Updated at 5:06 p.m.
MINIATURE TREE MISSING
• Someone stole a 40-year-old Bonsai tree in a gray clay pot from the 300 block of North Rock Street in Centralia. An officer taking a report yesterday was told the tiny tree and a utility cart went missing a month ago, according to the Centralia Police Department.
GARAGES BURGLED
• Police took a report yesterday from the 400 block of West Maple Street yesterday regarding someone breaking into a garage and stealing fishing tackle.
• Centralia police tok a report yesterday from the 1300 block of Rose Street about a bicycle taken from a garage there two weeks earlier. The green Schwinn had a U-shaped lock attached to it, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Three windows were discovered broken out at a business on the 500 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia yesterday morning. It appears to be the work of BBs, according to the Centralia Police Department.
HOT HEAVY EQUIPMENT
• Detectives are looking for information about a stolen excavator sold to someone in the Chehalis area for $6,500 sometime since Nov. 25. The John Deere D25 is worth more than $20,000 and went missing from Auburn, according to Crime Stoppers of Lewis County. Anyone who has information on who purchased the machine or knows where it is, is reminded they can offer an anonymous tip by calling 1-800-748-6422.
TWO HURT WHEN MOTORHOME WRECKS
• A Chehalis couple was injured when they totaled their motorhome this morning on U.S. Highway 101 about nine miles north of Long Beach, according to the Washington State Patrol. They were traveling northbound in a 1993 Allegro and the passenger side wheels went off the pavement at a curve to the right, according to the state patrol. It happened just before 11 a.m. The driver was unsuccessful in his attempt to get back on the road and the motorhome continued on, striking a tree, the investigating trooper reports. Harry W. Snow, 74, and Beverly A. Snow, 65, were transported by aid to Ocean Beach Hospital, according to the state patrol.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, probation violation, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, hit and run, collisions on city streets … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter