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Updated at 1:26 p.m.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Centralia police are investigating a hit and run case in which a 71-year-old pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and knocked to the ground just before 6:40 p.m. yesterday at West Main Street and Tower Avenue. The woman, from Oregon, suffered minor head injuries and was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DOMESTIC DISPUTE
• An individual went to the Morton Police Department about noon yesterday to report she and her boyfriend had gotten into an argument near the cemetery on Seventh Street and said he grabbed her by the throat, according to police. She told him to leave and go cool off but to bring the car back, yet after she went to the hospital and waited for an hour for him to return, he did not, according to police. Neither he nor the car had been located as of yesterday afternoon, according to police.
BREAK-IN CENTRALIA
• A business at the 1700 block of Industrial Drive in Centralia reported about 11:50 a.m. yesterday it had been burglarized, according to the Centralia Police Department. Missing were a Johnson 15 hp outboard motor and assorted hand tools
• Centralia police were called about 10:15 a.m. yesterday for a burglary at a home on the 1000 block of North Washington Avenue. Taken sometime during the previous three days were a Ridgid brand air compressor, two nail guns and 50 foot air hose, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VEHICLE THEFT
• Centralia police were called about 2:10 p.m. yesterday to the 1800 block of Harrison Avenue to take a report that a black tandem-axle dump trailer had been stolen sometime since Saturday. It has a license plate reading 3425XL, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A 1998 Honda Civic that was reported stolen from Chehalis Tribal Police was located at the 1100 block of South Silver Street in Centralia at about 12:45 p.m. yesterday. It was returned to its owner, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A car reported stolen about 2:35 a.m. last Thursday from the 100 block of Second Street in Morton was located the following day outside the city limits by the Washington State Fish and Wildlife Department, according to the Morton Police Department.
FRAUD
• Centralia police were called about 9:45 a.m. yesterday to take a report that a PayPal account was hacked and the culprit set up a new account using the victim’s information, in a case associated with the 2200 block of Eureka Avenue.
MORE THEFT
• A vinyl sign for a local business at the 1200 block of Mellen Street in Centralia was stolen overnight, according to a report made to police about 12:20 p.m. yesterday.
CAR PROWL
• A deputy was called about 7:10 p.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of Fieldcrest Avenue in Centralia for a vehicle prowl in which a Lenova laptop computer belonging to a business had been stolen sometime during the previous week while the owner was away. There was no forced entry to the vehicle, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is listed as $1,000, according to the sheriff’s office.
• A car stereo, cell phone charger and cash were stolen out of an unlocked vehicle parked at the 1000 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 7:45 a.m. yesterday.
VANDALISM
• Someone damaged two mailboxes in front of a business at the 1400 block of Kresky Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police just before 9 a.m. yesterday.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor theft, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, disturbance, shoplifting, civil issue, vehicle collision, disorderly conduct, suspicious circumstances … and more among 145 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