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SENIOR CITIZENS VICTIMIZED IN BURGLARY
• A deputy was called about 10:50 p.m. yesterday to the home of a 95-year-old woman and a 70-year-old woman after the discovery their residence on the 200 block of Joppish Road in Centralia had been ransacked. Both garage doors were found open and among the missing property were a Samsung 42-inch flat screen television, a purple suitcase with afghans and medication, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. One of the victims said everything was fine when she left at 9 o’clock that morning, according to the sheriff’s office.
FIREARMS STOLEN IN BREAK-IN
• A deputy was called to the 300 block of Davis Lake Road in Morton about 10:30 a.m. yesterday where an individual found a door forced open and an estimated $5,000 worth of guns and car parts missing from a residence and garage. He said he had last been there about 1 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
OTHER CRIME
• An attempted burglary to a fenced area was discovered and reported to police yesterday just before 4 p.m. at the 900 block of South Gold Street in Centralia.
• Chehalis police were called about 3:45 p.m. yesterday to take a report of an assault involving a male and a female at Northwest Chehalis Avenue and Park Street. The incident is under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
VEHICLE PROWL
• Centralia police were called to the 1200 block of Mellen Street about 4:45 p.m. yesterday where a business reported the theft of gasoline from a vehicle during the night.
DRUGS
• Centralia police arrested two people for possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver about 10:15 a.m. yesterday at the the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Tavryn L. Lindsey, 22, of Toledo, and Shelby N. McCory, 25, a homeless person, were both booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Centralia police were called about 1:10 p.m. yesterday to Tower Avenue and Pear Street where a car collided with a tree, sheering the tree off at the trunk and totaling the car.
RESPONDERS LET GARAGE BURN
• Centralia area firefighters called about 10:10 a.m. yesterday to a burning garage building known for sometimes being used by homeless people allowed it to burn, for firefighter safety reasons, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The location with the two-car garage and an attached storage room at the end of Alexander Street has had fires in the past, according to Fire Capt. Tim Adolphsen. The captain indicated that after everything was mostly consumed, they extinguished the flames. Nobody was injured, according to Adolphsen.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, third-degree theft, probation violation, fourth-degree assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, misdemeanor theft, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 156 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