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Updated at 12:27 p.m.
BURGLARY CENTRALIA
• Jason W. Olson, 43, of Chehalis was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail this morning for attempted burglary after he was allegedly captured on surveillance video attempting to break into a closed business in a case associated with the 100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A deputy was called to the 600 block of Grove Street in Centralia early this morning where someone had broken into a shop building and stolen a bench top belt sander sometime between Saturday and 1 a.m. today, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It appeared the intruder may have “staged” other items to get later, according to the sheriff’s office.
• A refrigerator and a parlor stove were reported stolen out of a vacant house at the 1300 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police just after noon yesterday.
• Centralia police were called about noon yesterday for a break-in to a shed at the 1200 block of South Scheuber Road. Missing is a Stihl MS391 chainsaw, according to the Centralia Police Department.
BURGLARY PACKWOOD
• A deputy was called about 11 a.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Wapiti Trail in Packwood where a woman reported an individual made death threats to her as well as forced his way into her outbuilding and stole a Stihl chainsaw. A suspect was located and arrested for felony harassment and for burglary as well as an outstanding warrant, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The chainsaw was recovered and Robert P. Werth, 51, from Packwood, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
BURGLARY CHEHALIS
• Chehalis police were called about 10:20 a.m. yesterday by an individual who said he discovered the day before that someone had broken into his vacant house on the 300 block of Northeast Adams Avenue. A window was broken but nothing appeared to be missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
AUTO THEFT
• Chehalis police were called about 10:20 p.m. yesterday by a 41-year-old Puyallup man at the 1300 block of Northwest State Avenue who said he had asked someone to drive him home in his car, but they ran into a sign and when they stopped so he could make a phone call, they took off with his vehicle. The car was later found abandoned, with front end damage, on Interstate 5 near milepost 65, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
CAR PROWL
• Chehalis police were called for a vehicle prowl about 11:30 a.m. yesterday at the 200 block of Northeast Adams Avenue. A diaper bag had been removed from the unlocked vehicle but it was subsequently located in a neighbor’s driveway with nothing missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
FAKE BILL
• An officer was called about 1:10 p.m. yesterday to a convenience store at the 600 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia where a counterfeit $20 bill had been passed.
DISCONCERTING MESSAGE
• Chehalis police were contacted just before 10 a.m. yesterday by an employee at a collection agency on the 700 block of South Market Boulevard who reported they had received an email from an individual saying he was going to “commit some murders”. An officer reviewed it and spoke to the sender and determined no crime was committed, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, unlawful transit conduct, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, harassment, hit and run, civil issue, suspicious circumstances … and more among 152 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.