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Updated at 3:16 p.m.
VEHICLE THEFT
• A deputy was called about 7:20 p.m. yesterday to take a report from the 3000 block of Ives Road in Centralia that a black 1991 Nissan pickup had been stolen sometime since Saturday. It has a license plate of C12685F, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• Police arrested a 26-year-old Centralia man yesterday after he was identified as a suspect who was allegedly in possession of a stolen vehicle on Sunday. Suspected drugs were located on his person when he was detained, according to the Centralia Police Department. Zachary J. Meikle was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
• A traffic stop early yesterday morning at the Cedar Village IGA parking lot in Winlock ended with the arrest of three people. The driver, Reina I. Martinez, 18, of Centralia, told police she had borrowed the green 1995 Toyota Camry from a friend in Olympia, but it turned out to have been stolen from a mall in Olympia, according to charging documents. One of the passengers, Bismar F. Andres, 23, formerly of Chehalis, allegedly had suspected methamphetamine in his pocket, the documents relate. The other passenger was also arrested but prosecutors yesterday declined to file any charge. Martinez was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of a stolen vehicle. Andres was booked for possession of methamphetamine. The officer observed the key in the vehicle appeared to be worn or possibly shaved down, according to charging documents.
FRAUD
• Chehalis police are investigating after a resident from the 200 block of Southwest Sixth Street reported yesterday he had applied for a bank card, was away for awhile and when he returned home the card was not there; however, he learned of numerous local charges made on the card totaling almost $200.
FAKE FIFTY
• Chehalis police were called about 3:40 p.m. yesterday to the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue after two teenage girls attempted to purchase merchandise with what turned out to be a counterfeit $50 bill. One of the girls said she had gotten the money from her father who had gotten it from a bank, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The bad bill was taken by police.
THEFT
• An individual reported just after 8 p.m. yesterday the theft of money from his room at the 1200 block of Alder Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police were called just before 10 a.m. yesterday to the 400 block of North Oak Street in Centralia to take a report of the theft of a car tire that occurred over night.
AND, FROM MORTON
• Morton police report they were called on Friday night to the 700 block of Main Avenue about a dispute over a fishing spot. “The reporting party stated that the other fisherman started yelling at him, pushed him twice, broke his pole and threw his fishing gear in the river,” the Morton Police Department wrote in a brief summary of the incident. The reporting party was advised to call the police as soon as he sees the male subject again.
FIRE CENTRALIA
• Nobody was injured but a woman was taken in for evaluation at Providence Centralia Hospital after a fire broke out at a residence on the 1300 block of Harrison Avenue yesterday. Crews called about 11:40 a.m. found smoke coming from all the windows of the single-wide mobile home and learned the lone occupant had exited before they arrived, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The main body of fire was found burning in the back bedroom and caused extensive damage there as well as heat and smoke damage throughout the residence, Fire Capt. Scott Weinert stated. Centralia police indicate they began investigating an intentionally set fire.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, driving with suspended license, third-degree theft, fourth-degree domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, misdemeanor assault, suspicious circumstances … and more among 151 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