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Updated at 3:19 p.m.
PARACHUTING ACCIDENT
• Medics and firefighters were called to the airport in Toledo today for an injured skydiver, who they were told passed out on his way down. The man landed on the tarmac and suffered non-life threatening injuries, according to Lewis County Fire District 2. Firefighter-EMT Tracy Summers said the patient was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital following the approximately 12:45 p.m. call to the airfield off Jackson Highway.
DEER BREAKS MAN’S LEG
• Deputies responded to the 600 block of West Reynolds Avenue in Centralia after an approximately 2:40 p.m. incident yesterday when a deer ran into the side of motorcyclist traveling down the road, breaking the driver’s leg. The 61-year-old Rochester man’s Harley Davidson was undamaged, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
PEDESTRIAN INJURED
• Police were called about 8:20 p.m. yesterday to Reynolds Avenue and Pearl Street for a pedestrian versus vehicle accident. A boy, whose age was not readily available, was transported to the hospital for minor injuries, according to the Centralia Police Department. The driver was issued a citation, according to police.
BICYCLIST HURT
• A bicycle rider was transported to the hospital with minor injuries after a collision with a vehicle at about 7:20 a.m. yesterday at Pearl and Maple streets in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.
UNWANTED VISITOR
• Police were called yesterday by an individual at the 200 block of Southwest Lewis Street in Chehalis who said sometime during the night someone came onto their deck and knocked over planters, and stole one of them.
VEHICLE PROWL
• Police were called about 5:30 a.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia after the discovery someone got into a parked car and removed its stereo, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police took a report yesterday from the 1000 block of South Pearl Street regarding a car prowl the evening before in which someone broke out the window and stole a purse. Among its contents were money and credit cards, according to the Centralia Police Department.
FRAUD
• Centralia police took a report yesterday from an individual who said his wallet, with credit card, had been stolen from his home on the 200 block of East Chestnut Street and he learned someone else made charges on his account.
DRUGS
• A deputy serving an arrest warrant at the 200 block of Panisco Road in Cinebar yesterday morning ended up arresting a woman for possession of methamphetamine. The deputy reports the woman attempted to walk away and after she was placed on the ground to be handcuffed, she tried to throw a glass tube, which contained a white crystal powder, that field tested positive for meth, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Bobbie H. Valentich, also known as Bobbie Hansen, age not readily available, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
LOST AND FOUND
• Centralia police were called yesterday morning by the owner of a 5-month-old Australian cattle dog who said the pup went missing from their yard on the 1200 block of Alexander Street. Police describe the pet as mostly white with a hint of gray. Officers took note a scraggly looking stranger had been seen in the area, but the man was not located, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police and deputies searched for a 4-year-old child reported missing about 10 a.m. yesterday by his father at the 2000 block of Johnson Road. The investigation revealed the child was not missing and in fact was safe with his mother in the Rochester, according to police.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarm, hit and run, suspicious circumstances, possibly suicidal person, dog left alone inside parked vehicle, keys found at Penny Playground, someone letting the air out of someone else’s tires, suspected stolen iPad that was found, suspected stolen purse that was found … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter