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DOMESTIC ASSAULT
• A 59-year-old rural Chehalis man was arrested last night after deputies were called at 7:17 p.m. about a dispute in progress on Deep Creek Road and learned he had earlier allegedly thrown his significant other into a door frame causing her to hit her head, had even earlier allegedly choked her and had allegedly threatened to kill her. The victim had bruising on the side of her face and the front of her neck, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Howard E. Runyan was booked into the Lewis County Jail for felony harassment, according to the sheriff’s office. A possible charge also of fourth-degree assault is being referred to prosecutors, according to Chief Deputy Dusty Breen.
OTHER ASSAULT
• Chehalis police called at 2:50 p.m. yesterday by a person who said they witnessed someone getting jumped at Southwest Seventh Street and Cascade Avenue subsequently made contact with a 33-year-old Centralia man who wouldn’t share information at the time but wanted to be taken to the hospital, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
BREAK-IN CENTRALIA
• Centralia police were called about 9:25 a.m. yesterday for a burglary to a business office at the 900 block of South Gold Street. A safe was damaged and “items” were stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VEHICLE THEFT
• A blue 2006 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck was stolen overnight from the 900 block of Yew Street in Centralia, according to report made to police about 6:20 a.m. yesterday. The license plate reads B62394V, according to the Centralia Police Department.
FORGERY
• A 33-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested yesterday for forgery and possession of methamphetamine in a case associated with the 1300 block of South Gold Street in Centralia. Aaron M. Lopez was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police were called just before 6 p.m. yesterday to the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia where a counterfeit $10 dollar bill was received as part of a purchase. The customer advised that they had received it as change from another establishment, according to the Centralia Police Department. No arrest was made.
OTHER THEFT
• Someone stole a package that had been left by the post office at the 1300 block of Central Boulevard in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 5:35 p.m. yesterday.
CAR PROWL
• Police were called about a vehicle prowl at the 800 block of West Main Street in Centralia about 3:40 p.m. yesterday. A wallet was taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police were called just before 10 a.m. yesterday to take a report of a vehicle prowl at the 2200 block of Sirkka Avenue.
KICKED OUT
• Chehalis police were called about 10:40 a.m. yesterday after a man removing an impounded travel trailer from the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue stopped on Northwest Pennsylvania Avenue to double check that there was nobody inside found a 35-year-old Centralia woman inside who would not get out. Rachel J. Rider owned the trailer before it got “tagged” and then impounded, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Rider was arrested and booked for second-degree trespassing and for “residing in a recreational vehicle,” according to police.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, hit and run, trespassing, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft … and more among 194 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