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MULTIPLE FIREARMS AMONG STOLEN PROPERTY
• Deputies were called yesterday afternoon to the home of a 75-year-old Centralia area man after the discovery of a burglary in which some $3,000 worth of valuables were stolen. Sometime yesterday after 8:30 a.m. and before 3:20 p.m., someone broke into the residence on the 1900 block of Little Hanaford Road and made off with six rifles, a shotgun, a pistol, jewelry and alcohol, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Also missing was a small black utility trailer, a string trimmer, a tiller and possibly other items as yet unknown, according to the sheriff’s office. There is no suspect information, Cmdr. Dusty Breen said this morning.
OTHER THEFT
• Centralia police were called about 7:30 a.m. yesterday after an individual saw a male on a bicycle grab a drill from a residence that is being remodeled at the 400 block of West Center Street and and then leave the area with it.
CAR PROWL
• Centralia police were called just before 6 o’clock this morning to the 2300 block of Eureka Avenue where a wallet had been stolen from a vehicle.
• A stereo was stolen from a vehicle parked at the 1400 block of Windsor Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday morning.
MAN GETS TICKET FOR BEGGING
• Chehalis police issued what is probably their first ticket for panhandling yesterday. An officer was called about 12:40 p.m. to the 400 block of North Market Boulevard where a customer had complained to a business they were asked for money near an ATM, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The individual, a homeless man who has previously been warned about sitting on the city-owned bench on the sidewalk outside the bank and panhandling, was issued a civil infraction, which will cost him $250, according to police. It’s not a crime, but a civil infraction, so no report was written and details were not readily available, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said. The new ordinance went into effect three weeks ago. Further offenses by the same individual could prompt the issuance of a citation for a criminal misdemeanor. That would mean a mandatory appearance before a judge and, if convicted, a fine of up to $1,000 and as long as 90 days in jail.
ON THE ROAD
• A car stopped on U.S. Highway 12 to turn left into a private driveway a half mile east of Salkum this morning was rear-ended by another car injuring both drivers. Troopers called just after 8 a.m. blamed the wreck on Nicole L. Ray, 23, of Winlock, following too closely. She was hurt, but not transported to the hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol. Her 2007 Ford Taurus was towed, the state patrol reports. The other driver, William R. Brown, 78, from Salkum, was taken to Morton General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to responders. His 2013 Ford Focus was still drivable, the investigating trooper reports.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, possibly suicidal person, collision on city street … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
I am tired of being asked for money in every parking lot, outside the doors at Walmart, around banks, while waiting on off ramps. We cannot conduct normal life without being bombarded by folks.
I care about the issue of homeless people and I donate items to shelters, food banks, and organizations that I believe help people in a structured way. I have seen so many people who are “hungry” refuse food, and water because they want money. There comes a time when the enabling has to stop. I work damn hard for my money, I pay my bills, tithe what I can and I’m tired of people asking for the rest. The time has come to help themselves!!!
It makes no sense to me whatsoever that the Chehalis Police Department continues to target and harass this man for panhandling. Obviously he is broke and doesn’t have any money so why bother ticketing him when he has no means to pay. The fact that Chehalis City Council even passed a bill drafted by the Police Chief Glenn Schaffer is disgusting. Outlawing panhandling is unconstitutional anyways. They can only put limits on it. Now that they have done that they have screwed the girl scouts, Kirby salesman and many other groups. Hope it gets overturned.
well if the guy does it a few more times-he will get 3 square meals a day and a warm bed to sleep in-maybe not too bad after all?
Really setting on a city owned bench…. panhandling.. 250 $$$ from a homeless person.. that’s sounds to me like betting a dead horse..