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Updated at 2:31 p.m.
DOMESTIC THREAT
• A 19-year-old Mossyrock resident who allegedly assaulted and threatened to kill three family members during an argument about a cell phone was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail yesterday. Deputies called just before 4 p.m. to the 800 block of Salmon Creek Road took Aaron Z. Workman into custody for three counts of felony harassment and planned to refer the case to prosecutors also for three counts of fourth-degree assault, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• A 27-year-old Ethel resident was arrested for felony harassment after allegedly threatening to kill his mother during a dispute yesterday at the 100 block of Mountain View Lane in Ethel. Deputies called about 5:25 p.m. found Ryan A. Norton with several rifles laid out on a cot in a shop, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
VEHICLE THEFT
• A Dodge Ram pickup stolen sometime after 4 p.m. yesterday from where it was parked at the 1500 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis was recovered this morning parked behind Safeway in Chehalis, locked with the keys inside, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Missing however were a Samsung Galaxy tablet, a Lorax 5 camera and a DVR security system, according to police.
MISSING MEDS
• Chehalis police were called about 4:50 p.m. yesterday to take a report from the 300 block of Southwest Third Street about the theft of 12 hydrocodine pills.
FRAUD
• Centralia police were called to a business on the 900 block of Harrison Avenue about 1:50 p.m. yesterday where someone had passed a check written on a “frozen” account, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• A 38-year-old Centralia man detained for alleged shoplifting at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue about 8:40 a.m. yesterday was subsequently arrested for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act when a baggie found on him tested positive for amphetamine, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Ryan D. Rayburn was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
ALCOHOL OVERDOSE
• Centralia police called just before 2 o’clock this morning to the 1400 block of Belmont Avenue report that one juvenile was hospitalized for alcohol overdose and another was booked for minor in possession and/or consumption of alcohol.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A deputy responding to a possible motorcycle accident about 9:44 p.m. yesterday at the 100 block of Salkum Road learned that its operator had stopped at the intersection for a stop sign and fallen over, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Robert S. Miller, 73, of Salkum, was arrested for driving under the influence and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
• The Washington State Patrol reports one passenger was injured and a car totaled when its driver fell asleep at the wheel heading southbound on Interstate 5 yesterday afternoon about two miles north of Centralia. Troopers called to the scene just after 4 p.m. report the Honda CRV struck a sign. John A. Stimek, 64, of Bothell, was unhurt but was arrested for second-degree negligent driving, according to the state patrol. Barbara S. Stimek, also 64 and from Bothell, was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the investigating trooper. The third occupant, a 65-year-old woman was reportedly uninjured.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, obstructing, trespassing, driving with suspended license, malicious mischief, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, third-degree theft, vehicle collision, misdemeanor assault, disorderly conduct, suspicious circumstances … and more among 168 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
Did they leave the keys in the truck when it was stolen?