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GLENOMA FIREARMS RECOVERED
• A man contacted walking along U.S. Highway 12 in Glenoma yesterday afternoon was arrested for an outstanding warrant and turned out to have one of the stolen guns from the day before on him, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Donald R. Schmidt was with two females when he was arrested just before 2 p.m. near milepost 104, according to the sheriff’s office. Through investigation, all four firearms and air rifle stolen in a burglary the evening before from Uden Road were recovered, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. Schmidt, 41, from Pierce County, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for burglary, possession of stolen property and unlawful possession of a firearm, Breen said. The sheriff’s office is investigating the possibility of other people also involved, Breen said. Schmidt was charged today in Lewis County Superior Court only with unlawful possession of a firearm.
RESIDENTIAL THEFT
• Centralia police were called to the 100 block of West Fourth Street just after 6 p.m. yesterday regarding the theft of items from a carport.
CAR THEFT ‘TOOL’
• Chehalis police called about a suspicious person on a bicycle about 11:40 a.m. yesterday near the 100 block of Southwest Sixth Street contacted 20-year-old Uriah W.C. Osborne of Chehalis and learned he had an outstanding warrant. He also was allegedly in possession of a motor vehicle theft tool, and was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
DRUGS IN JAIL
• Twelve white pills in a balloon were allegedly found during a strip search at the Lewis County Jail after a 35-year-old Chehalis woman was remanded into custody from a hearing in Lewis County Superior Court yesterday. Amanda L. Lopez, reportedly admitted to bring the prescription medication in because she expected she would be going to prison, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said the pills are believed to be methocarbamol. Lopez was arrested and booked for possession of a legend drug without a prescription, Breen said.
DOG ABANDONED
• Chehalis police were called jut after 10 a.m. yesterday and told someone threw a puppy out of their moving vehicle in a parking lot at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue. Further details were not readily available.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A 26-year-old woman pulled over because she was driving on the rims of two flat front tires in Centralia about 3 o’clock this morning was arrested for driving under the influence as well as reckless endangerment due to having three small children as passengers, according to the Centralia Police Department. The traffic stop took place at the 900 block of Harrison Avenue and Mele L. McCollum of Lakewood was allegedly intoxicated, according to police. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vehicle collision, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances … and more among 155 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