POLICE SUSPECT MARIJUANA DEALING AT TWO CENTRALIA LOCATIONS, MAKE ARRESTS
• Members of the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office and the Centralia Police Department on Friday served search warrants and arrested men from two separate Centralia homes where they believe marijuana has been bought and sold, the sheriff’s office reported this morning. At 8:15 a.m. officers went to a residence on the 1300 block of Eckerson Road following a several-week investigation and seized 15 marijuana plants, $300 cash and several baggies of processed marijuana, according to sheriff’s Cmdr. Steve Aust. They arrested and booked Brandon P. Seeger, 20, who lives there, Aust said. Both cases involved the Lewis Regional Crime Task Force and previous so-called controlled buys from the suspects, Aust said. At 6:45 p.m. officers were at the 800 block of South Tower Avenue where they confiscated one ounce of marijuana, illegal mushrooms and $300 cash. David P. Butler, 38, Centralia, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to Aust. He didn’t say if the two cases were related to each other.
HONDAS LOST AND FOUND
• Centralia police took a report about 4:30 this morning of a white 1993 Honda Civic missing from its driveway on the 200 block of Yew Street. The vehicle was found within a few hours in the parking lot at Wal-Mart in Chehalis, according to the Centralia Police Department. Another Honda stolen overnight was found in the same general area, police Sgt. Stacy Denham said.
• Police are still looking for a green 1993 Honda Accord stolen from an automobile dealer on the 1200 block of Mellon Street in Centralia, and reported missing about 10:30 a.m. on Friday, police Sgt. Stacy Denham said this morning.
$25,000 CLASSIC CAR STOLEN FROM BEHIND LOCKED GATE
• A yellow 1966 Ford Thunderbird valued at $25,000 was spirited away from behind a locked gate at the 3200 block of Maytown Road Southwest, according to a report made on Sunday evening to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. The classic car, which belonged to an 80-year-old man from Port Ludlow, didn’t run and had to have been towed away, said sheriff’s Lt. Chris Mealy. It happened sometime between 8 p.m. on Friday night and 5:30 p.m. on Sunday at L and L Machinery, where somebody also tried to steal a white 2006 Chevrolet pickup. The steering column in that vehicle was damaged, to the tune of about $1,000, Mealy said.
BREAK-INS NET MORE THAN $7,000 OF LOOT IN PAST FEW DAYS
• Deputies took a report on Saturday afternoon of the theft of an estimated $3,600 of equipment from a shop in the Doty area. Taken sometime after 8 a.m. on Thursday from the 700 block of Leudinghaus Road were a John Deere riding mower, a six horsepower Suzuki outboard motor, a Stihl weed eater and a push mower, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• A burglary on the 600 block of Grove Street in Centralia sometime between 9 p.m. Saturday night and 2:15 a.m. on Sunday included the theft a bag of tattoo equipment and a Dell laptop computer, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss was estimated at $1,300.
• Sheriff’s deputies were called about 2:15 p.m. on Friday to the 400 block of West Reynolds Avenue outside Centralia where an estimated $1,275 theft occurred sometime the evening before, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. Missing were a Stihl chainsaw, a red Mongoose bicycle, a purple Nishiki bicycle and a purple Trek bicycle, Cmdr. Steve Aust said.
PICKUP TRUCK LOADED UP WITH STOLEN FENDERS, AUTO PARTS
• A resident of the 17,300 block of Leitner Road in Rochester called the owner of neighboring property to tell him he saw a pair of young men in a light blue Ford pickup truck leave the property, its bed filled with fenders and other vehicle parts, the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. It happened between 1:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. last Tuesday. The 77-year-old Centralia man who owns the property and items called the sheriff’s office just before 3 p.m. that day. They have no suspects, sheriff’s Lt. Chris Mealy said this morning. A deputy then went to a scrap yard on the 180th Way Southwest where it was learned the scrap yard accepted the materials but didn’t recall much about the subject who sold the metal, Mealy said.
MORE BREAKING AND ENTERING
• An individual called police about 6:50 p.m. on Friday after returning home to find somebody had forced their way inside her residence on the 1200 block of Mellen Street, left items strewn about and stolen cash, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A resident of an apartment on the 1200 block of West Main Street in Centralia called police on Friday afternoon to report somebody broke in and took food, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called about 10:20 a.m. on Sunday to Stan Hedwall park on Rice Road where somebody tried to get inside the score keepers building. A screen was torn and a window broken, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office took a report on Saturday afternoon about a break-in to a home on the 12,900 block of Hunter Road Southwest in Rochester. A ladder from the barn was used, a window was destroyed and somebody got inside, but nothing seemed to be missing, according to Lt. Chris Mealy. The owner, a 52-year-old man who lives in Bellevue, said it was the second burglary to the residence which is only occupied on weekends, Mealy said. It must have happened sometime since 3 p.m. the previous Monday, according to Mealy.
DUI ARRESTS
• Centralia police arrested Samuel A. Costello, 30, of Centralia, about 2 a.m. on Sunday for driving under the influence. The arrest followed a stop for a traffic infraction on the 1200 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia, according to police. He was released after being cited, police reported.
• Barlow J. Noll, 59, of Centralia, was arrested for driving under the influence on Sunday by a Lewis County sheriff’s deputy. He was then booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
WHAT’S THAT SMELL?
• Centralia police responding to a complaint went to the 1300 block of Alexander Street in Centralia and arrested Darrell L. Martin, 56, of Centralia, for misdemeanor possession of marijuana at about 9 p.m. on Saturday night. He surrendered what was described as a very small amount to the officer and then was released, according to police.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter