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Updated at 5:26 p.m.
HIT AND RUN
• Centralia police were called just before 3:30 p.m. yesterday to a business on the 1200 block of Lum Road where an employee attempting to stop a theft suspect stood behind the suspect’s vehicle and was backed into, according to the Centralia Police Department. The employee was uninjured and the suspect fled, according to police. The investigation is ongoing.
HIT AND BREAK TOOTH
• Centralia police took a report of an assault at the 400 block of West Main Street at about 4:35 p.m. on Saturday in which the victim’s tooth was broken. The investigation is ongoing, according to the Centralia Police Department.
COUNTERFEIT CASE
• Two people were arrested just before 4 p.m. yesterday at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia after an off-duty officer recognized them from a counterfeiting case he’d been working on. Amanda Lopez 35, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for forgery and also an outstanding warrant, according to the Centralia Police Department. John Lopez, 36, also of Centralia, was booked for forgery and for possession of methamphetamine, according to police.
DRUGS
• A 30-year-old Winlock driver pulled over at Ninth Street and McFadden Avenue in Chehalis about 8:15 a.m. on Friday was found to have outstanding misdemeanor warrants and then once at the jail, allegedly in possession of methamphetamine, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Joseph M. Gomes was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
GUNS STOLEN
• Police were called about 6:30 p.m. on Friday to take a report of the theft of two firearms from a residence on the 1600 block of Sunset Way in Centralia.
TOOLS TAKEN
• Centralia police were called about 10:30 a.m. yesterday following the discovery of an overnight break-in to a shed at the 900 block of Woodland Avenue. Tools were taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.
PROPANE PILFERING
• Centralia police were called just before 8 a.m. on Saturday to the 200 block of North Rock Street to take a report that two propane tanks and small propane heater has been stolen.
• An officer was called regarding the theft of a propane tank from the 100 block of North Washington Avenue in Centralia about 5:15 p.m. on Friday.
TV THEFT
• A television was stolen from the 600 block of J Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 10:20 a.m. on Friday.
BURGLARY CHEHALIS
• Chehalis police were called about 11:10 a.m. on Friday about a burglary to a thrift store on the 1800 block of Northeast Kresky Avenue. An officer today was waiting to receive statements for the case, according to the Chehalis Police Department. An officer was called to the same business yesterday evening when “a couple” counterfeit $20 bills were found in the till, according to police.
AUTO THEFT
• Chehalis police were called about 6:15 a.m. on Saturday about a vehicle stolen from the 200 block of James Street. The maroon 2002 Dodge Caravan was warming up outside while the victim was inside, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• A green 1998 Subaru Legacy was stolen from the 2400 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police at 6:40 p.m. on Friday. It has a license plate reading AOD 6308, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police recovered an abandoned stolen Honda accord from a parking lot at the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia on Friday afternoon.
CAR PROWL
• Police were called for a vehicle prowl about 12:15 a.m. on Saturday at the 300 block of Yew Street in Centralia. Paperwork was taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.
BAD IDEA NIPPED IN BUD
• An officer was called about 4:20 p.m. on Friday to take a report from the 100 block of West Chestnut Street in Centralia about threats made to an individual to publish their intimate photos by an acquaintance. No arrest was made, but the subject agreed to delete the pictures, according to the Centralia Police Department.
TARGET SHOOTING GOES AWRY
• The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office believes it was a long-distance shooting accident over Interstate 5 that sent two bullets onto the Great Wolf Lodge property in Grand Mound this weekend. One round hit a person’s arm and fell to the ground and another struck a wall, according to information passed along to Sgt. Carla Carter. They were 22 caliber bullets, according to Carter. It happened about 2:15 p.m. on Saturday and the male victim was not hurt, according to the sheriff’s office. The hotel complex is situated along Old Highway 99, with its backside facing the freeway. Given the scenario, they don’t think the shots were fired from the freeway and a deputy asked questions at a sparse housing development on the east side of Interstate 5 but didn’t find who was responsible, according to Carter’s information.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, minor in possession of alcohol, third-degree malicious mischief; responses for alarm, civil issue, hit and run, misdemeanor domestic assault, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances … and more among 385 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