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PURSE SNATCHING
• Chehalis police were called just after 8 p.m. yesterday to a retail store parking lot on the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue where two males and a female were seen chasing a woman. A 39-year-old woman reported persons known to her assaulted her and took her purse, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The incident is under investigation, according to police.
AUTO THEFT
• Centralia police were called just before 8 o’clock yesterday morning to take a report of a 2000 Ford Ranger was stolen during nighttime hours from the 300 block of East Pine Street. The vehicle was located and recovered later in the afternoon, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called about 1 p.m. yesterday about a Honda Accord that disappeared from the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue. Someone who knew the victim located the car in Centralia about 4:30 p.m., according to the Chehalis Police Department.
IRRIGATION DEVICE TAKEN
• A deputy was called yesterday to the 3800 block of Jackson Highway south of Chehalis to take a report that someone had disconnected a $1,500 sprinkler head from a mobile watering system and stolen the Nelson SR150 Big Gun sprinkler head. It happened sometime between Sunday and yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
FUEL STOLEN
• Centralia police were called at 5:30 p.m. yesterday when an individual reported the theft of gasoline from the 1000 block of Scammon Creek Road that had occurred sometime during the previous two weeks.
DRUGS
• Police called about 11:35 p.m. yesterday about possible vehicle prowlers in the area of the 1300 block of Windsor Avenue in Centralia arrived and spotted one person running away, but he was contacted and it was learned he had an outstanding warrant. A search incident to the arrest turned up paraphernalia so Cory L. Hughes, 25, of Chehalis, was arrested for possession of heroin and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• A 26-year-old Salkum resident was arrested for unlawful possession of prescription medication when contacted about 12:15 p.m. yesterday by police at the 600 block of South Peal Street in Centralia. Joel L. Kaech was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Three people were taken to the hospital for evaluation after a two-vehicle wreck at the 3100 block of Galvin Road in Centralia last night. The 53-year-old man who crossed the centerline in a Ford F150 pickup had possibly suffered some type of medical episode, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. His truck struck a Ford Ranger with two occupants and then a residence, according to the sheriff’s office. His truck was described as totaled, the Ford Ranger sustained major damage and the type or amount of damage to the residence was not indicated by the sheriff’s office.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, third-degree theft, probation violation, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft … and more among 187 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