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THOUSANDS TAKEN FROM SAFE
• Approximately $10,000 worth of collectors coins were stolen from the 1300 block of Eshom Road in Centralia yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responding just before 6 p.m. was told they were missing from an unsecured safe inside the victim’s garage, taken sometime between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., according to the sheriff’s office.
VEHICLE PROWL
• Chehalis police were called to the 2100 block of Southwest Olympic Drive about 10:50 a.m. yesterday where someone had attempted to cut out the catalytic converter from a vehicle parked on the street.
UNLAWFUL FIREARM
• A 28-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm after contact with police about 1 p.m. yesterday at the 1100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia. Jon C. Dailey was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
ALMOST SCAMMED
• Chehalis police were contacted about 12:45 p.m. yesterday by an individual who got caught up in a scam via email where he almost lost $1,850. He was told he was chosen to participate in something and they would send him a check, and he needed to keep most of the money, but send some of it back, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The transaction was stopped at the bank before he could be victimized, according to police.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Chehalis police were called about 11:50 p.m. yesterday to the 500 block of Northwest Pacific Avenue where a vehicle had struck a light pole which blocked both lanes, but then left the scene, according to the Chehalis Police Department. A license plate left behind led an officer to a suspect, according to police. Brenden T. Webster, 23, of Chehalis, was arrested for hit and run, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, shoplifting, probation violation, fourth-degree domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, noisy neighbor music, suspicious circumstances, third-degree theft … and more among 149 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