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Updated at 4:02 p.m.
AUTO THEFT
• Chehalis police were called about 4:15 a.m. by an individual who said he discovered his car had been moved from where he had parked it on the west side of the street at the 100 block of Southeast Washington Avenue to the east side. A subwoofer was missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called at 2:45 a.m. today within moments of a black 1995 Honda Civic being stolen from the 500 block of Southwest William Avenue. It has a license plate reading AXH 7724, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• A vehicle stolen in Chehalis was recovered yesterday morning at the 1100 block of Scammon Creek Road in Centralia, during the course of another vehicle theft investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
BAD BILL
• Police were called yesterday by a business at the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia regarding the discovery it had accepted a counterfeit $100 bill.
VANDALISM
• Police were called yesterday about a window on a vehicle broken overnight at the 700 block of West Second Street in Centralia.
LSD AND MANY POT PLANTS
• A 44-year-old Centralia man was charged yesterday with four felonies after an off-duty Centralia police officer told law enforcement of marijuana being grown behind a house on Maple Valley Drive, and detectives spoke with three teenagers there who said they’d given him money to buy them marijuana oil and marijuana bud. A search of the home turned up 25 stamps of LSD inside a freezer, 39 marijuana plants in the basement and a loaded revolver in a closet, according to court documents. Richard K. Kane was arrested on Tuesday and brought before a judge yesterday afternoon in Lewis County Superior Court. Court papers say when drug detectives first asked Kane if he had authorization to grow the marijuana which could be seen in the back of the residence, he produced a medical authorization and said he didn’t mind showing them his eight plants. There were 10 with trunks as thick as two inches in diameter, prosecutors allege. Kane was charged with possession of a controlled substance, manufacture of marijuana, distribution of marijuana to a person under age 18 and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. Defense attorney Joely O’Rourke indicated Kane collected social security disability payments and qualified for a court appointed lawyer. His bail was set at $25,000 and his arraignment scheduled for today.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Centralia police are referring for criminal charges a case of a 15-year-old driver who allegedly struck a bicyclist at the 2500 block of North Pearl Street and left the scene yesterday. Officers responding to the approximately 6 p.m. call note the injuries were minor.
• A 56-year-old Vader resident was one of two people injured when the driver of a Honda Accord ran a red light in Longview late yesterday afternoon at state Route 432 and Washington Way, according to the Washington State Patrol. The Honda struck Glenn R. Wilburn’s Jeep Cherokee and spun off before hitting a log truck, according to the state patrol. Wilburn was not wearing a seat belt, the investigating trooper reports. He and the Honda driver, 51-year-old Louis Z. First, from Tacoma, were both transported to PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, violation no contact order, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, third-degree theft, vandalism, harassment, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, child alone in a parked car, request a woman with suitcases in front of store for up to three days be asked to move along … and more among 157 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
LSD and many pot plants. Let me guess the officer was one of the Lowery Brothers that were off duty at the time. Also after they consficate the grow equipment back to the public at their annual police auction.