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ON THE ROAD
• A 35-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for driving under the influence last night after allegedly knocking out power to the north end of Centralia when he wrecked his truck. Officers called about 10:10 p.m. to a report a white Chevrolet pickup knocked over a utility pole at First and J streets soon learned witnesses who couldn’t get the driver to stop followed him all the way to the 2500 block of North Pearl Street, according to the Centralia Police Department. The truck reportedly struck another power pole and became disabled, according to police. The driver walked or ran away and was subsequently located on foot on state Route 507, police report. Bradley W. Bell was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
• A 37-year-old Chehalis woman totaled her car last night and was booked into the Lewis County Jail for driving under the influence. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports Debra K. Ward was eastbound about 10:40 p.m. at the 900 block of Coal Creek Road outside of Chehalis when her Kia Rio hit a ditch, rolled and landed on its top. Ward suffered minor scrapes, according to the sheriff’s office. Her car was towed.
POLICE CUT WHILE DETAINING BOY
• Police were called to a Chehalis home last night where a 14-year-old boy had allegedly broken a plate and threatened to kill himself and his parents. Because an officer’s fingers were cut trying to take the plate from the boy, the teenager was arrested for third-degree assault, according to the Chehalis Police Department. He was taken to the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center, according to police.
CAR PROWL
• Somebody broke a vehicle window and stole a purse and wallet at the 300 block of Southwest 13th Street in Chehalis yesterday.
GARBAGE WHERE IT DOESN’T BELONG
• Centralia police were called to the 800 block of South Pearl Street at about 11:40 a.m. yesterday because somebody filled somebody else’s dumpster with trash.
GRAFFITI
• Centralia police took a report yesterday morning regarding graffiti left overnight on a building at the 300 block of South Tower Avenue.
• Buildings and a dumpster in Chehalis were discovered tagged yesterday with spray paint, at the 600 block of South Market Boulevard and the 300 block of Southwest Third Avenue as well as the parking lot at Rite Aid, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
DRUGS
• A 45-year-old homeless man with no headlight on his bicycle was contacted about 7:25 p.m. at the 900 block of Long Road in Centralia and found to have a warrant as well as suspected methamphetamine on him, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Timothy P. McCann was was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
LOST AND FOUND
• An officer was called to Wal-Mart at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue about 10:40 p.m. yesterday to retrieve a small baggie of suspected meth that had been found on the floor.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, hit and run; responses for alarm, dispute, vandalism, shoplifting, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street and various unfounded reports … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter