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ROPE TRICK FAILS AT GREEN HILL

• A 17-year-old student-inmate is facing a possible charge of first-degree attempted escape after an incident in which he took off running and tried to throw a hand-made rope over the fence at Green Hill School. An officer called yesterday to the state juvenile detention facility was told the youth got 400 to 500 yards away from the group he was with before he was apprehended, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• An individual at the 1500 block of Lewis Street in Centralia reported yesterday afternoon someone broke into his coin-operated laundry machines and took the money from them, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• An outside security camera was stolen from a business on the 300 block of Lowe Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 1:20 p.m. yesterday.

• Centralia police took a report yesterday morning of the theft of a package delivered to a front porch at the 700 block of North Washington Avenue.

• Chehalis police were called about 6:30 a.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard after a woman attempted to spend a fake $50 bill at Starbucks inside Safeway. The counterfeit money was left behind and the subject took off in a white Honda Accord, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VEHICLE PROWL

• An officer was called to the 1400 block of Northwest Airport Road in Chehalis about 3:45 p.m. yesterday after a woman learned the driver’s side window of her vehicle was broken out and her purse stolen.

• Centralia police were called about 3:10 p.m. yesterday about the theft of a battery from a travel trailer at the 700 block of J Street.

• A wallet was taken from a vehicle parked at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 7:40 p.m. on Monday.

DRUGS

• A 32-year-old woman arrested shortly after 9 a.m. yesterday at the 500 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia for an outstanding warrant was also arrested for possession of methamphetamine. Christina A. Leyva, of Lacey, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

SEXUAL ASSAULT

• Centralia police yesterday evening decided to refer a case to juvenile prosecutors regarding an allegation of second-degree rape against a 16-year-old boy, according to the Centralia Police Department. The teen is already in custody on an unrelated matter, according to police. Further details were not readily available.

VANDALISM

• A deputy was called over to the Lewis County Jail about 8:20 p.m. yesterday because an inmate had allegedly intentionally broke a sprinkler head. A case against Jeremy J. Miner, 41, will be referred to prosecutors for a charge of malicious mischief, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Miner reportedly told the deputy he broke it because he wanted to inhale the cigarette smoke he thought was emanating from the object, sheriff’s Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. The loss is $300.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A Toledo police officer was apparently unhurt when his patrol car sitting in a parking lot facing Front Street at Cowlitz Street was struck by a Toyota Tacoma yesterday afternoon. A deputy called to investigate about 2:50 p.m. determined the 35-year-old Toledo man driving the truck had suffered some sort of medical issue which led to the collision, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The truck sustained minor front end damage and the 2008 Dodge Charger was left with minor damage on the front passenger side headlamp, according to the sheriff’s office. The 35-year-old was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital for evaluation, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.

• Centralia police reported yesterday they were looking for a white 1991 Honda Civic hatchback which sped away recklessly following an attempted traffic stop at Harrison Avenue and northbound Interstate 5 about 12:30 p.m. on Monday. An officer got its license plate which reads BBR 4040, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, protection order violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, dog bite, hit and run, civil issue, vandalism, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 300 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 48-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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