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WANTED MAN CHASED IN RANDLE
• A 51-year-old Morton man allegedly twice prompted police pursuits yesterday in the Randle area, both times with stolen vehicles and ended up being “contacted” by a police dog. Tony L. Eastman who was wanted on felony warrants, was arrested for numerous offenses and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It began just before 11:30 a.m. when a deputy tried to pull over a stolen red Geo Metro, but the driver headed up Forest Service Road 75, left the car and ran off, according to the sheriff’s office. Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said other law enforcement arrived to set up containment but Eastman allegedly walked out onto Silverbrook Road and stole a pickup truck. A second pursuit ensued and eventually Eastman was caught running through a field where a K-9 was deployed, according to Breen.
VIOLENCE IN THE WOODS
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning they responded to a possible domestic dispute at a camp site about seven miles up Forest Service Road 52 near Packwood where a 52-year-old woman from Morton said her significant other had struck her loosening her teeth, thrown her to the ground and kicked her in the stomach and shot her in the foot with a BB gun. The suspect had also allegedly broke out all the windows of the motorhome with a frying pan and ripped the wiring out of its engine compartment and other areas of the vehicle, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. Shawn L. Poupart, 45, was arrested for third-degree assault and first-degree malicious mischief and booked into the Lewis County Jail. It happened on Tuesday, Breen said. Prosecutors yesterday declined to file the felony charges, but evaluated the case for Lewis County District Court.
BURGLARY, THEFT AND FRAUD CENTRALIA
• Centralia police were called about 7:10 p.m. yesterday to take a report of tools stolen from a garage on the 500 block of West Fourth Street sometime during the previous week.
• Paving stones are missing from the 1400 block of Logan Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 8:20 p.m. yesterday. They were taken during the previous week, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A victim reported that an unknown person wrote several checks on her account without permission in a case associated with the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 11:45 a.m. yesterday. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
INVESTIGATION
• Chehalis police were called to the 1200 block of Bishop Road just after 11 a.m. yesterday regarding the possibility of an altered prescription.
DRUGS
• A 40-year-old Winlock resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine when he was apprehended after getting pulled over for allegedly speeding and jumping out and running off into the woods about 7:20 p.m. yesterday at the 900 block of North Military Road in Winlock. Aaron T. Sjoblom was booked 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, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 190 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