ASSAULTS
• Centralia police were called about 4 p.m. yesterday to the 1500 block of Lum Road where a woman said her boyfriend rammed her car with his when she tried to drive away. Police reported this morning they are still looking for him.
• A 35-year-old Winlock man was arrested after a Sunday night incident in which his wife told police he attacked her and started choking her with a “head lock-type” hold. She reportedly fled their apartment and called 911 about 8:30 p.m. Erik J. Vanasch was later taken into custody and yesterday he was charged with second-degree assault.
• A 44-year-old Toledo man was charged yesterday after a Christmas Eve incident in which a woman told deputies they were at his residence when he began yelling profanities, grabbed her and threw her on the bed. She was eventually able to get him off her and leave, according to charging documents, but as she tried to get in her vehicle, he allegedly tried to pull her out of her car by her leg. Steven R. Stanton was charged yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court with unlawful imprisonment and fourth-degree assault, domestic violence. He was released after court on a $5,000 signature bond.
FLAGS HEISTED
• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning to a report somebody stole two flags from the flag pole at the Lewis County Mall. Missing from the Northeast Hampe Way location are an American flag and a POW flag, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Detective Sgt. Rick McNamara said a key is needed to lower the flags so it’s not clear how someone got them down.
STOLEN STUFF
• An officer was called about 8:25 a.m. yesterday to a burglary at a business on the 2000 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia. Police report its not known if anything was taken.
• Tools were reported stolen in a burglary to a shed on the 300 block of North Rock Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 10 o’clock yesterday morning.
• A vehicle found abandoned on the 900 block of Harrison Avenue yesterday was stolen from Yamhill County in Oregon and returned to its owner, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police took reports yesterday morning from two different locations in Centralia of stolen debit card numbers being used for purchases in Louisiana.
GRAFFITI
• Centralia police took a report yesterday morning of graffiti being spray painted onto a wall on the 900 block of West Main Street.
DUI ARREST FOLLOWS ROLLOVER CRASH
• A motorist was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital overnight after a wreck in which responders found a vehicle upside down in water between Interstate 5 at milepost 71 and Estep Road, according to a news release from Lewis County Fire District 5. Fire Lt. Laura Hanson reported the driver had self-extricated from the car and was hospitalized for evaluation after the 3 a.m. call. The 30-year-old female driver from Raymond was cited for driving under the influence, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter