SCHOOL ASSAULT
• Chehalis police are investigating a fight between two students at W.F West High School on Friday as a possible felony assault. Officers responding about 12:30 p.m. learned an individual who phoned 911 said the 15-year-old girl was kicked in the head, but this morning police say she was hit multiple times, including possibly in the head by a knee. The officer had not yet interviewed the other girl as of this morning, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said he didn’t know the extent of the injuries, but the case is being investigated as a second-degree assault.
SUSPICIOUS BANK CARDS
• Police found several credit cards on a woman arrested for trespassing yesterday after she allegedly went inside an empty home on the 500 block of Yew Street in Centralia. Sara M. Culp, 33, was booked into the Lewis County Jail after the approximately 2 p.m. contact with an officer, also for misdemeanor warrants, according to the Centralia Police Department. The bank cards didn’t have Culp’s name on them, so officers are investigating, according to police.
CAR PROWL
• Police were called about 6:50 p.m. yesterday regarding a vehicle prowl at the 900 block of North Washington Avenue in Centralia. A wallet was stolen from an unlocked vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police were called yesterday to the 900 block of F Street where someone had entered a parked and unlocked vehicle sometime since the previous evening. Missing were miscellaneous items, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• Centralia police arrested a 31-year-old man for possession of heroin last night at the 900 block of North Washington Avenue. Jeremiah R Johnson, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A 23-year-old man contacted at Wal-Mart for being at the store after previously being “trespassed” from there on Friday night was subsequently arrested for possession of heroin. Nicholas A. Huston was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Police were called about 11 a.m. yesterday regarding someone slashing tires on a vehicle at the 500 block of Railroad Avenue in Centralia.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, disorderly conduct, malicious mischief, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, minor in possession and/or consumption of alcohol; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, suspicious circumstances, parental custody issues, collision on city street … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter