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THEFT, THEFT, THEFT
• Centralia police were called at 8:38 a.m. yesterday to the 1900 block of Harrison Avenue where someone had stolen hand tools and a toolbox from a carport, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called to a bank on the 700 block of West Main Street at 3:45 p.m. yesterday about a customer with an altered check. James M. Rada, 35, of Chehalis, allegedly tried to pass the check and was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for forgery, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called about 2:30 p.m. yesterday to the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue for a pair of suspected shoplifters. A 22-year-old Centralia woman detained in the parking lot handed over the merchandise and was arrested for third-degree theft and then released, according to the Chehalis Police Department. A 26-year-old Oakville woman was arrested for possession of heroin, according to police. Skylar R. Smith booked into the Lewis County Jail for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, according to police.
ALLEGED ABUSE
• Centralia police were called at 3:10 p.m. yesterday for a report of physical abuse of a child by a parent. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
TRESPASSING
• Chehalis police called to the 200 block of Southeast Washington Avenue at 11:40 p.m. yesterday about a person sleeping in a carport ended up arresting Hunter W. Buck, 30 of Centralia, for an outstanding municipal warrant. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, shoplifting, driving without license, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, third-degree theft, misdemeanor assault, suspicious circumstances … and more among 142 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