PRESENTS STOLEN FROM VEHICLE
• Chehalis police were called just before 8 o’clock on Saturday morning about the theft of Christmas gifts overnight from a vehicle parked outside on the 1400 block of Southwest Mills Avenue. At least some of the presents were toys, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The vehicle was unlocked, according to police.
STOLEN CAR FOUND IN CHEHALIS
• A car stolen out of Centralia was discovered Saturday afternoon parked behind a Chehalis home on the 700 block of South Cascade Avenue. It appeared someone was trying to hand paint the 1996 Honda Accord a different color, according to Chehalis police.
RACOON AND PIG FIGHT REPORTED
• Chehalis police were called about 3:40 a.m. on Sunday to a report a “really small” pig and a raccoon fighting outside off Washington Avenue. The arriving officer was unable to locate the animals, according to police.
MASS VANDALISM AT PARADISE ESTATES
• Detectives are investigating vandalism in Paradise Estates in Ashford totaling an estimated $10,000. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning somebody broke the glass on 31 water meters sometime between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. last Monday, according to Cmdr. Steve Aust.
TWO MEN ARRESTED AFTER CRAWLING THROUGH WINDOW
• Centralia police arrested two men on Sunday afternoon for trespassing into a vacant house on the 400 block of South Iron Street. A neighbor reported seeing two guys crawling in a window, according to Officer Paul McCormick. Zachary J. Maurer, 21, of Centralia, and Ezekiel L. Johnson, 22, a homeless person, were arrested, according to police. Johnson was booked into the Lewis County Jail as he was found in possession of a handgun reported stolen out of Winlock, according to McCormick.
BURGLARIES AND THEFTS
• A business on the 1000 block of Caveness Drive in Centralia was burglarized, according to a report made to police about 11:45 a.m. on Saturday. An unspecified amount of cash was taken from a drawer, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Tools were stolen from a vacant house being renovated on the 200 block of Hemlock Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police Sunday morning.
• Centralia police were called Saturday to a garage burglary on the 1300 block of Crescent Avenue.
• Centralia police were called about 9:30 a.m. on Sunday to a vehicle prowl on the 300 block of Latona Street. Among the missing items were CDs, a cell phone and unspecified medication.
WINDOW BROKEN
• Chehalis police were called about 4 p.m. on Thursday about somebody breaking out a window to Paradise Teriyaki on the 300 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue.
TIRES SLASHED
• Police were called just before 8 a.m. on Saturday morning to a report of two ties being slashed on a vehicle at the Peppermill Empress Inn on the 1200 block of Alder Street in Centralia.
GRAFFITI TAGS
• Centralia police took a report about 2 o’clock this morning on the 1000 block of West Main Street where the side of a building was “tagged” with graffiti.
COLLISIONS IN FREEWAY BACKUP
• Two cars were totaled in two separate rear-end collisions on Interstate 5 south of the U.S. Highway 12 interchange on Sunday afternoon. Troopers were called about 2 p.m. to milepost 57 near the Lewis-Cowlitz county line where a northbound 2008 Dodge Avenger ran into the back of a Jeep which was stopped for traffic, according to the Washington State Patrol. The Dodge was totaled but its 42-year-old driver from Federal Way was reportedly uninjured. A pair of Woodinville residents in the Jeep were taken to St. John Medical Center in Longview neck pain or stiffness, according to the investigating trooper. About an hour later, a 20-year-old motorist from Renton unable to stop for slowing traffic ran into the back of a northbound Toyota Camry near milepost 67, according to the state patrol. The Camry was towed and its driver, a Redmond resident, was taken by ambulance to Providence Centralia Hospital with a lower back injury, according to the state patrol. An infant in the Camry was reportedly uninjured. The 20-year-old’s 1999 Toyota Corolla was described as totaled.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter