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CANDLE SUSPECTED IN VEHICLE FIRE

• Firefighters were called at 9:30 p.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of Woodland Avenue in Centralia where they found a Chevrolet Tahoe well-involved with fire which was threatening an adjacent residence. A fence along the driveway had also ignited, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Crews quickly brought the fire under control, according to Fire Capt. Scott Weinert. The fire is believed to have been started by a candle being used a person who was reportedly living the Tahoe, according to Weinert. The sport utility vehicle was a complete loss.

DOWNTOWN ASSAULT

• Centralia police were called to the 100 block of North Tower Avenue just before 11 p.m. yesterday for an assault. The suspect was identified and the investigation is ongoing, according to the Centralia Police Department. The victim was not seriously injured during the dispute, according to police.

OUT OF CONTROL

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office says a 50-year-old woman who was highly intoxicated and detained for biting her boyfriend, kicked a deputy in the shin at Morton General Hospital on Thursday night. A deputy responding to the 100 block of Belcher Road Glenoma learned the 51-year-old man was awakened to Dawn M. Smith gnawing on his neck and jaw and after he tried to fend her off was bit again, in his upper arm, according to the sheriff’s office. Smith was taken to the emergency room for medical clearance to be booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office. She was ultimately booked for third-degree assault with a recommendation for a charge also of fourth-degree assault, according to Chief Deputy Stacy Brown.

FEMALE USES ALIAS AT JAIL

• A Centralia officer learned yesterday that Courtney L. Sturdevant, 24, was in the Lewis County Jail under a different name. The jail did a fingerprint search and discovered her true identity, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officers then served the Centralia Municipal Court warrant that was out for her arrest, according to police.

INSTAGRAM THREATS

• Centralia police took a complaint on Thursday morning at the 900 block of Johnson Road from a juvenile that a person, or persons, unknown sent several  threats against her using Instagram. The investigation is continuing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

REPORT OF MARIJUANA THEFT

• An individual reported about 9:20 p.m. on Thursday that marijuana was stolen from their residence on the 1100 block of Borthwick Street in Centralia. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

PARCEL PILFERED

• A package delivered to the front door step at the 300 block of East Pear Street in Centralia was removed by an unknown person, according to a report made to police about 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.

CAR PROWL

• An individual reported at 5 p.m. yesterday two of their vehicles were prowled at the 1800 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia. A window was broken out of one, according to the Centralia Police Department. Missing are some power tools and a vehicle emergency kit, according to police.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, misdemeanor theft, failure to transfer vehicle title, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, vandalism, civil problem, collision on city street, possible retail return fraud, possible stolen vehicle that wasn’t, attempt to pass a counterfeit bill … and more, among than 162 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

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