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BUSINESS BURGLARY
• Somebody broke into a business at the 300 block of West Main Street in Centralia and stole clothing and costume jewelry, according to a report made to police about 10:30 a.m. yesterday.
PORTABLE GENERATOR STOLEN
• Centralia police were called just before noon yesterday to the 1000 block of North Scheuber Road where an individual reported that sometime during the night unknown persons unlocked his storage shed and stole a portable gas generator, according to the Centralia Police Department.
YARD PROWL
• An officer was called to the 1500 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia about 9:30 a.m. on Saturday to take a report that during the night, someone stole a bicycle and air compressor from beside a residence.
CAR PROWL
• Police took a report from the 2300 block of Rosewood Lane in Centralia on Saturday morning that sometime during the night, someone broke the window of a vehicle parked there and stole a backpack.
VANDALISM
• Police were called to the 900 block of H Street in Centralia yesterday just after 11 a.m. where someone had thrown a rock through the back window of someone else’s vehicle.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A 60-year-old motorist was arrested for driving under the influence after he lost control of his vehicle which flipped onto its top striking a parked vehicle along the 1000 block of South Gold Street in Centralia on Saturday night. Officers called just after 8 p.m. found his two passengers sustained minor injuries, according to the Centralia Police Department. Robert E. Morrison, 60, of Centralia, was also arrested for reckless endangerment and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
• A 72-year-old man was injured and two passenger vehicles were totaled when he attempted to cross U.S. Highway 12 in Salkum on Friday evening and his 2012 Ford F150 pickup struck an eastbound 2007 Toyota Tundra pickup. Charles E. Dunham, from Salkum, was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol. Dunham was not wearing a seatbelt, according to the state patrol. The other driver, a 29-year-old man from Vancouver, was reportedly unhurt. Dunham had been traveling on Salkum Road and headed to Fuller Road, according to the state patrol. He was to be cited for failure to yield the right of way.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, resisting arrest, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence, protection order violation, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances … and more among 368 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