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Updated at 10:57 a.m.
DOMESTIC ASSAULT
• Deputies were called just after 6 p.m. yesterday after a woman flagged down a passing vehicle at the 4700 block of Galvin Road to say her significant other had assaulted her inside their tent under the Chehalis River bridge, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The victim said Brian J. Elmore was upset because she was making noise and began to punch her in the face and head, leaving her with a cut on her right cheek and bruises, according to the sheriff’s office. A K-9 track was conducted without success but Centralia police eventually located Elmore farther up the road and took him into custody, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. Elmore, 36, from Centralia, was arrested for fourth-degree assault and booked into the Lewis County Jail, Breen said.
UNRULY PERSON
• A 54-year-old Chehalis man was arrested last night after calls from multiple locations in Chehalis about an individual threatening someone and then harassing and bugging customers, according to the Chehalis Police Department. It began downtown and then occurred also at a gas station and a retail store on Northwest Louisiana Avenue, according to police. The suspect allegedly also opened the door to his truck and damaged someone else’s vehicle in a parking lot, Chehalis Police Department spokesperson Linda Bailey said. James P. Sauter was booked into the Lewis County Jail for disorderly conduct, Bailey said.
BURGLARY AND THEFT
• Centralia police were called about 4:20 p.m. yesterday about a burglary at the 600 block of North Gold Street. Money was taken by a known suspect, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A deputy was called yesterday about a burglary to a shed at the 9000 block of U.S. Highway 12 in Randle where two Stihl chainsaws were missing, as was a green tool box containing chainsaw tools. The victim said he’d last seen them two weeks earlier, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. One of them was a model 044 and the other a 028, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.
• A garden hose was reported stolen from a yard at the 900 block of West Second Street in Centralia yesterday afternoon, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CAR PROWL
• Centralia police were called for a vehicle prowl about 1:15 p.m. yesterday at the 1200 block of West Main Street. A weed eater was missing from the back of a truck, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police were called about 9:40 a.m. yesterday about an overnight vehicle prowl at the 700 block of Euclid Way. Documents were stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.
FAKE BILL
• A business at the 200 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia contacted police yesterday morning about a counterfeit bill found in the till.
DRUGS
• Two people were arrested for possession of methamphetamine after contact with police about 3 p.m. yesterday at the 1000 block of Eckerson Road in Centralia. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were David W Grace, 20, from Winlock and Sahvanna L Lewerenz, 19, of Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A 33-year-old motorist was arrested for driving under the influence yesterday morning after his car went into a ditch at the 100 block of Pleasant Valley Road near Winlock. Deputies arriving about 8:40 a.m. saw major damage to the front bumper of the car and contacted the driver at the hospital, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Casey D. Knox, from Bremerton, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, third-degree theft, protection order violation, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, disorderly person, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances… and more among 134 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