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RUCKUS AT RAILROAD STATION
• A Centralia man was arrested yesterday after he allegedly approached an acquaintance at the Centralia train depot, demanded money from him and then punched the 25-year-old in the face when he had no money to give him. Officers called about 11:50 a.m. to the 200 block of Railroad Avenue learned the victim ended up with a broken tooth, according to the Centralia Police Department. They contacted 44-year-old Brett A Morris at his residence and arrested him for attempted robbery. Morris was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
LICENSE PLATE RECOVERED
• A 27-year-old Bucoda resident was arrested for third-degree possession of stolen property yesterday after it was discovered the license plates on the vehicle he was driving were stolen. The plates were missing from Yakima, according to the Centralia Police Department. Joshua W Bonagofsky was booked into the Lewis County, also for first-degree driving with a suspended license, after contact with an officer about 4:50 p.m. at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia.
BYSTANDERS DETAIN MOTORIST AFTER WRECK
• A 34-year-old Centralia man who drove into a light pole and a parked vehicle at the 700 block of South Gold Street reportedly tried to leave but was held by bystanders until officers arrived about 1 p.m. yesterday. Joseph E. Leyva was arrested for driving under the influence and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, drugs, assault, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, collision, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances … and more, among than 127 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:45 a.m. today.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter