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Updated at 2 p.m.
POLICE: METH INVOLVED IN POLICE PURSUIT OF ATV
• Thurston County deputies assisted when an ATV fled police last night at the 1100 block of West Reynolds Avenue in Centralia and headed out Old Highway 99 and then onto Interstate 5. The attempted traffic stop began about 6:44 p.m. for unspecified reasons. Thirty-one-year-old Taleana J. Wilson was apprehended on southbound I-5, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police report she was in possession of suspected methamphetamine. The Centralia woman was booked into the Lewis County Jail for felony eluding and possession of meth, according to police.
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY VICTIMIZED BY THIEF
• Someone pried open an enclosed trailer belonging to Conway Construction in Randle and basically emptied it of approximately $10,000 worth of tools and equipment, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The theft from the 10,000 block of U.S. Highway 12 occurred over Labor Day weekend and among the missing property is a gravel compactor, according to the sheriff’s office.
“CUSTOMERS” DIG INTO CASH REGISTER
• Chehalis police were called yesterday by a business in the Twin City Town Center when it discovered by reviewing surveillance video that two strangers had walked in the afternoon before, approached a cash register, opened it up and left with money. It happened at Grocery Outlet on Northwest Louisiana Avenue at about 5:40 p.m. on Tuesday, while the store was open, according to the Chehalis Police Department. That cash was missing was learned when the till didn’t balance, and then they took a look at the video, according to police. The only description of the thieves are two black males, both wearing hats and white T-shirts, one in dark shorts and the other in jeans, police said. The loss is about $160, according to police.
VIRTUAL TRAFFICKING OF STOLEN PROPERTY
• A 23-year-old Centralia resident who allegedly used her phone to take a picture of her mother’s credit card and shared the image with its information on Facebook was arrested for second-degree theft and trafficking in stolen property, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. A deputy was called to the mother’s Centralia home on Tuesday to take a report and subsequently contacted Kayla M. Burleson in the Lewis County Jail – where she was booked for unspecified reasons the day before, according to the sheriff’s office. Burleson reportedly didn’t recall showing the photo to anyone.
AUTO THEFT
• Chehalis police were called about 10:30 a.m. yesterday to a restaurant parking lot on the 100 block of Southwest Interstate Avenue where an individual came out to discover his car was stolen. He said the keys were in the unlocked red 1994 Pontiac Bonneville, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The car later was recovered in Pacific County, according to police.
• A black 1990 Mazda B2200 was reported stolen just before 1 o’clock this morning from the 1000 block of South Gold Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Police took a report of graffiti left on a building at the 1200 block of West First Street in Centralia yesterday morning.
• An officer took a report of graffiti put on a building at the 500 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia yesterday morning.
• Police took a report of graffiti found on a trailer at Main and Yew streets in Centralia yesterday morning.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, 17-year-old booked – for third-degree malicious mischief – for allegedly kicking a dent into his mother’s vehicle during a dispute; responses for dispute, panhandling, misdemeanor theft, illegal dumping, violation of court order, possibly stolen moped; request for help retrieving kitten from a storm drain … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
No see its more than likely the forehand knowledge of overly zealous, trigger happy, gun toting, lawless lawmakers and enforcers that gave her the clarity to only stop after she felt safe too… In a different county….. Seeings how officers Manke and Murphy from Centralia PD are very untrustworthy due to the commitence of several felonies during and after the chase…. That affected mostly other parties…. Not even the one they were chasing…. And there is so much proof!!!! I’m sure I.A. and the Attorney General are goings to have some real fun with Lewis County…. My apologies to all.
Sad but true Free air
She was probably wanted for a felony to begin with, otherwise they aren’t allowed to chase for small stuff. It puts the public in danger!
Don’t discount damaged brain cells!
Wow it must really be an addiction when you are being chased by the police and you know you are holding meth that you don’t want to throw it away so there is no possession charge. Maybe she thought she would actually outrun them on an ATV.