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BEAR SPRAY VICTIM SEEKS HELP
• Centralia police were called at 6:20 p.m. yesterday to the fire department on the 500 block of North Pearl Street for a female who said she was bear sprayed by an unknown person. The investigation revealed she actually knew who had done it, but would not reveal who it was, according to the Centralia Police Department.
NURSE ASSAULTED
• A 36-year-old man from Aberdeen who allegedly assaulted a nurse at the hospital on the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia on Saturday afternoon was arrested for third-degree assault. Michael L. Hensley was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DOGNAPPING CHEHALIS
• Chehalis police were called to the 10 block of Southwest Pacific Avenue where a puppy was stolen from its cage on the porch on Saturday. The call came just before 10 p.m., but a relative said it had occurred about five hours earlier, according to police. The missing dog is about five weeks old and is a male black-tan-beige chihuahua with a white chest, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said.
AUTO THEFT
• The owner of a black 1995 Acura called police about 3:40 p.m. yesterday to report the car was missing from behind their residence at the 300 block of Southwest 14th Street in Chehalis. The vehicle has white after-market wheels, faded paint on its hood and has a doughnut-type spare tire installed on its right rear, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
TOOLS, EQUIPMENT MISSING FROM SHEDS
• A deputy responded yesterday to a report of a theft of about $2,000 worth of equipment from a maintenance shop of a business at the 2200 block of Centralia-Alpha Road outside Chehalis. It had occurred sometime between 8:30 a.m. on Saturday and 8:30 a.m. yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Among the missing items are two Stihl weed eaters, two chainsaws and 20 gallons of gas, according to the sheriff’s office.
• A deputy took a report from the 200 block of Paradise Drive in Ashford about roughly $1,500 worth of power tools missing from a shop building, taken sometime between Tuesday and Friday, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. Among the missing items are a power washer and a leaf blower, according to the sheriff’s office. There was no forced entry, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.
PORCH PILFERING
• Centralia police were called to the 1000 block of K Street about 10:45 a.m. on Saturday to take a report of the theft of the contents from a delivery package.
YARD PILFERING
• A Honda lawn mower, reclining lawn chairs and several gardening tools were stolen from a back yard on the 500 block of South Gold Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 10:50 a.m. on Friday.
• Police were called about the theft of a hammock from the 500 block of South Gold Street in Centralia at about 8:20 a.m. on Friday.
BAD BILL
• Chehalis police were called about 6:30 p.m. on Saturday to the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue where an individual attempted to spend a counterfeit $100 bill. An officer spoke to the person and is trying to contact the individual who passed it along to him, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
DRUGS
• A deputy contacted a 47-year-old man about 3 o’clock this morning at the Doty store on the 200 block of Stevens Road who had allegedly been walking in the area and looking at people’s houses and subsequently arrested him for possession of methamphetamine. James L. Louthan, from Aberdeen, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• Centralia police are referring the case of a 47-year-old Centralia man to prosecutors for allegedly possessing illegal narcotics in a case from just after noon on Saturday associated with the 900 block of Long Road in Centralia.
• Centralia police arrested two men for possession of methamphetamine in a case associated with the 200 block of South Pearl Street from 3 p.m. on Friday. Daniel G. Church, 56, of Onalaska and Adam W. Dickerson, 43, of Centralia, were booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A 19-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for driving under the influence following an approximately 2:15 a.m. call on Sunday about a single-vehicle collision on the 200 block of Penning Road outside Chehalis. There was no driver at the scene but a deputy contacted Jesus L. Lazo walking along on nearby state Route 6 and booked him into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstruction, driving with no license, protection order violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor assault, third-degree malicious mischief; responses for alarm, dispute, trespassing, suspicious circumstances, hit and run, vehicle collision, third-degree theft, runaway juvenile … and more among 471 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