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CRAIGSLIST SCAMMER VICTIMIZES CHEHALIS RESIDENT
• Someone pretending to be the owner of a local house and advertising it for rent on Craigslist has tricked one person into sending them money, according to the Chehalis Police Department. A Chehalis woman contacted police yesterday and said after email exchanges, and paying $700, she was waiting for the keys, when the supposed new landlord asked for even more money for a deposit. It turns out the person who took the woman’s money does not own the residence, according to police. “It’s a shame,” Chehalis Police Department spokesperson Linda Bailey said. “People need to be very, very cautious.”
VEHICLE THEFT
• A gray 2013 Honda Pilot was reported stolen from the 400 block of South Buckner Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 1:35 p.m. yesterday. The vehicle has a license plate reading AKE 0476, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A 33-year-old resident of Idaho Falls was arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle in a case in which a deputy went to the 9000 block of U.S. Highway 12 yesterday afternoon where there was a Honda CRX420 ATV stolen from a Castle Rock woman and subsequently found Spencer C. Kraft walking near Young Road and determined Kraft had been previously operating the ATV, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Kraft was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
OTHER THEFT
• A hydraulic log splitter was reported stolen from a back yard at the 300 block of L Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 8:35 a.m. yesterday
• Two Tacoma residents who allegedly stole clothing from a children’s store at the 1200 block of Lum Road in Centralia and assaulted an employee who tried to stop them from leaving with merchandise were subsequently arrested for second-degree robbery yesterday. Police called just before 5:30 p.m. booked Dasia S. McDaniel, 20, and Ittalyah J. Jackson, 22, into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police were called yesterday morning to take reports from two victims that rent money was stolen from the 1000 block of North Scheuber Road.
• A Samsung Galaxy Note 5 cell phone was reported stolen from the 500 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia about 9:45 a.m. yesterday.
FRAUD
• Centralia police were called just after 4 p.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue where a forged check had been deposited into an individual’s bank account via an ATM. The investigation is ongoing, according to the Centralia Police Department.
GREEN HILL SCHOOL
• Chehalis police were called just before 10 a.m. yesterday to Green Hill School on the 300 block of Southwest 11th Street to take a report that a 17-year-old student-inmate spit on a staff member. The case is being referred to prosecutors for custodial assault, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
CAR PROWL
• The window was broken out of a vehicle parked at the 1600 block of South Gold Street in Centralia in an apparent attempted prowl, according to a report made to police about 4:50 p.m yesterday .
• A vehicle prowl was reported about 1:35 p.m. yesterday at the 400 block of South Buckner Street in Centralia in which multiple personal items were stolen from the interior of the unlocked vehicle.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A deputy responded to the 1300 block of Highway 603 about 8:45 p.m. yesterday for a single-vehicle collision in which a 1999 Ford F350 pickup was totaled from striking a utility pole. There was no driver around, but two witnesses saw a male leave the area in a white Honda Civic, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
SPARKS SUSPECTED IN I-5 FIRES
• Firefighters in Centralia were called about 11 a.m. yesterday for a brush fire along the shoulder of southbound Interstate 5 near milepost 83. It burned an area about 600 feet long and 10 feet wide, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The fire was easily extinguished, according to Fire Capt. Scott Weinert. According to the Washington State Patrol, it was one of several fires burning along the freeway from the area of Maytown, believed to have been ignited by a semi truck that was driving on a tire rim, Weinert stated.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with no license, fourth-degree assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, harassment, vehicle collision, shoplifting, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor assault, protection order violation … and more among 176 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.
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Crew extinguishes flames north of Centralia along freeway. / Courtesy photo by Riverside Fire Authority
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter