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THEFT, THEFT, THEFT
• A stolen handgun was recovered yesterday in the possession of a 14-year-old Centralia boy, according to authorities. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports that deputies learned the owner’s son took the Rossi 38 caliber revolver without permission, went out shooting with friends and the friends took the gun when they all returned home on Saturday. A 14-year-old and a 16-year-old, both from Centralia, were arrested and booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for theft of firearm, according to the sheriff’s office.
• Chehalis police were called about 3:30 p.m. yesterday to a business on the 300 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue to take a report that someone had entered the property and removed a starter motor, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• A 45-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday for second-degree vehicle prowl and third-degree theft for allegedly taking an intake manifold from a neighbor’s truck, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The victim reported the item stolen on Wednesday after getting a call from his cousin who works at an auto body shop in Centralia about an individual who came in and tried to sell it, according to the sheriff’s office. The cousin recognized the item due to a sticker and some writing on it, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. Winston C. Trent was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to Breen.
DRUGS
• A 43-year-old Chehalis woman detained for allegedly shoplifting about 4:30 p.m. yesterday at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue was subsequently arrested for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. Jennifer L. Davis was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Centralia police were called to the 600 block of Harrison Avenue about 11:15 a.m. yesterday for a collision involving a car and a bicycle.The woman on the bicycle ended up with a sore arm, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, disorderly person, hit and run, trespassing, suspicious circumstances, vehicle collision, third-degree theft, disorderly person … and more among 146 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