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• A 25-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly got into a Chehalis restaurant’s cooler, told an employee he was hungry and had permission from the owner to take some food. He left on his bicycle from Jeremy’s on the 500 block of West Main Street about 6 p.m. on Friday with at least one large uncooked prime rib, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Genaro M. Rivas was subsequently located and booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary, according to police.

AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 9:30 a.m. yesterday about a car stolen from the 200 block of Tilley Avenue. Missing is a black 1999 Honda Civic with a license plate reading APW 3800, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 1998 Honda Civic stolen in Monroe last month turned up yesterday evening on Forest Service Road 2304 outside of Randle. It’s owner was contacted and the loss is estimated at $500, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called to the 200 block of Washington Avenue in Chehalis on Friday about a vehicle prowl in which a stereo, a GPS unit and various CDs were stolen overnight.

• Someone stole an iPod and a stereo from a Honda Civic parked at South Market Boulevard near Main Street in Chehalis, according to a report made to police on Friday morning.

FRAUD

• Two people were arrested yesterday for forgery in connection with the deposit of fraudulent checks into TwinStar Credit Union in Chehalis last month. The amount associated with the case is $1,342, according to the Chehalis Police Department.  Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Michael L. Hill, 27, and Raeanne M. Manners-Bell, 32, both from Chehalis according to police.

DRUGS

• A pair of Chehalis residents were arrested early this morning after police responded to the 600 block of West Main Street. One of them was at the counter purchasing Charm Blow Pops and when a deputy pulled into the lot, went back and dumped candy from their pockets, according to the Chehalis Police Department. A search incident to arrest turned up a needle and suspected drugs, according to police. Booked into the Lewis County Jail for drug violations were Carl D. Salzer, 23, and Darcie N. Negrete, 24, according to police.

• A 20-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested after police were called to the Twin City Town Center about a person inside a vehicle believed to be shooting up drugs just after 3 p.m. on Saturday. An officer contacted the individual and found a syringe and a brown substance, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Eric J. Stevens was booked into the Lewis County Jail for a drug violation, according to police.

HOT CHIMNEY PIPE IGNITES WALL

• Firefighters called at 4:10 p.m. yesterday to a fire at a home on the 900 block of Garrard Creek Road west of Centralia and south of Oakville found an individual there had sprayed a garden hose onto the wall and ceiling controlling the spread of the flames. The damage to the wall and ceiling was related to heat from a metal chimney pipe that passed through a wood wall, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Nobody was injured and the residents were able to remain in their home, according to the fire department.

NOT A FIRE

• Firefighters called to a downtown apartment building last night for smoke rolling out of a sidewalk-level window well were relieved to find it was steam from a laundry room. “It fooled me when we first pulled up,” Chehalis Fire Department Capt. Kevin Curfman said. “But we figured out pretty quickly what it was.” Curfman said the weather conditions must have been just right to make the dryer steam look like smoke at the San Juan Arms building on Cascade Avenue.

ON THE ROAD

• Nobody was injured when a 58-year-old driver could not stop in time and ran into the back of a school bus at about 12:45 p.m. on Friday at the 300 block of Rhoades Road in Winlock. The Winlock resident’s 2006 Mercury Milan sustained major damage and the rear bumper of the bus was scratched, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was cited for following too closely, according to the sheriff’s office.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, disorderly conduct, no-contact order violation, protection oder violation; responses for alarm, dispute, civil problems, buildings tagged, misdemeanor theft, misdemeanor assault, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, out-of-control child, teenagers knocking over garbage cans … and more.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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