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Updated at 1:46 p.m.
SLOW-MO PURSUIT ENDS AT LAKE
• A 29-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly stole a vehicle in Morton, refused to stop for law enforcement that was following him and finally let the vehicle head down a grassy slope nearly into Mayfield Lake on Saturday. Lewis County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said Shane M. Kaz bailed out, but then jumped into the lake. A deputy was notified just after 10 a.m. of the theft from a man in Morton and the suspect was headed west on U.S. Highway 12, according to Breen. The vehicle was traveling 25 to 30 mph and periodically driving in oncoming lanes, Breen said. He was followed up Winston Creek Road and eventually stopped along Village Road in Mossyrock, Breen said. Kaz, from Vancouver, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of a stolen vehicle and eluding, according to the sheriff’s office.
TAVERN TROUBLES
• Centralia police responded to an approximately 12:40 a.m. call today for a physical dispute involving a half dozen people at a drinking establishment on the 100 block of South Tower Avenue. Nobody was arrested but the instigator was told to leave and not come back, according to the Centralia Police Department. A disorderly person had been removed from a drinking establishment in the same block two hours earlier, according to police.
ARREST MADE IN PEPPER SPRAY ATTACK
• A 20-year-old Centralia resident was arrested about 12:30 p.m. on Saturday for first-degree robbery in connection with an incident reported about 2 a.m. last Tuesday in which a male victim said he had been assaulted with pepper spray at the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue. Miguel V. Martinez, was allegedly in possession of both heroin and methamphetamine when he was detained by police and was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
BREAK-IN CENTRALIA
• A 38-year-old Centralia man was arrested after he allegedly broke into his ex-girlfriend’s residence at the 1400 block of Harrison Avenue and stole her credit cards on Saturday. Officers called about 4:35 p.m. located Tyler J. David, and booked him in to the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary and second-degree theft, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AUTO THEFT
• Chehalis police were called for a vehicle theft about 5:40 a.m. on Saturday at the 2000 block of Southwest Salsbury Avenue. The owner had gone outside to warm up the car and 20 minutes later discovered the silver 2002 Audi A4 was gone, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The man’s construction work tools were inside, according to police.
• Centralia police were called about 1:30 p.m. on Friday to take a report from the 500 block of East Summa Street that a vehicle rented there had not been returned and was considered stolen. Missing is maroon colored 2015 Dodge Ram, with a license plate reading C38035D, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CAR PROWL
• Centralia police were called about 8:40 p.m. on Saturday to the 2600 block of West Reynolds Avenue where an individual reported someone broke out his vehicle window and stole a bag of groceries.
• Two different victims reported that their vehicle windows were broken out and coats were taken within a 30 minute period just before about 7:45 p.m. on Saturday in the area of Pearl and Magnolia streets in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Christmas ornaments and clothing were stolen from a vehicle parked at the 100 block of West High Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 5:40 p.m. on Saturday. A window was broken out, according to the Centralia Police Department. An officer was called back to the same area at 8 p.m. for a similar incident in which a backpack and clothing were stolen.
• Centralia police were called at 6:15 p.m. on Friday to take a report that medication had been stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked at the 500 block of South Tower Avenue.
• Someone broke a window of a vehicle parked at the 1000 block of Eckerson Road in Centralia and stole three frying pans, according to a report made to Centralia police about 4:15 p.m. on Friday.
DRUGS AND CONTRABAND
• A 44-year-old Onalaska man picked up for an outstanding warrant about 10:30 a.m. on Friday at the 700 block of Leonard Road was arrested at booking when approximately seven grams of suspected methamphetamine were discovered, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Matthew W. Wright was arrested for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.
• A 30-year-old inmate at the Lewis County Jail was arrested early Saturday morning after the pink smashed fruit and liquid mixture found inside two bottles found there tested positive for alcohol content. A deputy called to the facility about 2:30 a.m. arrested Jacob O. Meyer, from Vancouver, for possession of a controlled substance or intoxicant by a prisoner, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Syreeta W. Hookano, 38, of Rochester was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for driving under the influence after allegedly being involved in a two-vehicle, minor injury collision at about 10 p.m. on Saturday at North Tower Avenue and First Street in Centralia.
• Centralia police determined the pedestrian was at fault for crossing the street at the 100 block of North Tower Avenue outside of a crosswalk and getting struck by a vehicle. The approximately 6:10 p.m. incident on Saturday resulted in a minor injury, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A 20-year-old Centralia man was arrested for hit and run on Friday after allegedly striking two parked vehicles at the 100 block of East Walnut Street in Centralia and leaving the scene. Gabriel Rodriguez-Rodriguez was arrested and then released pending a court date, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police were called at 7:47 p.m. on Friday about a hit and run to a parked vehicle at Harrison and View avenues. An officer was called at 12:22 a.m. Saturday for a hit and run to a fence on the 600 block of Woodland Avenue and then another parked vehicle struck at 4:28 a.m. at the 300 block of West Fourth Street, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, trespassing, harassment, loitering, hit and run, protection order violation, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more among 390 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter