Security image from Tuesday morning break-in south of Chehalis; tips being requested at (360) 748-9286 or www.lewiscountycrimestoppers.org. / Courtesy Lewis County Sheriff’s Office
Updated at 1:07 p.m.
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• A state Department of Corrections officer in the area to check on a client happened on a burglary yesterday morning outside Chehalis at the 100 block of Forest-Napavine Road East. Deputies responding about 10:30 a.m. learned the front door had been forced open and a window broken, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The DOC officer saw a slender white male with tattoos on both arms leaving the area with another male in an older Honda or Toyota passenger car, according to the sheriff’s office. It appeared some of the resident’s belongings had been piled up by the front door, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning. The victim provided video that showed the intruder, according to Brown.
THEFT INVESTIGATION
• Chehalis police were called just before 10 a.m. yesterday about a theft at the 500 block of Northwest Quincy Place. The case is under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Centralia police were called about 1:15 p.m. yesterday about a theft of jewelry from the 900 block of South Scheuber Road. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Two televisions were reported stolen yesterday from a home on the 1600 block of Sunset Way in Centralia. One of the residents is a suspect, according to the Centralia Police Department.
MAIL PROWL
• An officer was called about 2:20 p.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of Kresky Avenue in Centralia where a check was reported stolen after it an empty envelope was located by a postman near a mailbox.
CAR PROWL
• Centralia police were called about 4:30 p.m. yesterday to the 900 block of Harrison Avenue about a sports bag containing equipment stolen from a vehicle in a business parking lot.
OUTDOOR LIVING
• Chehalis police contacted several individuals about 3:30 p.m. yesterday on railroad property near the 600 block of West Main Street, at least some of whom were believed to be camping there. Kendra C. Comfort, 29, from Chehalis, reportedly became hostile and said she would not leave, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Because Comfort had previously been cited for trespassing there, she was arrested for second-degree trespassing and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, drugs, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence, minor in possession-consumption of alcohol; responses for alarm, third-degree theft, hit and run, wandering Pomeranians, rocks left on porch with message, failure to return couch to rental business … and more, among 141 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
Occasionally people come up with a super simple idea for a complex problem without realizing that with such a big problem most simple solutions that work HAVE been applied, and most of the rest of the ideas have been tried and don’t work.
How can anyone see most of the homeless on the streets and believe they are employable? That they have transportation to jobs, especially in a city where the buses stop running at eight (and where entry level jobs are mostly swing and graveyard shifts)? That they can get clean and fresh smelling enough to not offend the public? That they can be called in for work when they have no phones? That they have an alarm to get them up in time? That they have social skills? What employer is willing to hire someone covered in urine, addicted to drugs or living in active psychosis?
It seems so simple – just “get a job” but that is not a solution. That is akin to Marie Antoinnette’s answer to being told the French citizens were starving because they had no bread: “then let them eat cake”.
http://www.endhomelessness.org/library/entry/overcoming-employment-barriers-for-populations-experiencing-homelessness
So people on DOC supervision are now considered clients? That’s a new one.
Feels good to be nice, doesn’t it Mr. Peabody?
Peabody maybe if gave them more fluoride they could get out of the tent and into a business suit. For every success story there are 20 who are getting hand outs because they have nothing to contribute to society or refuse to out of some deep rooted laziness and just plain hate for the workin man!!! How can you give someone structure who lives by the ways of anarchy and survives and even thrives off not giving a crap,…?
It’s my opinion that alot of people need a structured enviroment to make them do their best. Some have mental health issues also. I also see people with missing limbs that need help. I know Im guilty of giving a few 20’s here and there to the guy missing part of his leg. In all I would like to see a homeless shelter sucess story. If one person is helped back on their feet the shelter is worth it. Welfare is a joke and needs to drug test everyone instead of giving out our hard earned Tax Dollars. But the Government knows best right?
Look at that guys pants closely his pocket it is bulging with round type object. Kinda looks like the siloettte of a drug smoking device. Hope they catch this tweaker.
Homeless people want to be homeless. You could always get a job.
The Government needs to accept the homeless. If they want to allow LGBT type of people a 3rd bathroom then why not provide a place for the homeless. This is not a laughing matter with prices amd taxes on the rise this could be someone you know.