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ARSON AT COLLEGE
• Police were called to Centralia College about 6:20 p.m. yesterday following the discovery a small fire had been set to a paper flyer taped on a wall. It burned itself out before it was found, but left scorch marks, according to the Centralia Police Department. The incident is under investigation, according to police.
THEFT, THEFT, THEFT
• Centralia police were called to the 200 block of North Oak Street about 5:50 p.m. yesterday to take a report of the theft of a chainsaw, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police were called about 1:15 a.m. today to the 700 block of Northwest Ohio Avenue in Chehalis for a suspected vehicle prowl.
• Chehalis police were called about 9:20 a.m. yesterday to the 1500 block of North National Avenue following the discovery that during the night, someone had cut a padlock to a trailer. It was not immediately apparent if anything was missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
DRUGS
• James A. Nix, 50 of Centralia, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after contact with an officer about 2:10 p.m. yesterday at the 500 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Firefighters were called just before 7:30 a.m. today for a wreck in which a car landed off the road on its side with the driver trapped at the 600 block of Meier Road outside Winlock. They were able to help her out without using any of their tools and she was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital with minor injuries, according to Lewis County Fire District 15.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 156 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