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CENTRALIA RESIDENT ASSAULTED BY TRAVELING SALESMAN
• An officer was called at 5:45 p.m. yesterday about an assault by a traveling salesman at the 1400 block of Jensen Avenue in Centralia. The subject was sexually aggressive toward a female customer inside her residence, according to the Centralia Police Department. Earlier this week, Centralia police warned the public to be cautious about door-to-door salespeople and advised that residents should not let them inside. The alert put out by Sgt. Pat Fitzgerald focused on the fact that in the past, officers have found that some of those they contacted had extensive criminal histories and used the job as a ruse to collect personal information for fraudulent purposes later. The incident on Jensen Avenue is under investigation, according to police.
ON THE ROAD
• The driver of a small pickup that collided with a small tree along the 500 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia yesterday was found in cardiac arrest, according to authorities. Rescuers called at 4:20 p.m. to the wreck near Dutch Bros. Coffee stand transported the 67-year-old man to Providence Centralia Hospital, where they were unable to revive him, according to the police and fire departments. Centralia police report the conclusion was the medical incident caused the crash.
• A woman in her 20s was injured when a small passenger car collided with a barrier in the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 near the Harrison Avenue interchange in Centralia last night. Firefighters responding at 10 p.m. reported her condition as stable and that she was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital. The male occupant of the car, about her same age, was unhurt, according to Riverside Fire Authority.
FRAUD
• Centralia police were called about 10:45 a.m. yesterday about a counterfeit money order being passed at the 500 block of Harrison Avenue. There has been a suspect identified and the case is still under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
THEFT AT MOTEL
• An officer took a report overnight of the theft of personal items and a television from an empty motel room at the 1000 block of Eckerson Road in Centralia.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, protection order violation, misdemeanor theft; responses for out-of-control teenager, collision on city street … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Sharyn, what are these traveling salesmen selling? Steaks by chance?
Troy, did you miss the part that said “The subject was sexually aggressive toward a female customer inside her residence?” Inside her residence! If she was in fear for her safety she has a right to use self defense.
They would still be scraping the meat flap were his head was ,or scraping my ceiling, for evidence, to hell with all the legal repercussions,
Just to let you all know that just because a person assaults you or attempts to you do not have the right to shot him or tazer him. I was recently served with paper for court and the server attempted to assault me and in self defense I shoved him away. I was charged with 4th degree assault dropped to disorderly conducted.
Should have tazed the salesman, with a 9mm.
I fixed it for you:)
Should have tazed the salesman.