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BURGLARY RURAL CHEHALIS
• A deputy was called yesterday to the 200 block of Coulson Road south of Chehalis about the theft of a new set of truck tires and numerous tools from a shop building. It happened sometime between 4 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is listed at $5,000, according to the sheriff’s office.
BREAK-IN WINLOCK
• Deputies responded about 5:45 p.m. on Friday to a burglary to a shop building at the 100 block of Rhoades Road North in Winlock in which an estimated $1,200 worth of items were stolen. It happened sometime after 4 p.m. the Saturday previous, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Missing were propane tanks, a barbecue, a John Deere riding mower and scrapped radiators, according to the sheriff’s office. Someone had cut a wire suspended between two trees used as a gate to gain access to the property and pried open two doors to the building, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.
DRUGS AND EAR PLUGS
• An incoming inmate at the Lewis County Jail was arrested last night when a strip search allegedly turned up a clear bag containing approximately two dozen round orange pills and two sets of foam ear plugs. Kristine M. Hiatt, 43, of Chehalis, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance in a correctional facility, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.
ASSAULT INVESTIGATION
• A 50-year-old Morton man was arrested on Friday afternoon in connection with an investigation that began when a deputy was called to Providence Centralia Hospital last week regarding an 11-year-old girl with a broken wrist. The sheriff’s office learned it had happened in mid-September when Paul S. Preston allegedly pushed the child, a family member, off of a 2-foot to 3-foot high white object at an unknown church in the Morton area, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Preston was located about 2 p.m. on Friday and booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault of a child, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. Prosecutors declined to file the felony charge and the case is being referred to Lewis County District Court.
• One person was taken to the hospital after a call about a confrontation between two clients in which one was reportedly unresponsive after being assaulted at the drug and alcohol treatment center on the 500 block of Southeast Washington Avenue in Chehalis on Friday morning. He was conscious when the officer arrived but didn’t provide a statement that would allow an arrest, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A man in his 40s traveling on a bicycle was hospitalized with a head injury after being struck by a passenger car in Centralia yesterday afternoon. Police were called about 3:15 p.m. to the scene at Harrison Avenue and Lowe Street and arrested the driver of the Ford Focus for an outstanding warrant and third-degree driving with a suspended license, according to the Centralia Police Department. Jose A. Miranda Salvador, 41, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
• A 60-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday evening for driving under the influence after a deputy responded to the scene of a single-vehicle accident at the 400 block of Lincoln Creek Road. Witnesses said the vehicle came around a corner and spun around before landing in the ditch, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Terry L. Godsey was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.
• Chehalis police were called to W.F. West High School on Southwest 16th Street about 10:30 p.m. on Friday following the discovery of damage to a cinder block building which looked as though possibly a truck had backed into it. The damage was estimated at about $1,500, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, probation violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, violation of no contact order, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, harassment, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, … and more among 101 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