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Updated at 7:25 p.m.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Firefighters conducted a rope rescue last night for a woman trapped in the backseat of a newer four-wheel drive vehicle that traveled over an approximately 40-foot snowy embankment in the Capitol Forest. The incident occurred about three miles from the C-Line entrance, according to West Thurston Regional Fire Authority. Three other occupants were able to get out on their own, according to the fire department. The woman reportedly suffered minor injuries and was transported to St. Peters Hospital.
• A young person walking along Grand Mound Way Southwest about 5 p.m. yesterday was struck by a truck, according to West Thurston Regional Fire Authority. Firefighter-EMT Ed Singleton said it happened near Oak Lane. The patient had neck pain and was transported to Providence St. Peter Hospital.
• Firefighters and troopers were called about 10:30 p.m. on Friday for a two-vehicle injury collision blocking state Route 6 at the bridge near milepost 26 in Pe Ell, according to the Lewis County 911 Communications Center.
• A 44-year-old man was arrested yesterday at a Centralia motel for allegedly evading a police car during the snow on Friday through the Denny’s parking lot off Harrison Avenue and then driving through the landscaping at Arby’s and over a floodlight. The officer stopped the pursuit because there were people walking in the area but the vehicle was located yesterday, according to court documents. Kurt Dutton told the officer he knew his driver’s license was suspended and needed to get away when he saw the patrol car’s lights, the documents relate. He was charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with attempting to elude. Temporary defense attorney Joely O’Rourke told a judge this afternoon Dutton had just recently moved to Lewis County for his wife’s employment. He is unemployed and collects social security disability payments and qualified for a court appointed lawyer, O’Rourke said. Dutton’s bail was set at $10,000.
BREAK-IN WINLOCK
• A deputy was called just before 8 p.m. yesterday about a break-in to condemned buildings at the 100 block of Pleasant Valley Road outside of Winlock. The 79-year-old owner’s daughter was there to feed cats and discovered hasps on locked interior doors were broken, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It’s not yet known what personal items inside may be missing, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. It happened sometime since Friday, Breen said.
BURGLARY CHEHALIS
• An officer was called to the 10 block of Southwest 10th Street in Chehalis about 2:45 p.m. on Friday following the discovery someone had broken out a pane in a glass door and taken a flat screen television, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
AUTO THEFT
• A stolen red Honda Civic was recovered about 8:20 a.m. yesterday parked and unoccupied at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia.
FRAUD
• Chehalis police are following up after getting a call from a Spokane man on Friday that someone used his credit card to make a purchase at a retail store on the 1200 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue.
CAR PROWL
• Centralia police were called about 4:25 p.m. yesterday for a vehicle prowl at the 900 block of Johnson Road in Centralia. The victim said she saw a female with pink hair break out the window and steal a backpack and then flee in a small silver sport utility vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department. The missing item is a crimson and white Victoria’s Secret backpack, according to police.
DRUGS
• A 24-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act after a white powdery substance inside a small plastic bag field-tested positive for amphetamines yesterday. A deputy responding about 10:30 a.m. to a report of a suspicious vehicle at Sandra Avenue and Galvin Road made contact with two men and found they both had outstanding warrants, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. After a search, Darin M. McKinley was booked into the Lewis County Jail for VUCSA, Chief Deputy Breen said. His companion, a 36-year-old Centralia man, was booked for a felony warrant, Breen said.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, probation violation, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, trespassing, third-degree theft, disorderly person, misdemeanor assault, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, snow tires that may or may not have been intentionally flattened … 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