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Updated at 3:50 p.m.
RURAL CENTRALIA BURGLARY
• A deputy was called for a garage burglary at the 2900 block of Graf Road in Centralia about 7:45 p.m. yesterday where someone had got inside by removing a plexiglass window, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The break-in occurred sometime during the previous week and the victim is still compiling a list of stolen property, according to the sheriff’s office.
VEHICLE THEFT
• A deputy was called about 12:40 p.m. yesterday to the 500 block of Lincoln Creek Road west of Centralia where an individual reported the theft of a 1978 Yamaha XT500E from a shed. The victim said they had last seen it there the first week in August, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is approximately $1,000, according to the sheriff’s office.
• Police were called to the 600 block of Hamilton Avenue in Centralia about 8:10 a.m. yesterday following the discovery of an attempted vehicle theft, which left the ignition damaged. Sometime during the night, an unknown person tried to steal the 1988 Honda using a shaved key which was left in the car, according to the Centralia Police Department.
FRAUD
• Chehalis police were called about 12:10 p.m. yesterday to take a report from someone who said someone else had attempted to forward their mail without authorization, in a case associated with an address on Northwest Cascade Avenue.
CAR PROWL
• A Taurus .357 Magnum revolver vanished from it was in sometime between Sept. 13 and Saturday, according to a report made to the Chehalis police Department about 8:20 a.m. yesterday at the 100 block of Southwest Fourth Street.
• Centralia police were called just after 2 p.m. yesterday to the 600 block of Richmond Avenue where they took a report that sometime during the overnight hours, a 2005 Dodge Neon was broken into. Missing is a stereo faceplate, a knife, some CDs and miscellaneous papers, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• An officer was called to the 2200 block of Earl Street in Centralia about 12:20 p.m. yesterday where they were told that during the night, two broken folding Seahawk’s chairs and a two-ton jack were stolen from the bed of a 2013 Dodge pickup.
• Two fishing rods along with tackle was stolen from a pickup truck at the 400 block of South Cedar Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 8:45 a.m. yesterday.
SPIT
• A 29-year-old Centralia area man being put into the back of a deputy’s patrol vehicle when he was detained for an outstanding warrant last night allegedly began to spit at the rear partition and was arrested for second-degree malicious mischief because the vehicle would have to be taken out of service, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Brian M. Williams was contacted as a passenger in a vehicle at the 200 block of Penning Road in Chehalis after the deputy responded to an approximately 7:55 p.m. report of a possible theft and DUI at the 100 block of Highway 603, according to the sheriff’s office. Williams was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Two people were injured yesterday in a two-vehicle collision on U.S. Highway 12 in Glenoma when a westbound pickup truck slowed for traffic and was struck by the car behind it. Troopers called to the scene near milepost 106 at about 3:50 p.m. found the 2017 Toyota Camry was totaled and its driver was cited for following too closely, according to the Washington State Patrol. James M. Wright, 58, of Onalaska, was transported to Morton General Hospital as was the 49-year-old passenger in the Toyota Tundra pickup, according to the state patrol. The driver of the pickup, Michael D. Buckner, 49, from Puyallup, was reportedly unhurt. His truck was able to be driven away from the scene, the investigating trooper reports.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, driving without required ignition interlock device; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vehicle collision, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances … and more among 162 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