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Updated at 6:11 p.m.
BREAK-IN VADER
• A pump-action shotgun, two diamond rings and approximately 40 tablets of Oxycodone are among the items missing following a residential burglary at the 100 block of Enchantment Lane in Vader. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning it occurred sometime since Tuesday. Also taken was heart medication, according to the sheriff’s office. The loss is estimated at $2,700.
BREAK-IN PACKWOOD
• A deputy was called to the Packwood Community Center on the 12000 block of U.S. Highway 12 about 4 p.m. yesterday following the discovery that someone had stolen a box of hamburgers valued at $100 sometime during the previous week. An interior door was found damaged as well, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
BREAK-IN CENTRALIA
• Centralia police yesterday morning arrested two people for second-degree burglary in a case associated with the 1100 block of West First Street. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Amber L. Boehm, 21, of Vancouver and Justin W. Cameron, 20, of Washougal, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officers called at about 8:25 a.m. regarding intruders at the Church of the Nazarene learned the two had come in through an unlocked door the night before – while there were people in the gym – spent the night in the nursery and each drank a bottle of juice they found on the counter, according to charging papers. The detective found them hiding in a basement bathroom, the documents state. Each wrote a letter of apology and after the church administrator consulted with the church elder who indicated they wanted to press charges, the detective arrested them and they were charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with the class B felony. The maximum penalty is 10 years in prison. Bail was set at $10,000.
AUTO THEFT
• Chehalis police were called about 12:50 p.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue by an individual who said he observed two people in his vehicle attempting to start it. He told them to get out and two suspects were subsequently arrested for vehicle theft, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Nathan A. Cheney, 22, and Christine M. Rahnert, 43, both from Centralia, according to police. Cheney’s defense attorney this afternoon told the judge he believed he was just getting a ride. The pair were each charged in Lewis County Superior Court with attempted motor vehicle theft and allowed release on $20,000 unsecured bonds.
• Centralia police yesterday began investigating a vehicle theft associated with the 300 block of North Diamond Street. The victim received a notice of impound on her vehicle and learned it was no longer in storage, according to the Centralia Police Department. She reports that the vehicle was last seen in December and she learned it had been stolen when she received the impound notice, according to police.
FATHER’S ITEMS PAWNED
• A 28-year-old man was booked into the Lewis County Jail this morning, based on a warrant issued when charges were filed on Dec. 30 for first-degree trafficking in stolen property. According to charging documents, a Lewis County resident on Sept. 23 reported the theft of “items” he had noticed were missing from his garage. The victim told a deputy he learned a pawn shop in Olympia sent a letter to his ex-wife indicating his son Shane M. Randall had pawned “items” and not repaid the loan, according to the court documents. The unidentified items were retrieved, according to the documents. Randall’s bail was set this afternoon in Lewis County Superior Court at $10,000.
CAR PROWL
• Police were called to the 1400 block of Johnson Road in Centralia at about 10:45 a.m. yesterday for a vehicle prowl. Sometime during the night someone stole a headlamp, paperwork and CDs from an unlocked vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department.
MISSING MONEY
• Centralia police were called to the 300 block of Spruce Street about 1:25 p.m. yesterday regarding the theft of cash from the home owner’s wallet. A person of interest has been identified, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• Centralia police were called about 8:50 a.m. yesterday to take a report of the theft of narcotic medications at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road.
SHERIFF’S OFFICE: STUDENT SHOVES TEACHER
• A deputy was called to Winlock Middle School yesterday morning after an 11-year-old boy reportedly became upset and pushed a teacher. The case is being referred to prosecutors for a possible charge of fourth-degree assault, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, misdemeanor theft, trespassing, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street; complaint an individual appears to be living in vehicle in parking lot and going to the bathroom outdoors … and more, among the 130 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:30 a.m. today.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
They just want the tax-exemptions. You think they really care about anything else?
I do not belong to this church, but in the town I do live in the Nazarene church is a very nice church. The folks are very helpful to the community and they do believe in Christ as do Mormons. I am neither, but I have wonder if there is something else going on that we do not know about this crime.
“Church of Nazarene is a bunch of wanna be Mormons they don’t believe in Christ.”
Seriously? Who do you think the Nazarene is?
Do not normally peruse charges? Don’t you know school admistators are also wanna be jail Administrators. Heads=profit issues=more money for the system. They don’t care about the kids. Remember that when they ask for money through the levey.
Church of Nazarene is a bunch of wanna be Mormons they don’t believe in Christ.
If what is reported is all that happened (no destruction of property), then I agree with Mike Beck. How Christian is it to press charges based on coming into an open church and drinking 2 boxes of juice? This world is getting more and more intolerant.
To the elder of the Church of the Nazarene: you had an opportunity to show what the church is suppose to stand for and failed. With no damage done to property and other than a couple juice boxes no items missing, you chose to punish two young people who only saught refuge for the night. They did not break in, they merley walked through the open doors. Is not the house of God suppose to be sanctuary for all? Were their apology letters not sincere enough? Could you not have taken the high road and turned the other cheek? Could you not as a leader in your church and the community have done the christian thing and extended a helping hand or show concern for their welbeing? You could have but you did not. You showed those two not to mess with your church. And you showed the comminity that you as a man of God do not know what it is to turn the other cheek and forgive. If i believed in a God my God would be very upset with you. You are suppose to represent his name. My God would make you write an apology letter to those two for failing to take the chance at touching their souls and possibly changing the path they are on. You failed.
Sandy….clearly he was upset, he shoved the teacher. Regardless of the situation he should not have put his hand on an adult. As for the charges, schools don’t normally charge 11 year old students with assault, so this must be something that is on going, and an issue for that child. They don’t print the back story but I’m sure those involved know, and haven’t taken it lightly.
Because of push they may charge the boy with assault if this child isn’t normally one to act out it need to be checked into. Maybe something happened that made him upset earlier no one knows about.