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Updated at 5 p.m.
BURGLARY CENTRALIA
• A deputy called about 10:30 a.m. yesterday to take a report of damage to a recreational vehicle at the 3300 block of Harrison Avenue was called back after its owner discovered valuables missing, including a 22 caliber pistol, a gold watch and $3,700 cash, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The break-in occurred between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m., according to the sheriff’s office.
FRAUD CHEHALIS
• A business on the 1300 block of Northwest State Avenue in Chehalis called police just before 11 a.m. yesterday following the discovery someone had created checks using the business’s account, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The loss appears to be in the thousands of dollars, according to police.
DRUGS
• A deputy called about 10:50 a.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Katula Road west of Chehalis and told a 23-year-old woman had punched her roommate in the face subsequently located the suspect and found she had a meth pipe, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Cassandra L. McBride, 23, of Pe Ell, was arrested for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office. A charge of fourth-degree assault will be recommended, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.
• A 24-year-old man arrested for a warrant when contacted in a vehicle he was observed in was subsequently arrested for possession of heroin yesterday in Lewis County. Court documents allege Cornelio T. Delarosa, of Centralia, had a backpack with him which contained a scale, cotton balls, syringes, a cooker and baggies and that residue on the scale field tested positive as heroin. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail in the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team case and charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with possession of heroin. His bail was set at $10,000.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police took a report about 7:30 a.m. yesterday regarding graffiti to an air conditioning unit at the 1200 block of West First Street.
MISSING PERSON FOUND IN HOSPITAL
• A Chehalis man reported missing yesterday morning was located at a hospital in Vancouver, where he was taken after a vehicle accident. His wife called police about 8:30 a.m. yesterday to say her husband had not returned home since going to Home Depot the night before, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Police Sgt. Gwen Carrell said she didn’t know the details of where the wreck occurred, or if she could reveal his condition, only that it happened south of Lewis County.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, harassment, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, vehicle accident … and more among 170 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