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ASSAULT
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports this morning they are looking for a 52-year-old Tacoma man who got into a physical altercation with a woman in their vehicle at the flea market in Packwood on Saturday afternoon, but fled on foot when passersby heard what was happening and approached the vehicle. The suspect allegedly had said he was going to take her into the woods and kill her and then tried to drag her out of the vehicle, according to the sheriff’s office. The woman had minor injuries, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.
• Chehalis police are investigating a possible assault after being contacted about 5:20 a.m. on Sunday regarding a woman with a head injury at the hospital.
BREAK-IN CHEHALIS
• Chehalis police were called just before 10:30 a.m. yesterday to a marijuana store at the 1100 block of Northwest State Avenue for a burglary. They don’t know yet what was taken, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
VEHICLE THEFT
• Chehalis police were contacted just before 7 a.m. on Saturday by an individual who said he found his vehicle which had been stolen a month or so earlier.
• Someone stole a green 2009 Kawasaki dirt bike from a garage at the 300 block of Southwest Eighth Street in Chehalis, according to a report made to police just after 9 a.m. on Friday. The model is KLX 140L, the bike has Monster Energy drink stickers on it, and a bent rear fender, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called at 8:40 a.m. on Friday to take a report that a business’s truck had been stolen during the night from the 200 block of Northwest Quincy Place. It was later recovered in Pierce County, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
SHOPLIFTING
• Centralia police were called just before 11 a.m. yesterday after a male allegedly stole 12 bottles of liquor from a store at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue. The items were recovered when he was confronted by employees, according to the Centralia Police Department. It appears no arrest was made.
• Centralia police were called about 1:05 p.m. on Sunday after a female allegedly stole items from a store at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue and as she was leaving struck another vehicle and nearly struck pedestrians. Nobody was hurt, according to the Centralia Police Department. The vehicle was later located at the suspect’s residence and was seized as evidence, according to police.
OTHER THEFT
• Centralia police were called about 4:35 p.m. yesterday to Borst Park where an individual said that while she and her family floated the river, their vehicle parked near the boat launch was prowled. A window was broken out and a small purse stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A 58-year-old Centralia man was arrested after police were called about 2:35 p.m. yesterday about a person passing a counterfeit $10 bill in the pharmacy area at a store on the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue. Charles E. Wiegard was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department. He was released after prosecutors today declined to file the felony charge.
• Chehalis police were called about noon on Sunday about a purse taken while a woman was unloading groceries in a parking lot at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue.
• Centralia police took a report from the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue on Saturday regarding a purse stolen the day before.
• Centralia police were called to the 2000 block of Ahlers Avenue in Centralia at about 7:15 p.m. on Sunday to take a report that a set of 34-inch tires and Weld wheels had been stolen.
DRUGS
• A Winlock resident arrested on an outstanding warrant just before 1 o’clock this morning at the 800 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia was also arrested for possession of methamphetamine. Joshua A.P. Leblanc, 34, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A 54-year-old man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after being contacted by officers called to the park at the 2000 block of Borst Avenue about 4:25 p.m. yesterday about a dispute. William Sacks Jr., a homeless person, was contacted in a portable bathroom in which an item or items containing suspected meth was located, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police. Prosecutors today declined to file the criminal charge.
• A 25-year-old Randle woman contacted about 4 p.m. yesterday at a shopping center at the 9700 block of U.S. Highway 12 was arrested and then when she was searched, a deputy allegedly found a small bag of a crystal substance, multiple syringes and then sour cream, pizza bites and a Mountain Dew she said she hadn’t paid for, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Maranda Griffith was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of methamphetamine and charges related to paraphernalia and third-degree theft were going to be referred to prosecutors, according to the sheriff’s office. Prosecutors today declined to file the felony charge pending further investigation.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police took a report on Sunday afternoon of air being let out of tires in the area of the 1000 block of West Walnut Street.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, failure to transfer title, third-degree theft, public urination, protection order violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, shoplifting, trespassing, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, noisy neighbor music, dogs alone in parked vehicle, helping people put out their campfire … and more among lots of calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter