shoulders and a helicopter picked him up at Winlock’s elementary school and flew him to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, according to Fire District 15. The man’s name was not available.
INTERRUPTED BURGLARY IN CENTRALIA
• A woman returning to her Centralia area home along the 2200 block of Graf Road on Saturday morning found it ransacked and saw a man running away into the woods. Deputies searching the area after the 9:30 a.m. call found a pile of stolen goods – including a small wagon, a machete, a weed eater and bolt cutters, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies also found a man identified as the one leaving the house, sheriff’s Cmdr. Steve Aust said this morning. Daniel J. Miller, 49, of Chehalis, was arrested and booked for first-degree burglary, Aust said.
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY ARREST IN CENTRALIA
• Scott J. Koth, 39, of Shelton, was arrested and booked for attempted residential burglary last night in connection with an incident on the 1300 block of South Gold Street in Centralia, according to police.
MAN CAUGHT STEALING BARBEQUE FROM CENTRALIA DRIVEWAY, POLICE SAY
• A 19-year-old Morton man was arrested and jailed after he was reportedly caught in the act of stealing a barbecue from a driveway in Centralia on Friday. Police, called just before 1 p.m. about the theft from near east Main and South Buckner streets, reported the victim and his sister confronted a pair of suspects, one of which fled on foot and the other who reportedly tried to get away by driving up and over a curb as officers arrived. Tyler J. Carbaugh, 19, was arrested for third-degree theft, according to Centralia police.
WOMAN IN TROUBLE FOR FALSE STOLEN VEHICLE REPORT, POLICE SAY
• Centralia police concluded a report of a stolen vehicle in Centralia on Saturday afternoon was actually made up when the vehicle was involved in a hit and run accident. The female who reported her vehicle stolen will be referred for possible charge of making a false report, according to police Sgt. Stacy Denham. The driver of her vehicle was arrested, according to Centralia police.
BUSINESS LOSES ANOTHER SECURITY CAMERA TO THEFT
• A new security camera to replace one stolen recently from a business on B Street in Centralia was reported stolen on Sunday afternoon.
DRUG RESIDUE FOUND, ARRESTS MADE
• Centralia police arrested Makia D. Adams, no age or hometown reported, for possession of methamphetamine at about 8:30 Sunday morning on the 300 block of West Summa Street in Centralia. It involved a pipe and suspected drug residue, according to police.
• Daniel L. Carpenter, 33, of Centralia, was arrested early Sunday on the 1000 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia for possession of methamphetamine. It involved suspected drug residue, according to police. Carpenter was also cited for driving with a suspended license.
MORE THEFTS
• Centralia police took a report on Friday morning of a vehicle prowled on the 500 block of Woodland Avenue. Sometime overnight, somebody had gone inside the unlocked vehicle and took a key that was in the console, according to Centralia police.
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office this morning said they took a report on Friday of several spools of new copper wire being missing from a business on the 100 block of Sturdevant Road in Chehalis, from sometime between last Wednesday and Thursday. Somebody cut a fence to get in, according to the report. The loss was estimated at $500.
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office this morning said they took a report on Friday of the theft of prescription medication and alcohol from a home on the 3400 block of Trevor Lane outside Centralia. Taken sometime between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. was a bottle of liquor and a bottle of Lorazepam, according to Cmdr. Steve Aust.
DUI ARREST
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s office reported this morning that a deputy arrested Luis M. Valdovinos, 33, of Kent, on Saturday for driving under the influence. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter