OFFICER ASSAULTED IN MORTON, PROSECUTORS SAY
• A woman was charged yesterday with assaulting a law enforcement officer following an incident that happened as she was being escorted from a Morton bar over the weekend. Melissa L. McLean was arrested and booked early Sunday morning after she she did some kind of “maneuver” where she tangled her legs up with a deputy’s legs and they both went to the ground, according to the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office. McLean was charged with third-degree assault yesterday afternoon in Lewis County Superior Court. She was released by early evening on a $5,000 unsecured appearance bond pending further proceedings.
DRUG ARRESTS
• A man arrested by a trooper over the weekend was charged yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court with possession of heroin. Steven F. McKay was released from the Lewis County Jail yesterday afternoon pending further proceedings.
• A Thurston County man arrested by a trooper over the weekend was charged with possession of heroin, driving under the influence of drugs and third-degree driving while license suspended yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court. Martin J. Ferrell was released from the Lewis County Jail yesterday afternoon pending further proceedings.
• Jacob E. Hanson of Chehalis, was charged yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court with felony possession of marijuana after his arrest by Centralia police over the weekend. Hanson was booked Sunday into the Lewis County Jail where he remains on other lesser issues.
CHIMNEY FIRE CALL
• Riverside Fire Authority responded to a chimney fire yesterday evening on Hayward Avenue in Centralia. Fire Capt. Tim Adolphsen said there was no damage.
SIX PUPPIES STOLEN IN CENTRALIA
• Centralia police took a report yesterday morning that somebody stole six puppies from the 100 block of Virginia Drive. The dogs were described as mixed Chihuahua and “mini Pin”. A summary of the incident did not note the age of the animals or if it was an entire litter that went missing.
SEMI VERSUS VAN
• The Washington State Patrol reported the early morning accident near the Labree Road interchange on I-5 totaled the 1994 Dodge van which rolled after it was hit in the rear by a semi-truck. The van’s driver, David W. Wheeler, 34, of Olympia, was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with arm and shoulder pain, according to the state patrol. The truck driver, from Harrisburg, Ore., was not injured but his 2008 Peterbilt sustained an estimated $6,000 damage and was towed, the investigating trooper reported.
FOURTH FELONY CASE FOR MAN GROWS OUT OF JAIL FURLOUGH
• A judge ordered $100,000 bail for an inmate who allegedly assaulted his cousin with a golf club while he was on a furlough from the Lewis County Jail. Gary Allen Lohr, 64, was charged with second-degree assault yesterday for the incident that was reported in Centralia last Friday. Senior Deputy Prosecutor Brad Meagher said the victim lost a tooth. Meagher described Lohr as a former worker at Maple Lane School in Grand Mound who has three pending felony drug cases in Lewis County Superior Court. Lohr was charged with second-degree assault.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter