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BREAK-IN CENTRALIA
• An alarm drew deputies to a business on the 2800 block of Harrison Avenue about 11:30 p.m. yesterday where they found a large broken window on the east side of the building and discovered a $100 was stolen from an office, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
BREAK-IN CHEHALIS
• Police were called yesterday afternoon about a garage burglary at the 100 block of Northeast Summit Road in Chehalis. A tool box is missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called at 8:50 a.m. yesterday about a break-in to a garage on the 100 block of Northeast Fair Oaks Terrace. A bicycle and a cart were stolen, but were found a short distance away, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
PORCH PILFERING
• A jacket, a radio and a machete were stolen from a back porch on the 1300 block of Central Boulevard in Centralia, according to a report made to police at 10:30 a.m. yesterday.
CAR PROWL
• Someone got inside a vehicle at the 1100 block of Mellen Street and stole the registration, according to the Centralia Police Department. The vehicle was locked inside a garage at the time, according to police.
• Centralia police were called about 4:30 p.m. yesterday to the 400 block of Yew Street where someone prowled a vehicle. There are no suspects, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• Police were called to Chehalis Middle School yesterday regarding two girls allegedly in possession of marijuana. They were released into the custody of the school and their cases are being forwarded to juvenile prosecutors for charging, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Two people were hurt and four vehicles damaged when an oversized load on a semi truck hit the Koontz Road overpass on Interstate 5 in Napavine yesterday. Troopers called about 11:30 a.m. found that concrete from the bridge fell onto or collided with the 2016 Kenworth, a motorhome, a sport utility vehicle and also a car driven by a 55-year-old Toledo woman. A man from Victoria British Columbia and his passenger were injured, but not transported to the hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol. Debris from the overpass blocked two of the southbound lanes and the bridge shut down for inspection, according to the state patrol. Mark J. Lautenslager, 53, from Tacoma, was to be cited for first-degree negligent driving, the investigating trooper reports.
• Firefighters and deputies were called about 6:20 p.m. yesterday after a car missed a stop sign in Onalaska and drove down a ravine. It happened at Jorgensen and Burnt Ridge roads and a passerby had already rescued the driver, according to Lewis County Fire District 1. “I guess she happened to come up on it and helped the guy out of the car,” Fire Chief Andrew Martin said. “Which was fairly unstable and 10 to 15 feet down there.” The driver was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, mainly as a precaution, Martin said.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, reckless driving; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, hit and run, misdemeanor theft, domestic malicious mischief, credit card fraud, unfounded reports, suspicious circumstances, collision on county road … and more.
One lane was shut down for about an hour while the car was pulled from a ravine in Onalaska. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Fire District 1
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter