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AUTO THEFT
• Centralia police were called about 4:30 p.m. yesterday regarding a car stolen from the 1100 block of South Tower Avenue. Missing is a 1999 Nissan Altima, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police have a suspect.
OTHER THEFT
• Chehalis police were called to the 200 block of Southwest 16th Street about 5:40 p.m. yesterday where a worm drive skill saw had been stolen out of an unlocked garage in previous days. It was black and red and almost new, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called yesterday afternoon to the 2100 block of North National Avenue to take a report that a Penske tow dolly had been stolen. It is silver with gray fenders, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• A red delivery shopping cart was reported stolen about 3:15 p.m. yesterday from the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CAR PROWL
• Centralia police were called at 5:20 a.m. today to the 900 block of South Scheuber Road where someone had cut a fuel line and siphoned gas from a vehicle.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Officers were called about 9:20 p.m. yesterday about an assault at the 1200 block of Mellen Street in Centralia which led to one vehicle chasing another and a hit and run collision, according to the Centralia Police Department.
FROM THE COURTHOUSE
• A 25-year-old Centralia man was charged yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court with allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old neighbor girl. Lewis County Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Brad Meagher was surprised the suspect was not in the courtroom yesterday afternoon, saying he had been in the jail over the weekend on another matter, and Meagher had asked an officer to book him that morning. According to charging documents, the girl’s mother contacted the sheriff’s office on Thursday and deputies interviewed the mother, the teen and the suspect. The deputies learned the suspect had recently moved in and the mom began to see her daughter hanging out in front of his house smoking cigarettes. The girl allegedly said that earlier in the week, he made advances, convinced her to go with him and the two had sex, according to charging documents. It wasn’t clear at the end of the court hearing when the suspect would appear in court to face the charge, of third-degree rape of a child.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, hit and run, reckless driving, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vandalism, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor assault, unfounded report … and more among 195 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