BANK ACCOUNT DRAINED AFTER PHONE CALL
• A 48-year-old man contacted police yesterday to inform them he learned his account at a Centralia bank was emptied out. According to police, the victim had gotten a phone call from someone who said they were with Dell computers and managed to get his personal information in the process of a conversation. The amount of money the man lost was not readily available.
POLICE: POINTING GUN PUTS MAN IN JAIL
• A 61-year-old man whose neighbor told him to stop pointing a laser pointer at his face allegedly pulled out a pistol and pointed it at the neighbor instead. He was arrested. Officers were called about 10:20 p.m. on Friday to the 500 block of Yew Street by the 37-year-old victim who had retreated from his porch back into his home and called 911, according to the Centralia Police Department. Allen R. Barney, 61 of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault, according to police.
AUTO THEFT
• Centralia police were contacted about 8:50 a.m. yesterday about a car stolen during the night from the 700 block of South Ash Street and then recovered on Tono Road by the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. It was a black 1997 Honda Accord, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police were called about 6:50 p.m. on Friday about a 2001 Honda Civic stolen by its owner’s friend from the 200 block of West Cherry Street on Wednesday and then wrecked a short time later in Thurston County. The suspect was taken to the hospital and police are still investigating, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police were called just before 6 p.m. on Friday about a red 1999 Ford F150 pickup truck stolen from the 1600 block of North Scheuber Road in Centralia. The vehicle has a license plate of B82422Y, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officer have a suspect, but she has not been located, according to police.
OUTDOOR FURNITURE STOLEN
• Police were called about 2:15 p.m. yesterday to the 700 block of G Street where an individual reported the theft of a white wicker rocking chair from their front porch.
VANDALISM
• Somebody slashed tires on a vehicle parked at the 600 block of Richmond Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police on Friday morning.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A 77-year-old woman was injured when her car crossed the centerline, struck an oncoming Subaru Outback and then left the roadway over a ditch and into a fence near Mayfield Lake this afternoon. Troopers called just before 5 p.m. today to state Route 122 near Cinebar Road report that Delphine E. Tramm was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol. The driver of the Subaru, Mark H. Pearson, 66, of Silver Creek was reportedly uninjured. The wreck is blamed on Tramm driving over the centerline and no charges are expected, according to the state patrol.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, reckless driving, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspend license; responses for misdemeanor theft, collision on city street … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
So pointing a gun gets you arrested? makes sense, but how about that chicago commander that got away with sticking a gun down someone’s mouth. Terrible.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/15/us/chicago-police-commander-accused-of-putting-gun-in-mans-mouth-is-acquitted.html?_r=0