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COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FIRE DOUSED
• Firefighters called about 11:20 a.m. yesterday to the 300 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia found a restaurant filled with smoke and dark smoke emanating from a vent at the front of the building. The fire found burning in a kitchen grill was easily extinguished, but the crew remained on the scene for about an hour for smoke removal, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The grill at Sabra’s Place was the only thing damaged, according to the fire department. The business owner said that she had turned on the grill to warm it up and then left momentarily, Capt. Scott Weinert said. “The Riverside Fire Authority wishes to remind everyone that heating and cooking appliances should not be left unattended to help avoid the risk of an accidental fire,” Weinert stated.
VEHICLE THEFT
• Centralia police responded just before 5 o’clock this morning to a burglary at a business on the 300 block of South Tower Avenue. Two motorcycles were stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department. One is a 2012 Suzuki GSXR 1000 and the other a White Suzuki GSXR 600, according to police.
• Police were called just before 1:20 a.m. today for a car stolen out of a driveway at the 600 block of North Washington Avenue in Centralia. Taken sometime after 11 p.m. yesterday was a black 2008 Kia Optima four-door passenger car, according to the Centralia Police Department.
OTHER THEFT
• An officer was called to a business at the 1200 block of Alder Street in Centralia at 6:35 p.m. yesterday about the theft of money. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
MALICIOUSNESS
• Centralia police were called about 2:30 a.m. yesterday to the 1400 block of Johnson Road where a 24-year-old Centralia man allegedly broke out the windshield of a domestic acquaintance’s vehicle and fled. A criminal summons was issued to the suspect for third-degree domestic malicious mischief, according to the Centralia Police Department.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Centralia police responded about 1:45 a.m. yesterday to a collision at Harrison Avenue and First Street where they arrested an individual for driving under the influence. Rafael Morales Salas, 23, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police said a 35-year-old Centralia woman was injured when she held on to her boyfriend’s truck as it drove away in the area of the 300 block of Spruce Street on Friday afternoon. She was transported to the hospital for minor injuries, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vandalism, hit and run, third-degree theft, violation of no contact order, tree limb on power lines, suspicious circumstances … and more among 304 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 48-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter