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Updated at 11:03 a.m.
STRANGER DRAINS BANK ACCOUNT
• Deputies located and arrested a suspect yesterday in a case in which an Onalaska woman discovered someone was writing himself checks on her bank account. The victim reported it last week after she found her account was overdrawn and contacted her bank, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Approximately $1,100 was taken via checks written at businesses in Lewis, Cowlitz and Thurston counties, according to the sheriff’s office. The sheriff’s office investigated, viewed video footage and yesterday arrested James D. Maloney, 30, from Winlock, for second-degree theft, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said this morning. Maloney was booked into the Lewis County Jail. Breen said there is no known relationship between the victim and suspect.
GARAGE BURGLED
• The victims said it appeared maybe someone had backed a vehicle into their garage door, but upon closer examination, found the latch was also cut and numerous valuables missing from the 4000 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia yesterday. A deputy determined it occurred between 1 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Among the stolen items are a Snap-On welder, a cutting torch, a Craftsman chainsaw, a tool box and Craftsman tools, according to the sheriff’s office.
VEHICLE THEFT
• A Winlock resident reported about 7 a.m. yesterday he discovered his pickup had been prowled during the night and then noticed his 2000 Jeep Cherokee was missing from the 100 block of Conrad Road. It happened sometime after 11 p.m. on Monday night, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The maroon Jeep has a license plate reading AEN 0254, according to the sheriff’s office. Also missing is a wallet and a key to the Jeep, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.
OTHER THEFT
• Chehalis police were called over to Wal-Mart about 4:50 p.m. yesterday where someone had spent a counterfeit $100 bill, one that was marked “For motion picture use only.” Police will investigate, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Centralia police took a report yesterday from the 900 block of South Scheuber Road that $140 was stolen from a purse last week.
• Centralia police were called just after noon yesterday about the theft of a gallon of water proofing from the back of a truck at the 200 block of L Street.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A 47-year-old man was arrested for hit and run as well as third-degree driving with a suspended license in a case associated with an approximately 1:20 p.m. call yesterday to First and K streets in Centralia. Joseph W. Bishop was cited and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, hit and run, motor vehicle theft, protection order violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vehicle collision, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances … and more among 184 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