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AUTO THEFT
• Centralia police were contacted just after 9 a.m. yesterday for a car abandoned on the 1500 block of Windsor Avenue. It turned out to have been stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.
FRAUD
• Centralia police were called yesterday afternoon by an individual from the 1200 block of Borthwick Street who reported they were contacted regarding an order for a cell phone which they had never ordered.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A school bus was one of two vehicles involved in a collision at Johnson Road and Borst Avenue in Centralia just before 2:55 p.m. yesterday, according to the Centralia Police Department. There were no injuries and there were no children on the bus, according to police.
• A 21-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for driving under the influence as well as hit and run overnight following an approximately 1:30 a.m. incident at Maple Street and Tower Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department. Ricky L. Blay Jr. was booked into the Lewis County Jail, also for driving with a suspended license, according to police.
• A 37-year-old motorist said a deer jumped out in front of him, causing his truck to leave the roadway, strike an embankment and roll onto its side last night outside of Chehalis. Deputies called at 9:15 p.m. to the 400 block of Berry Road noted William R. Town suffered bumps, scrapes and rib pain, but that he indicated he would have a friend take him to the hospital, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said he had a passenger, who she believed was uninjured. Town was issued a citation for driving without a required interlock device, Brown said.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, no-contact order violation; responses for alarm, dispute, harassment, disorderly person, misdemeanor theft, misdemeanor assault, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, collision on state highway, collision on Interstate 5 … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter