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AUTO THEFT
• Police were informed about 8:15 a.m. yesterday that a pickup truck reported stolen on Friday from the 1600 block of North Scheuber Road was found by a family member, abandoned at Washington Avenue and Plum Street in Centralia.
CAR PROWL
• Chehalis police were called just before 4 a.m. today about a vehicle prowl at the 600 block of Southeast Dobson Court.
HANDBAG THEFT
• A woman reported to police yesterday afternoon that her purse was stolen from a shopping cart at Safeway on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called about 4:15 p.m. yesterday by a woman who said she left her purse in the restroom of a restaurant on Northwest Louisiana Avenue and when she returned about an hour later it was gone and nobody had turned it in.
MISSING MEDS
• An officer was called to the 400 block of Centralia College Boulevard about 4:30 p.m. yesterday regarding the theft of medications, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CHRISTMAS SHOP(LIFT)ING
• Centralia police responded to three reports of shoplifting within a half an hour at the Centralia Outlets yesterday evening. Two males who took jacket from a store at the 100 block of West High Street were caught on video but not apprehended, according to the Centralia Police Department. A male reportedly stole two pairs of shoes from a business on the 1300 block of Lum Road. And then just after 7 p.m., an officer responding back to High Street arrested a 16-year-old boy for stealing a pair of shoes, according to police. He was released and the case is being referred to prosecutors for third-degree theft, according to police.
DRUGS
• A 19-year-old was arrested for possession of methamphetamine following a traffic stop about 12:30 a.m. today at Wilson Street and 16th Avenue in Chehalis. Uriah W. Osborne, a homeless person, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A 19-year-old man with him was arrested by Chehalis police for possession of marijuana and then released with a court date, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
SHOOTING COMPLAINT
• Chehalis police were called just before 4 p.m. yesterday about someone on Northwest Florida Avenue repeatedly firing a weapon. An officer contacted someone who had recently moved there and perhaps did not know that discharging a firearm inside city limits is prohibited, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
ON THE ROAD
• Police and medics responded about 4:35 p.m. yesterday to a collision involving a vehicle and a bicycle at Fourth and Pearl streets in Centralia. The bicyclist was checked out and his injuries minor enough he was able to ride away, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants; responses for alarm, dispute, harassment, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft, seemingly abandoned vehicles, collision on city street … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter