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FOUR-THOUSAND-DOLLAR TOOL SNATCHED IN CAR PROWL
• Chehalis police were called at 1:18 p.m. yesterday to an automotive business regarding a theft from a customer’s car. The business at the 1000 block of Northwest Avenue had parked the unlocked vehicle on the street and when they went to bring it in, discovered their diagnostic machine had vanished, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The approximately $4,000 item is black and red with a 7-inch touch screen, according to police. The brand is Snap-on and it’s a Solus Ultra vehicle diagnostic machine, according to police.
GARDENING EQUIPMENT STOLEN
• Centralia police were called about 6:50 p.m. yesterday to the 600 block of South Gold Street where someone had taken a lawn mower and a weed eater from a shed.
TRESPASSING
• A 25-year-old woman found by the property owner in a vacant Centralia residence yesterday was arrested for trespassing. Police, called about 7:35 p.m. to the 500 block of South Pearl Street, say Shiela K. Brennan, described as transient, had forced her way inside and was staying there. She was issued a citation and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A 48-year-old Chehalis woman sustained a head injury in a single-vehicle collision last night south of Napavine. Deputies responding to the approximately 8 p.m. wreck found the 1997 Ford Ranger with major damage. The driver had been traveling east on Jordan Road and lost control at a turn onto Koontz Road, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Her truck struck a ditch and rolled, coming to rest on the roadway, according to the sheriff’s office. The patient was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, probation violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, disturbance, shoplifting, suspicious vehicle … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Typical behavior: I was on my way home today from Centralia at about 12:20 pm. I was under I-5 on Mellen St.. behind a black chevy with a spotlight and an exempt D license plate. Looked like an undercover pig rig to me. An ambulance was coming so we turned the corner and got out of his way just short of the southbound freeway onramp. The ambulance passed us and off we went. The black car in front of me went right across the gore point and immediately into the fast lane. He was truckin right along so I accelerated to 60 and put my rig on cruise. When we hit the Home Depot exit, he was approx. 1/4 mile ahead of me, maybe a little more. When I was at the railroad overpass just west of greenhill, the ambulance had gone over the 13th street overpass, while the speeding black rig was still in the fast lane. That pissed me off a little so I sped up a bit to see what the black rig was up to. He stayed in the fast lane the whole way ecxept for the time the people in the fast lane were going to slow for him. He exited I-5 at the White pass exit, headed east, 5 cars or so back from the stop sign. I wanted to see who was driving so I planned on going west on Avery Rd. I didn’t have a lot of time to look when I went past him, but this is what I saw. The driver had on a short sleeved dark blue shirt like a cop would wear. I didn’t see any patches or a badge on the shirt because I didn’t have a lot of time to look, and once I saw the cell phione he was talking into, I couldn’t take my eyes off of it. I have been fined quite a bit and paid extra insurance premiums for same behaviors. I’m sure the pig lovers on here will try to justify his behaviors. As far as I’m concerned, it is BULLSHIT that they are above the law!