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FRAUD CHEHALIS
• Chehalis police were called to a business on the 500 block of West Main Street about 10 o’clock yesterday morning regarding suspected credit card fraud involving a large amount of money, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The case is under investigation, according to police.
BURGLARY TOLEDO
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that a residence on the 700 block of Smokey Valley Road outside of Toledo was burglarized on Monday. It happened sometime between 4 a.m. and 11 a.m., according to the sheriff’s office. Missing is a safe containing documents and silver coins, Cmdr. Dusty Breen said.
BREAK-IN CENTRALIA
• Deputies took a report yesterday of a gun stolen from a residence on the 1400 block of Big Hanaford Road outside Centralia. Taken sometime between July 1 and 6 p.m. on Tuesday was a 22 caliber Husqvarna bolt action rifle, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. They have no suspect information, the sheriff’s office says.
VEHICLE PROWL
• An individual called police about 1:15 p.m. yesterday after someone stole items from his vehicle, including a chlorine injection pump and a cell phone together worth about $1,000. It happened at the 100 block of Southeast Ninth Street in Chehalis, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
WRECKS
• A 47-year-old test driving a motorcycle was injured when he ran off the road, down an embankment and struck a downed tree yesterday evening. Deputies were called about 7 p.m. to the 1700 block of Ferrier Road outside of Winlock and described the injuries to the Covington man as minor. He was cited for second-degree negligent driving and for having a suspended license and no motorcycle endorsement, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• A motorcyclist and his passenger were injured when he pulled out of Morton onto U.S. Highway 12 yesterday afternoon into the path of a semi truck. They didn’t collide but Howard Crowder, 69, lost control of his 2012 Harley Davidson and struck a guard rail, according to the Washington State Patrol. Troopers responding about 4:45 p.m. to the wreck report the cause was failing to yield the right of way. The couple from Hinton, West Virginia were transported to Morton General Hospital, according to the state patrol.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, possession of marijuana; responses for alarm, dispute, misdemeanor theft, damage to a vehicle, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, an intoxicated person wandering into someone’s kitchen, a request to have someone removed from a bench on a city sidewalk because he was reportedly asking for money and yelling … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter