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Updated at 3:08 p.m.

VEHICLE THEFT

• A 66-year-old Centralia man called about 7:30 a.m. yesterday  to report that as he was leaving for work, he saw someone had taken his riding lawn mower out of his barn and left it at the end of his driveway on the 1700 block of Little Hanaford Road outside Centralia. It was sitting on a ramp fashioned from items in his barn and a closer look, revealed his Trek1600 mountain bike was gone, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The theft took place sometime after 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A Bellevue resident called the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office yesterday to report someone stole his blue 2005 Suzuki motorcycle the day before when it broke down near Glenoma. He left it parked near the southwest corner of Kosmos Road about noon and went to get friends from a campsite, but when they got back there about 4 p.m., it was gone, according to the sheriff’s office. The loss is estimated at $5,000, Chief Stacy Brown said. It has a license plate reading 6C1523, according to Brown.

IDENTITY THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 8:30 a.m. yesterday to the 1200 block of Rhobina Street regarding an identity theft that took place in another state. They are investigating, according to the Centralia Police Department.

UNRULY ARRESTEES

• A short foot pursuit ended with the arrest of a 21-year-old man yesterday morning in Centralia, around 11:40 a.m. Officers were responding to a report of fourth-degree assault associated with the 100 block of West Cherry Street, according to the Centralia Police Department. Derrek J. Larson, tried to run away but was taken into custody and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police. He was booked also for obstructing and a warrant, according to police.

• Christopher A. St. Jean, 31, was arrested yesterday at his home after a complaint of a white Chevrolet pickup truck racing through streets and alleys in Vader. An individual told law enforcement that St. Jean got extremely upset when he tried to film him, and later came running through a field threatening to assault the individual, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responding to the approximately 11:25 a.m. call contacted St. Jean at a home on the 500 block of A Street and ended up displaying a Taser after the suspect allegedly slammed the door on a deputies foot and refused to open it back up, the sheriff’s office reports. He was taken into custody and booked into the Lewis County Jail for reckless driving, reckless endangerment and harassment, Chief Stacy Brown reports.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called about 11 a.m. yesterday to the 100 block of West Main Street where someone had broken the passenger side window of a vehicle with a rock. it wasn’t immediately known if anything was taken, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police yesterday responded to several reports of slashed tires on vehicles, beginning at bout 8 a.m. on the 900 block of Southwest William Avenue where two vehicles were affected. The owner in that case said they had an idea of a suspect, according to the Chehalis Police Department. An officer took another report at 9 a.m. on the 400 block of Southwest 18th Street and then it happened again shortly before 8:30 p.m. in an alley near the 1200 block of Southwest William Avenue, according to police.

• Graffiti was discovered painted onto the side of a garage at the 1200 block of Ward Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday afternoon.

FIRE IN TENINO

• Firefighters called about 2:20 a.m. today to the 300 block of Sussex Avenue West in Tenino found a detached single-car garage fully involved in flames when they arrived. The structure and a vehicle inside are a total loss, according to Thurston County Fire District 12. Battalion Chief James Fowler said nobody was injured and what ignited it is undetermined. “There’s no electricity and no heat source in the garage, so we’re not sure what caused it,” he said.

BIKE VERSUS CAR

• A 41-year-old bicyclist was hospitalized yesterday afternoon after he collided with the opening door of a vehicle on the 200 block of Northwest Cascade Avenue in Chehalis. The driver was getting ready to go into the post office and checked but didn’t see him, before opening the door, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The bicyclist said he was traveling close to the sidewalk and went to go around the car when its door opened, police report. He said he didn’t know there was anyone in the car, spokesperson Linda Bailey said. The bicyclist had a sore back and possible neck injury and was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital to be evaluated, authorities report.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespass, misdemeanor assault, drinking in public; responses for disputes, shoplifting, suspicious circumstances, protection order violation … and more.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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