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WOMAN IN CROSSWALK STRUCK BY HIT AND RUN DRIVER
• A 20-year-old Napavine man turned himself in after allegedly knocking down a pedestrian with his Jeep in downtown Chehalis yesterday and driving off. Officers dispatched just before 7 p.m. were told the 56-year-old Chehalis resident was in a crosswalk at Market Boulevard and Boistfort Street when it happened and she sustained scrapes on her side but declined aid, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Her clothing was damaged as well, according to police. An officer tracked down a phone number for the suspect and called him, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said. Joshua D. Denton agreed to come to the Chehalis Police Department where he was arrested for hit and run, and then released pending his court date, Bailey said.
TOWED VEHICLE DISCONNECTS, COLLIDES WITH PARKED VEHICLE
• Centralia police investigated a traffic collision involving a towed vehicle and a parked vehicle. at the 400 block of East Main Street yesterday evening The in-tow vehicle broke free from the towing vehicle and struck a parked vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department. The driver was cited for failing to secure load, according to police.
BREAK-IN CENTRALIA
• Centralia police were called about 12:10 p.m. yesterday to the 800 block of North Tower Avenue where someone climbed into a fenced compound and then made off with two car stereos.
WHEELS GO MISSING
• An individual called Chehalis police about 6:50 p.m. yesterday to report someone stole all four tires from their vehicle which was parked in an alley near the 500 block of Northwest Quincy Place and left it up on blocks.
FAKE MONEY SPENT
• Centralia police were called about 12:45 p.m. yesterday to the 1300 block of Lum Road to take a report of a counterfeit $100 bill passed at a retail store.
AND FROM MORTON
• Morton police reported yesterday they are investigating a report from Thursday night at the 100 block of Division Avenue of a wallet that was stolen out of a vehicle. There are no suspects at this time, according to the Morton Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, protection order violation, domestic malicious mischief, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more, among 161 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