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Updated at 3:45 p.m.
FELONY ASSAULT
• Centralia police report they were called about 9:30 p.m. yesterday to the 1900 block of Honeysuckle Lane where a female reported being choked by a male at a residence after refusing to leave. The investigation is ongoing at this time, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AUTO THEFT
• Chehalis police were called for a stolen car just before 7 a.m. today from the 10 block of Southwest Fifth Street. The dark green 1994 Honda Civic had been parked in front of the residence and the victim recalled hearing “something” outside about 6:20 a.m., according to the Chehalis Police Department. The driver’s side door is black, according to police.
• Centralia police were called about 10:30 a.m. yesterday to the 200 block of South Silver Street to take a report a red 1993 Honda Civic was stolen around 4 a.m. The two-door passenger car bears a license plate reading BFM 5567, according to the Centralia Police Department.
OTHER THEFT
• Centralia police were called about 4:40 p.m. yesterday regarding some missing medications at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road.
• Someone stole an antique milk jug from a yard at the 100 block of Southwest 16th Street in Chehalis, according a report made to police just after 8 a.m. yesterday.
DRUGS
• A 50-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after contact with police about 2 o’clock this morning at the 1500 block of Lewis Street, according to the Centralia Police Department. A small plastic bindle was located on his person, according to police. Michael L. Keenan was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A traffic stop for excessive speed at about 1:30 a.m. today on Centralia Alpha Road near Oppelt Road led to an arrest for felony DUI. A deputy believed the driver was under the influence of intoxicants and arrested James G. Blunt, 51, of Mossyrock, for felony DUI because of previous driving under the influence convictions, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
• Centralia police were called about 2:35 p.m. yesterday to a wreck on the 1000 block of Harrison Avenue where a maroon S-10 Blazer collided with the back of a stopped vehicle before fleeing the scene. One witness indicated it appeared the Blazer had been racing a yellow Mustang just prior to the incident taking place, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Two people were hospitalized with minor injuries after a two-vehicle collision in which a 74-year-old Centralia driver crossed the centerline at a corner and side swiped a car on Salzer Valley Road near Centralia-Alpha Road yesterday. A deputy called to the scene about 11:35 a.m. stated that the woman’s 2003 RAV4 and the Honda Civic both sustained major damage. The woman had a possible broken bone and the 36-year-old Chehalis man suffered hand lacerations, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The woman was issued an infraction, according to the sheriff’s office.
• A 93-year-old Tenino woman who was a passenger in a 2016 Mini Cooper was injured when the car turned west onto the Moclips Highway and ran into a pickup truck sitting at a stop sign yesterday. The driver of the Mini Cooper, Sandi S. Hogben, 58, of Seattle, was hurt as well, according to the Washington State Patrol. It happened just before 1:30 p.m. at U.S. Highway 101, about 30 miles north of Hoquiam in Grays Harbor County. Dorothy M. Saunders, 93, and Hogben were both transported by aid to Community Hospital, according to the state patrol. The three occupants of the Dodge Ram pickup were reportedly uninjured. Both vehicles were totaled. The investigating trooper indicates Hogben was driving too fast.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, obstructing, trespassing, misdemeanor theft, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, driving with no license, violation of no contact order; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, shoplifting, vandalism, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 196 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