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Updated at 3:22 p.m.

CHEHALIS TRUCK THEFT SUSPECT CHASED TO MORTON

• Chehalis police responded to a 4 a.m. alarm at an auto dealership on Sunday morning and discovered someone had used their vehicle to smash out the glass doors to the showroom. An individual had gone inside Titus-Will and grabbed several keys and tried them until they found one that worked, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Missing was a 2012 Dodge pickup truck, which was spotted leaving the area of the 2500 block of North National Avenue by another responding officer, police said. A police pursuit ensued that took them, along with a Centralia police officer, all the way to Morton, via Centralia-Alpha Road, according to detective Sgt. Gary WIlson. The officer temporarily lost sight of the stolen truck in town, but it wasn’t long before it was located at the Chevron station, where its driver was attempting to fuel up, Wilson said. A Morton officer joined them just before 4:30 a.m. and they took Brian A. Fortune, 29, of Chehalis, into custody. Fortune was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for burglary, theft of a motor vehicle, eluding and, possession of methamphetamine, according to police.

POSSESSION OF STOLEN VEHICLE: MAYBE, MAYBE NOT

• A 32-year-old man was arrested after a deputy traveling through Vader checked a license plate on a parked car and discovered it was stolen out of Federal Way. The deputy contacted the individual believed to have parked the 2001 Nissan Maxima at the 100 block of Spring Court at about 2:20 a.m. yesterday and booked him into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree possession of stolen property, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Glen A. Harmon had just moved from Federal Way to Vader a week earlier, according to the sheriff’s office. He is to be released without charges pending further investigation.

SUCKERED IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police took a report on Saturday evening from an individual who said two people offered to fix dents in their vehicle while they shopped at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue, and paid them, but didn’t get what they expected. When the victim returned, there was makeup and bingo blotter ink spread on the car, according to the Centralia Police Department.

PILFERING IN CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were contacted about 12:20 p.m. on Friday by an individual who reported a small metal tool box was stolen from their unlocked garage on Southwest 21st Street. Also missing was a solar-powered glass globe from the patio, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Centralia police were called about 5:30 a.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of South Pearl Street where someone during the night broke into a car and stole its stereo, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were contacted yesterday by an individual who said that while they were parked in a downtown city parking lot the night before, someone prowled their vehicle and stole items including at least one purse.

• A 51-year-old Longview painter contacted law enforcement on Saturday morning after discovering someone broke into his work van while it was parked overnight at the Shell station on the 100 block of Mulford Road outside Toledo. Someone pried open a door and stole two paint sprayers – one a Graco 395 and the other a Titan – a buffer, a sander and two extension cords sometime after 4 p.m. on Friday and before 10 a.m. on Saturday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is estimated at $2,600, according to the sheriff’s office.

VANDALISM

• An officer responded to the 1200 block of Alder Street in Centralia after a 6 p.m. report yesterday someone damaged a motel room.

• A 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly breaking a windshield during a dispute on Saturday evening at Haviland Street and Lum Road in Centralia. Brandon D. Genin, from Marysville, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND, FROM MORTON

• A dispute between two boat owners was reported in the 200 block of Westlake Avenue at 10 p.m. on Friday. Parties were arguing over one of them driving too close to the other boat while parking, according to the Morton Police Department. Officers encouraged those involved to park across the parking lot from one another, police reported.

• A motorist who fled an attempted traffic stop on Davis Lake Road in Morton around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday hasn’t been found, according to the Morton Police Department. The vehicle was later located unoccupied on a nearby logging road, but the driver is wanted for reckless driving, according to police.

NOT A SPRAY PARK, NOT AN OUTDOOR SHOWER

• Chehalis police were called about 8 o’clock on Sunday morning about a male in his underwear taking a bath in the fountain in front of the library off Northeast Park Street. He actually was wearing jogging shorts, but was told what he was doing wasn’t appropriate, according to the Chehalis Police Department. There was no soap involved, police said.

FAIL

• Two Glenoma residents were hurt during a driving lesson when the driver accidentally hit the wrong pedal on Glenoma Road late yesterday afternoon. The 58-year-old student driver, who was not licensed, suffered a possible fractured jaw and her boyfriend a possible broken arm, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responding about 6:20 p.m. to Morton General Hospital was told by the 55-year-old passenger that his girlfriend got nervous and he told her to hit the brakes but she hit the gas instead, and both grabbed the steering wheel in an attempt to miss a tree, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. They ran into a small ditch and struck an alder tree, Brown said. The 1997 Geo Prizm was described as totaled. The woman was cited for no valid operators license, according to the sheriff’s office.

DUI WRECK

• A 25-year-old Centralia man was injured in a single-vehicle accident on the northbound viaduct on South Gold Street in Centralia on Saturday night. Riverside Fire Authority reports it responded at 9:50 p.m. where airbags had deployed but the occupant had serious injuries and suspected internal injuries. He was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the fire department. Police report they responded at 8:52 p.m. and cited Aurelio Almontes Barboza, for driving under the influence.

MOTORCYCLIST AIRLIFTED

• Firefighters responded about 10:40 a.m. today to a wreck between a small motorcycle and a car at South Pearl and Cherry streets. The 64-year-old man operating the motorcycle was transported to Harborview Medical Center by medical helicopter for possible internal injuries, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Centralia police indicated the man had been ejected and described his injuries as non-life threatening. The driver of the other vehicle was issued a notice of infraction for failure to yield the right of way, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, no-contact order violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, stolen wallet, misdemeanor theft, collision on city street, fire in an oven, to find a person with a misdemeanor warrant hiding under a bed on display at a business … and more.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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