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Updated at 5:47 p.m.
BROOM SWIPED IN BREAK-IN
• Centralia police were called about 3:15 a.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of South Pearl Street where an individual reported someone had broken into their residence sometime within the previous several hours. The only items initially determined to be missing were food and a broom, according to the Centralia Police Department.
BOATING EQUIPMENT MOVED
• A deputy was called to the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds on Saturday after a maintenance person there found a wheel barrow filled with items stolen from a dairy barn area. The property included an outboard motor, three boat batteries and two boat gas cans, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A gate, padlock and chain were damaged, according to the sheriff’s office.
WINLOCK BURGLARY
• A deputy was called on Saturday afternoon to a residence at the 100 block of Limmer Road in Winlock following the discovery of the theft of a Samsung surround sound system valued at $400. The victim indicated that sometime since Nov. 13, someone had gotten inside, possibly through an open bedroom window, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
AUTO THEFT
• Police were called about 10:30 p.m. on Saturday to the 800 block of Southwest 19th Street in Chehalis where a black 1997 Honda Civic went missing.
• A vehicle stolen out of Seattle was recovered about 3:30 a.m. on Saturday at the 500 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia.
CUSTOMER SPENDS PLAY MONEY
• Police were called to the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia about 6:30 p.m. on Saturday where a victim business reported receiving a counterfeit $100 dollar bill from a customer. The bill was marked “Motion Picture Money,” according to the Centralia Police Department.
ASSAULT INVESTIGATION
• Chehalis police were called to Green Hill School on Friday morning regarding an alleged assault by a student-inmate upon staff. There was no indication the employee was injured, but an investigation is underway, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
UNHAPPY ARRESTEE
• A 49-year-old Arlington resident allegedly damaged a patrol vehicle after being arrested for a warrant at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia about 3:30 a.m. on Saturday. Ronnie L. Lawrence reportedly caused the back door to buckle outward, according to the Centralia Police Department. Lawrence was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree malicious mischief, according to police.
VANDALISM
• Several windows were broken out at a local business on the 200 block of East Maple Street in Centralia, according to a report taken about 5 a.m. on Saturday.
DRUGS
• Chehalis police were called about 3:15 p.m. on Friday to an apartment complex at the 1100 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue where some teenagers had gone into a laundry room, locked the door and were smoking what may have been marijuana. A smoking device that was confiscated is going to be tested, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Centralia Police are investigating a two vehicle, injury, hit and run collision from just prior to12:45 p.m. yesterday at South Gold and Main streets. The driver of the suspect vehicle fled on foot after the vehicle was disabled, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police took a report about 2:30 a.m. yesterday of a hit and run accident at the 500 block of South Pearl Street. The victim described the fleeing passenger car as a green, 1990’s BMW, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, third-degree theft, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence, minor in possession/consumption of alcohol; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, harassment, shoplifting, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 432 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