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INDIVIDUAL VICTIMIZED AFTER GIVING FEMALE A LIFT

• Centralia police report this morning that after a motorist gave an unknown female a ride to the area of South Tower Avenue in Centralia last night, he ended up getting his backpack and cell phone stolen. Officers called about 1:40 a.m. were told the female had walked away but returned a short time later with a male and the pair tried pulling the motorist from his car, according to the Centralia Police Department. The victim fled his vehicle on foot and when he returned a short time later, the two were gone along with his belongings, according to police.

THEFT OF ELECTRICITY

• Two people who allegedly engaged in bypassing a power meter in order to restore electricity to their residence after the power had been shut off by the light department were cited for defrauding public utilities on Friday. Alexis S. Collins, 40 of Centralia, and Clim G. Grant, 38 of Centralia, were issued a citation in the case associated with an address on the 1300 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia and then released with a court date, according to the Centralia Police Department.

LOST AND FOUND

• A youth’s electric motorcycle was found abandoned in the 600 block of F Street and yesterday was secured at the Centralia Police Department for safekeeping until the owner claims it.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Centralia police are looking for the driver of a white sport utility vehicle that left the scene after his vehicle hit a male standing near the open door of his own parked vehicle on the 400 block of South Pearl Street last night. Officers called just before 10 p.m. report the victim was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called just before 6 p.m. yesterday to the 1400 block of Johnson Road where a pair of 2-year-old girls were found alone and just about to cross the street. The woman who was supposed to be watching the children, Rebecca A. Hipps, 37 of Centralia, was cited or reckless endangerment and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department.
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CORRECTION: This post has been updated to reflect that it was two  children not one child that wandered away from Johnson Road.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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