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WINLOCK WOMAN DISPLACED BY RESIDENTIAL FIRE
• A senior citizen alerted by her smoke alarm spotted fire in her bathroom, called 911 and got outside safely early this morning at the 300 block of Hemenway Road southwest of Winlock. Crews responding to the approximately 6:20 a.m. call arrived to find smoke showing from the roof line, entered and discovered fire in the attic space above the bathroom in the double-wide mobile home, according to Lewis County Fire District 15. Fire Lt. Patrick Jacobson said they were joined by personnel from Napavine, Toledo and Vader fire departments. The Red Cross was going to help the woman out with a place to stay, Jacobson said. The damage was primarily to the attic and the cause is under investigation, he said.
PEDESTRIAN ASSAULTED
• Centralia police were called about 7:20 p.m. for an incident at the 100 block of South Silver Street in which a 21-year-old Centralia woman said she was walking down the street when a female struck her in the face with what she thought was a bottle. She was treated at the hospital for cuts, according to the Centralia Police Department. She said she didn’t wish to pursue charges, according to police.
CYBER CRIME
• Centralia police at about 11:15 p.m. yesterday took a report of possible extortion via Facebook associated with an address on the 600 block of Centralia College Boulevard. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
FRAUD
• Chehalis police were called about 10 a.m. yesterday to investigate a possible fraud associated with a location on the 600 block of West Main Street.
ATM HEIST
• A deputy was called to a campground at the 2200 block of Centralia-Alpha Road yesterday morning following the discovery someone had removed a cash machine from the laundry room area. It was taken sometime between 3:30 p.m. on Friday and 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
TOOLS, EQUIPMENT STOLEN
• A self-propelled lawn mower, a Stihl leaf blower and a weed eater were stolen from a shed at the 100 block of Spencer Road sometime between 3:30 p.m. on Friday and 11 a.m. yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is $950, according to the sheriff’s office.
• A deputy was called to the 1600 block of Bishop Road about 7:45 a.m. yesterday for a break-in to a business in which more than $2,000 worth of equipment was stolen. Among the items taken since about 6 p.m. on Saturday were a welder, a Husky air compressor as well as a surveillance system, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
VEHICLE PROWL
• A vehicle parked inside a fenced compound at the 900 block of Johnson Road in Centralia was broken into and gas siphoned out of it, according to a report made to police about 7:50 a.m. yesterday.
DRUGS
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports this morning they are referring a case for possession of a controlled substance to prosecutors in connection with finding suspected Suboxone – a medication used in the treatment of opioid addiction – inside a book in a 25-year-old inmate’s cell at the Lewis County Jail on Friday. The substance will be sent for testing, according to the sheriff’s office.
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
• Chehalis police were called about 6:40 a.m. today about a person suspected to be “camped out” in the Honey Bucket at the 400 block of Northwest State Avenue. No arrest was made, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• It was a suspected equipment failure that caused a semi truck to end up on its side last night at U.S. Highway 12 and North Prairie Road, according to Lewis County Fire District 5. Firefighters responded to the scene shortly after 8 p.m. and determined the driver was uninjured, Fire Lt. Laura Hanson said.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, suspicious circumstances, hit and run, vehicle collision, third-degree theft … and more among 180 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.
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U.S. Highway 12 at North Prairie Road. / Courtesy photo by Washington State Patrol
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter