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KNIFE VERSUS FIREPLACE POKER
• A verbal altercation last night south of Chehalis escalated when one man pulled a knife from his pocket and moved aggressively toward the other, who retrieved a fireplace poker and struck the first man to keep him away, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called about 10 p.m. to the 200 block of Guerrier Road was told the first man threatened to kill the other man, a 44-year-old, according to the sheriff’s office. Corey J. Hickman, 31, was arrested for felony harassment and booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.
OUTBURST BETWEEN GROWN UPS AT SCHOOL EVENT
• Chehalis police were called about 7:15 p.m. yesterday for an argument between adults that turned physical while at a basketball game at R.E. Bennett Elementary School. It started in the gym and moved to the parking lot, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Police were told that there was yelling and then a 36-year-old man pushed a 31-year-old man, while the mother of one of them said she was knocked back when she tried to break it up. Eathon A. Wesen, 36, of Chehalis, was arrested for fourth-degree assault and then released pending a court date, according to police. The disagreement between the men, one of whom was previously married to the other’s wife, was related to kids and yelling at the woman, according to police.
UNWANTED VISITOR
• A 32-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested yesterday after Centralia police were called to the 1600 block of Eshom Road in Centralia at about 12:25 p.m. because he allegedly entered a residence where he was not supposed to be, because of a court order. Damion E. Robbins was arrested for for residential burglary and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
BUSINESS BURGLARY
• Centralia police were called just before 8:30 a.m. yesterday to a business on the 200 block of South Pearl Street where sometime during the night someone broke in and stole money, according to the Centralia Police Department.
MISSING CAR FOUND
• Centralia police took a report about 1:30 p.m. yesterday that a Toyota Camry was missing from a home on the 200 block of Downing Road where it was being repaired. A suspect was found in the vehicle by Chehalis Tribal Police and was arrested, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CAR PROWL
• Centralia police were called to the 900 block of South Scheuber Road about 11:45 p.m. yesterday where someone had broken the rear window of a pickup truck and stole keys and cash, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• An officer was called about 9:35 p.m. yesterday to the 500 block of North Iron Street in Centralia following the discovery an unknown person had rummaged through an unlocked vehicle and taken paperwork, according to the Centralia Police Department.
LOST AND FOUND
• Someone brought a found purse into the Chehalis Police Department yesterday which turned out to belong to a woman whose vehicle was prowled on Saturday at the 1700 block of North National Avenue in Chehalis.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarm, dispute, runaway juvenile, vandalism, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, parking lot fender bender … and more among 131 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