TEEN IN TROUBLE AFTER AIRSOFT GUN DRIVE-BY
• Chehalis police were called about 5:10 p.m. on Saturday after a man walking across the Chamber of Commerce Way overpass said he was shot at with a BB or a pellet from a passing vehicle. The 51-year-old Chehalis resident caught up to the pickup truck in the Wal-Mart parking lot and it contained three juveniles, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The case for a 17-year-old Chehalis boy is being referred to prosecutors for a possible charge of fourth-degree assault, according to police. An Airsoft BB gun was taken in to evidence, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said.
BARN BURGLED
• Centralia police were called about 12:25 p.m. yesterday to the 1600 block of North Pearl Street about a burglary to a barn. Taken was a hunting blind, according to the Centralia Police Department.
OUTBUILDINGS BURGLED
• A deputy was called to the 100 block of Mulford Lane outside Toledo on Saturday afternoon after a property owner discovered someone had broken in to several sheds and shop buildings. The loss is preliminarily estimated at a couple of thousand dollars, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The The 59-year-old Astoria, Oregon man said it occurred sometime since late last fall, according to the sheriff’s office.
ATTEMPTED BUSINESS BURGLING
• Chehalis police responded yesterday to a report from the a business at the 700 block of South Market Boulevard in which pry marks were found on both the front and back doors.
ARREST FOR ALLEGED SEX CRIME
• Centralia police arrested a 17-year-old boy on Friday following a report of a sexual assault of a juvenile he is related to, according to the Centralia Police Department. The boy was taken into custody and booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center, according to police.
AUTO THEFT
• Centralia police were called about 4:30 p.m. on Friday about a vehicle stolen by an acquaintance of its owner from the 1100 bloc k of Scammon Creek Road. The missing car is a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VEHICLE PROWL
• Police responded after an approximately 11:35 a.m. call yesterday to the 200 block of William Street in Mossyrock by an individual who said that while attending a baseball tournament, their son went to their vehicle and found an unknown male sitting inside of it. The intruder ran off when the boy approached and nothing seemed to be missing, according to the Morton Police Department. Police are still investigating.
• Someone stole stereo equipment from a vehicle at the 1300 block of Oxford Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police on Friday morning.
• Centralia police were called about 10:40 a.m. yesterday regarding fishing gear stolen from a vehicle at the 1300 block of Alexander Street.
AND ALSO IN MORTON
• Officers contacted a resident in the 100 block of Third Street to warn them about a city ordinance prohibiting people from keeping pigeons on Thursday.
TODDLER SLIPS OUT, HEADS TO TRAIN TRACKS
• Chehalis police were called about 6:50 p.m. on Saturday after a 2- to 3-year-old child was found on railroad tracks in the area near Southwest Pacific Avenue. The father of the little boy showed up to a residence where an adult had the little boy prior to the officer’s arrival and advised he’d heard his back door open and thought it was his older daughter, according to the Chehalis Police Department. He began looking for his son and then found him around the corner, according to police. “He did not get a citation, no, but he was spoken to sternly, yes,” department spokesperson Linda Bailey said. The tracks were not the ones used by Amtrak, Bailey said.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, driving without a valid license; responses for alarms, dispute, vandalism, trespassing, barking dog, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, collisions on city streets, protection order violation, car stuck on railroad tracks, another fraudulent check received by a business, an unauthorized charge on a person’s bank card … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter