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TEENS CAR PROWLING
• A Centralia mother turned in her teenage son last night, suspecting he was involved in vehicle prowls in the Cooks Hill Road area. A deputy called just before 9 p.m. yesterday spoke to the mom and then interviewed the 16-year-old, who reportedly confessed that during April and May, he and a friend stole property from three separate vehicles, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The deputy was told they prowled unlocked cars with valuables in plain view, according to the sheriff’s office. Among the loot were backpacks, credit cards and at least one laptop computer, Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey said. Some of the missing items were recovered from a 15-year-old boy’s bedroom, Kimsey said. The two teens were arrested and booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for vehicle prowl, second-degree theft and second-degree possession of stolen property, Kimsey reports.
CHEHALIS FIGHT UNDER INVESTIGATION
• Chehalis police were called about 7:40 p.m. yesterday for a dispute at the 300 block of Southwest Third Street that may have involved a knocked-out tooth on a child. The incident is under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
VEHICLE THEFT
• Chehalis police were notified about 6 p.m. yesterday that the black with gray 1970 Chevrolet pickup truck stolen the day before from the park and ride at the 800 block of West Main Street had turned up in Pierce County. A deputy there found it unoccupied, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
VANDALISM
• An 18-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested last night after allegedly punching out the window of a building at the 200 block of Railroad Avenue in Centralia. Officers called about 9:45 p.m. issued a citation for third-degree malicious mischief to Griffyn B. Dollarhyde and then released him pending a court date, according to the Centralia Police Department.
SNACK, BEERS AND HOME REPAIR LEADS TO FELONY CHARGE
• A 54-year-old man who allegedly stopped at his former girlfriend’s Winlock home, repaired her table and left a note asking if she wanted to buy some firewood was arrested for violating a no-contact order but charged yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court with burglary. A deputy back on April 4 reportedly went to the woman’s home on the 300 block of Hawkins Road looking for Rodney D. DeWolf because he had an outstanding warrant and found DeWolf hiding inside. Later when the deputy interviewed the woman, she said she had returned home to find it looked like DeWolf had been there, as he’d fixed some food to eat, drank several beers, left a note and also her table had been fixed, according to charging documents. DeWolf was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail on April 28, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The charge of residential burglary is class B felony with a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, shoplifting, trespassing, protection order violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, oven fire, hit and run, third-degree theft, disorderly conduct, unfounded report, suspicious circumstances, deer walking down middle of road … and more, among 161 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 4:30 a.m. today.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter