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BANK BAG SNEAKED OUT OF BUSINESS

• A 33-year-old former employee of a Mineral business was arrested after surveillance video allegedly showed her taking a bank bag containing $1,274 from behind the bar yesterday. A deputy was called just before 9 p.m. to the 100 block of East Front Street after it was discovered the item was missing from a drawer next to the cash register, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office reports approximately $365 was subsequently found behind Ashley R. Pendergrass’s residence, but she denied taking the bank bag. The Mineral woman was arrested for second-degree theft and booked into the into the Lewis County Jail.

WATCHFUL NEIGHBOR

• Chehalis police called about suspicious activity at a house at First Street and Adams Avenue just after 10 a.m. yesterday arrived to find a man carrying items including a jewelry box out the front door and ended up arresting him for residential burglary. He said at first he had permission but could not provide much information about who resided there, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Nicholas A. Brown, 37, from Spokane, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police. “Fortunately a neighbor noticed it and called it in,” Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said.

VEHICLE THEFT

• A Yamaha WR25X motorcycle was reported stolen from the 1000 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia at about 11:15 p.m. yesterday.

• A vehicle reported yesterday evening as abandoned in a parking lot at the 1000 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia turned out to have been stolen in Olympia, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A deputy was called about 12:30 p.m. yesterday to the 300 block of Jordan Road in Winlock where a 67-year-old man reported someone had removed the motor from his boat sometime since 8 a.m. the day before. Missing is a Mercury four-stroke motor valued at $1,250, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A fuel line was damaged as well, according to the sheriff’s office.

HANDBAG RECOVERED

• Centralia police were called at 4:30 p.m. yesterday regarding a purse stolen from an employee’s storage area at the 700 block of Harrison Avenue. The handbag was located not far away in a homeless camp, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FRAUD

• An individual reported credit card fraud to police yesterday, in a case associated with the 1400 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia.

OTHER THEFT

• A resident at the 1300 block of Alexander Avenue in Centralia reported about 3:20 p.m. yesterday their cell phone was stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called to a home at the 2700 block of Colonial Drive at 9 o’clock yesterday morning about the theft of a wallet.

• Chehalis police were called to a business on the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue yesterday afternoon because of five counterfeit $100 bills, a counterfeit $20 and then another $100, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called to the 900 block of North Pearl Street about 1:25 p.m. yesterday regarding a vehicle prowl.

• Centralia police were called about 11:15 a.m. yesterday to the 1000 block of South Gold Street to take a report someone had stolen fuel from a vehicle.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Centralia police responded to the 400 block of South Pearl Street just before 4 o’clock this morning where an individual reported that someone struck his vehicle while he was sleeping in it, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A deputy called about 8 p.m. yesterday for a complaint of dirt bikes and pickup trucks racing down Central Avenue in Onalaska ended up playing cat and mouse with one dirt bike on and around Deggler and Dluhosh roads and terminated the pursuit but subsequently contacted a 15-year-old boy suspected to have been operating the bike. He was released to parents but a case will be referred to prosecutors for eluding, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, vehicle collision, graffiti on a garage, suspicious circumstances, violation of no-contact order … and more among 165 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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