Updated at 3:34 p.m.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Two cars were totaled and both drivers injured in a collision yesterday evening on U.S. Highway 12 west of Mossyrock. Troopers called about 7:20 p.m. learned the vehicles had been westbound, when the Honda Civic struck the back of a Ford Focus which was yielding to traffic to make a left turn onto Winston Creek Road. Whitney L. Davis, 19, was issued a citation for speed too fast for conditions, according to the Washington State Patrol. Davis and the other driver, Macie J. Rockwood, 16, were both transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the state patrol. The teens are both Mossyrock residents.
• A 20-year-old driver was issued an infraction for wheels off the roadway after a single-car rollover wreck on North Military Road near Camden Drive in Winlock yesterday. Deputies called about 5:20 p.m. learned the Tenino woman was southbound when she veered, overcorrected and then struck a culvert on the other side of the road, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She said she was changing a song on her cell phone, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. She was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to Lewis County Fire District 15.
• A 26-year-old man from Lacey was arrested after a single-vehicle wreck on U.S. Highway 12 about two miles east of Montesano yesterday morning. Neither he nor his 19-year-old passenger were injured when the westbound Chrysler Caravan left the roadway to the right, hitting a light pole and culvert, according to the Washington State Patrol. However, troopers arriving to the scene after the approximately 6:50 a.m. call found the driver’s clothing was covered in pieces of marijuana, according to the state patrol. Sal Pasanta submitted to field sobriety tests and was arrested for driving under the influence, according to the patrol.
SCHOOL SCARE
• The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office was called to Grand Mound Elementary School yesterday after a note was found in the bathroom indicating a bomb was in the school. The sheriff’s office tweeted about 11:40 a.m. that the students were safely evacuated. By about 12:10 p.m., authorities announced classes were resuming, but the investigation continued.
VEHICLE PROWL
• Chehalis police were called yesterday to the 900 block of Southwest William Avenue to take a report that someone had opened the canopy on a vehicle and removed the temporary license from the window. It occurred sometime on Monday, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
OTHER THEFT
• Police were called about 4 p.m. yesterday regarding the theft of cash from a business on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• A 46-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine when picked up on a warrant just after noon yesterday at Main and Oak streets in Centralia. Jason R. Slight was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, trespass, harassment, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor assault, third-degree theft, barking neighbor dog, a bag containing a gun found in a cart at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue which the owner came back and claimed … and more among 124 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
A cop could think that the Hay on you’re sweat shirt could be marijuana and do a road road side strip search.
I’m looking at my hay covered sweatshirt thinking “would a cop believe that I have goats?” if I was pulled over…. 🙂