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DRUGS
• Two women were arrested yesterday on drug offenses after a call to Wal-Mart about one allegedly attempting to spend counterfeit bills and then a call back later when her suspected companion allegedly left the store with stolen merchandise. Officers responding after 1:15 p.m. to the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue contacted Karissa L. Duplex, 24, of Kelso, and a search incident to her arrest turned up more fake bills, stolen property and drug paraphernalia that field-tested positive for methamphetamine as well as some bank and/or gift cards with a name on them other than her own, according to the Chehalis Police Department. About two hours later, an officer was called back to the business when the second suspect reportedly returned but then left with items unpaid for, according to police. Officers caught up with 35-year-old Shawntae J. Barnett in a vehicle along Interstate 5 near exit 77, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said. She couldn’t explain where the vehicle came from so it was impounded and stolen items totaling just over $700 were located inside, Bailey said. Suspected heroin was found on her plus one more piece of stolen merchandise was located after she arrived to the jail, according to Bailey. Both were booked into the Lewis County Jail for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. Duplex was additionally booked for a counterfeit offense.
THEFT FROM PORCH
• Chehalis police were called about 7:45 a.m. yesterday to the 700 block of Northwest Pennsylvania Avenue when a resident discovered the 2000-watt Honda generator he had chained to his porch from the windstorm had vanished.
MISSING MEDS
• Centralia police were called about 9:30 a.m. yesterday to the 1000 block of B Street to take a report of the theft of medication.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• The driver of the car that became wedged beneath the trailer of a semi truck on southbound Interstate 5 yesterday afternoon near Napavine self-extricated and was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to Lewis County Fire District 5. It had been raining really hard at the time of the 1:25 p.m. call, Firefighter Samantha Heldreth said.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, civil issue, hit and run, suspicious circumstances … and more among 149 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