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Updated at 4:19 p.m.
SON-IN-LAW JAILED AFTER KNIFE INCIDENT
• A 23-year-old who allegedly pulled a knife on his mother-in-law was arrested yesterday for felony harassment. Deputies responding about 11:15 a.m. to a dispute at the 200 block of Collins Road near Toledo were told Jackson M. O’Dowd threatened her with the folding knife, causing the 55-year-old woman to fear for her life, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. O’Dowd, of Toledo, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said.
BREAK-IN CENTRALIA
• Centralia police were called just after 3 p.m. yesterday to a residential burglary at the 1400 block of Prospect Avenue. Taken from the unlocked home were cameras, electronics and clothing, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VEHICLE THEFT
• Chehalis police were called just before 6:30 p.m. yesterday following the discovery a truck left at the park and ride at the 800 block of West Main Street that morning was missing. The stolen vehicle is a black with gray 1970 Chevrolet pickup truck, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
PORCH PILFERING
• Chehalis police were called about 5:20 p.m. yesterday when an individual saw three kids carrying a box down an alley they suspected could have been stolen from a porch of a residence in the area of the 400 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue. When questioned, they discarded the parcel and an arriving officer concluded it was a delivery of a pair of shoes and took it to its rightful owner, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police took a report of a window damaged from a pellet at the 300 block of North Tower Avenue about 9 p.m. yesterday.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports an investigation showed both drivers contributed to a car versus school bus accident on Monday afternoon along the 200 block of River Heights Road in Centralia. Nobody was injured and the damage was minor when the two vehicles made contact near the center double line on a curve, according to the sheriff’s office. There were two girls on the bus along with the driver, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. A 16-year-old Centralia boy was driving the Toyota Corolla involved, Brown said.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, graffiti on a garage, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, out-of-control teenager … and more, among 148 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter