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Updated at 12:56 p.m.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Deputies responding to a two-vehicle accident just before noon yesterday at the 600 block of Winlock-Vader Road smelled the overwhelming odor of intoxicants from a driver who suffered broken bones in the wreck, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Kiann M. Meloche’s Honda Civic crossed the centerline striking a Subaru Legacy driven by a 74-year-old Winlock man, according to the sheriff’s office. Meloche, 43, of Ryderwood, was arrested for driving under the influence but not booked into jail because she was being treated at Providence Centralia Hospital, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. The other driver was reportedly uninjured. Both cars sustained major front end damage, Breen said.
MISSING CAR FOUND
• A Honda Civic believed to have been stolen from the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis about 11:30 a.m. yesterday turned up in Centralia later being driven by an acquaintance of its owner, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
VEHICLE PROWL
• Centralia police were called just after 8 p.m. yesterday following the discovery that tools had been stolen from the back seat of a truck parked at the 1000 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia.
DRUGS
• A 42-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for two outstanding warrants and possession of methamphetamine after contact with police about 11:30 p.m. yesterday at the 300 block of Lowe Street in Centralia. Kimberly R. Iverson was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police yesterday took reports of buildings tagged with graffiti on the 400 block of West Main Street and the 800 block of North Tower Avenue.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, trespassing, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vehicle collision, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, protection order violation, third-degree malicious mischief … and more among 171 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