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ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A 34-year-old motorist allegedly told a deputy he was drunk and crashed his car after he swerved to miss a raccoon and drove off the roadway at Stowell and Talbot roads in Salkum early yesterday morning. A deputy responding to the approximately 1:35 a.m. call arrested Robert D. Molina, of Onalaska, for driving under the influence and booked him in to the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 1994 Volkswagen Jetta sustained minor damage, according to the sheriff’s office.
• A 53-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for driving under the influence after she reportedly ran her vehicle into two parked vehicles in a parking lot at the 500 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia on Saturday. Officers responding to an approximately 5 p.m. call booked Lynette R. Pemberton into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Torri E. Woodruff, 24, of Centralia was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for driving under the influence after the car she was driving collided with a parked car at Pearl Street and Alaska Way in Centralia around 2 a.m. on Saturday, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called about 3:50 p.m. on Friday by a female who reported a white Dodge pickup truck with flashing red and blue lights in its grill had pulled up behind her and yelled at her before then following her along Bishop Road. An officer figured out who the motorist was and he has been warned about the lights, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
GAS STATION EMPLOYEE ASSAULTED
• A 31-year-old homeless man allegedly assaulted a gas station employee shortly after the worker had given him money for a bus ticket and food at the 1200 block of Mellen Street in Centralia on Friday morning. Police called just before 9 a.m. arrested Christopher J. Clark for fourth-degree assault and booked Clark into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
MASS MISSING MONEY
• Centralia police reported on Saturday morning they were summoned to the 100 block of North Tower Avenue the afternoon before regarding a large sum of cash stolen from the office of a business.
TAKING TVs
• A 25-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested following an approximately 12:50 a.m. call yesterday about someone pushing a shopping cart with TVs in it away from Wal-Mart. Chehalis police report that Max M. Dantzler had allegedly departed from a door he had propped open and attempted to leave in a vehicle but was contacted by an officer. Dantzler was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
AUTO THEFT
• Centralia police called about 11:15 a.m. on Friday to the 2000 block of Johnson Road about a vehicle stolen during the night report it was recovered in Thurston County, damaged.
INDECENCY
• A 47-year-old Wisconsin man was arrested for indecent exposure after Chehalis police were called to a report an individual had seen a man masturbating inside a car in a parking lot at the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue. Mark R. Pope was issued the citation and then released following the approximately 11:40 a.m. call on Friday, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
DRUGS
• Nicholas F. Henderson, 63, a transient, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail after he was allegedly found to be in possession of methamphetamine during a trespass investigation at the 700 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia just after 11 a.m. on Friday, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, trespassing, misdemeanor assault, probation violation, protection order violation, failure to transfer title, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, driving with no license, being in physical control of vehicle while intoxicated; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, disorderly person, suicidal person, vehicle collision, stolen cell phone, suspicious circumstances, third-degree theft … and more among 433 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