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TWO DETAINED AFTER POLICE CHASE
• A 41-year-old Olympia man was arrested after a vehicle pursuit around 2:25 a.m. yesterday involving both Centralia and Chehalis officers. Jacob R. Woods was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of a stolen vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department. Also arrested was Alyssa E. Taylor, 28, of Olympia, for an outstanding warrant, according to police. The incident was associated with a location at South Tower Avenue and Summa Street in Centralia.
TIRES, WHEELS TAKEN
• Police were called about 10:10 p.m. yesterday to the 400 block of South Rock Street in Centralia where they were told individuals were interrupted while stealing tires off a vehicle. The suspects fled in a gray or white older Chevy style pickup, according to the Centralia Police Department. The tires that were taken were on two Rock Star 2 35-inch rims, described as all black with a Star shape in the middle of them, according to police.
RESIDENT HIT TWICE WITH THEFTS
• Centralia police were called about 6:30 p.m. yesterday to the 600 block of Jefferson Street where they were told a mountain bike had been stolen during the night and that on Tuesday, someone stole a package off the front porch.
CAR PROWL
• A purse reported stolen in a vehicle prowl about 10:25 p.m. yesterday at the 2500 block of Mount Vista Road in Centralia turned up later in Chehalis, minus its valuables, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police were called about 9:05 p.m. yesterday to the 900 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia where they were told that within the previous 30 minutes, someone broke into a vehicle and stole a wallet.
• Centralia police were called to a vehicle prowl at the 1600 block of South Gold Street at about 11:50 a.m. on Friday.
SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE FIRE
• An unoccupied pickup truck parked on the shoulder along the 2000 block of Little Hanaford Road outside Centralia burned up early yesterday morning. Firefighters called about 2 a.m. quickly extinguished it, but the 2004 Ford F250 was a total loss, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The owner, who resides in the area, was contacted and said he was returning home from work about 12:30 a.m. when he got a flat tire, Fire Capt. Scott Weinert reports. “He had his wife pick him up and had decided to seek repair in the morning,” Weinert stated. A deputy responded because it was suspicious and the cause is under investigation.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Centralia police report at least one injury from an accident about 1:20 p.m. on Friday in which a vehicle stopped in a parking stall and then went forward and to the right striking two parked cars and a decorative pillar on a building at the 1700 block of South Gold Street. A driver and occupant of a parked car sustained minor injuries, according to Riverside Fire Authority.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, resisting arrest, probation violation, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, disorderly person, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more, among 359 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 48-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.
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Fairway Shopping Center / Courtesy photo by Riverside Fire Authority
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter