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DOMESTIC ARREST
• Centralia police called just after 9 p.m. yesterday about an assault at the 300 block of South Street ended up subduing a suspect with a Taser. Steven D Bliss, 45, Centralia, was arrested for domestic fourth-degree assault and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
MACE IN FACE
• A deputy was called to the fire station on Harrison Avenue in Centralia at about 8:25 p.m. yesterday regarding an assault victim being treated there who had been sprayed in the face with mace. The case is under investigation, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
THEFT FROM SCHOOL
• A $1,300 chainsaw was taken from the bed of a pickup truck in the parking lot at White Pass High School in Randle about 6:30 p.m. yesterday. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office says it was a Stihl 661C with a 28-inch bar.
THEFT NEAR TRAIN STATION
• A bike and trailer were stolen from the 200 block of Railroad Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 4:40 p.m. yesterday.
CHRISTMAS SHOP(LIFT)ING
• Centralia police are looking for a shoplifter who took a rain-type jacket from a store on the 1400 block of Lum Road and left on a skateboard yesterday afternoon. Officers called about 3:20 p.m. were told the male was small in stature, sported several tattoos on his face and body and was wearing socks with marijuana plants on them, according to the Centralia Police Department. The same suspect also stole Vane tennis shoes from a nearby business,a according to police.
FRAUD
• Police were called to the 1300 block of Harrison Avenue about 1:30 p.m. yesterday regarding several counterfeit money orders being passed. The case is still under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A Chehalis resident reported to police yesterday that someone had forged his name on a check and cashed it for $325, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police took a report yesterday morning that rocks were thrown at a car while it was parked sometime over the previous evening at the 900 block of South Pearl Street.
ON THE ROAD
• A vehicle being driven by the assistant chief for Riverside Fire Authority was rear-ended just before 4:30 p.m. yesterday at Harrison Avenue at Interstate 5, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was not injured but the driver of the other vehicle was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital for minor injuries, according to police.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, domestic misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, malicious mischief, possible hit and run, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, a ruckus at a bus stop … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter