•••
Updated
SHOTS FIRED ON U.S. HIGHWAY 12
• A 32-year-old Mossyrock man was arrested after deputies were called about 11:35 a.m. on Sunday about a possible drive-by shooting on U.S. Highway 12 near Gershick Road in Silver Creek. No injuries were reported. A deputy talked to witnesses who said Roberto L. Mendez discharged at least two shots from a firearm out of the driver’s side window of a black 1995 Chevrolet Tahoe, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. His vehicle was seized, according to the sheriff’s office. Chief Deputy Breen said there was some sort of dispute between Mendez and the victim, a 39-year-old man from Winlock. Mendez reportedly said he thought the other individual was following him so he fired the shots into the air, according to Breen. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for drive-by shooting, Breen said.
THREAT TO KILL
• A 40-year-old man from Curtis was arrested for felony harassment after a woman reported her ex-boyfriend threatened to shoot her over a disagreement about parenting during the holiday season. A deputy called about 8:15 p.m. on Friday to the 2400 block of Wildwood Road eventually booked Gregory G. White into the Lewis County Jail. White allegedly tried to head butt a deputy, Chief Deputy Breen said.
BIG HEIST INTERRUPTED
• Two Oregon men were arrested early Monday morning after a deputy on patrol on Hamilton Road North outside Chehalis discovered the attempted theft at two businesses in the area. The Lewis County Sheriff’s office reports items that were stolen but recovered including a large tool box with tools valued at $100,000 and a medium-sized tool box valued at $30,000. Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said deputies found inside one of the businesses a 2013 Chevrolet Silverado loaded up with tools and other equipment. The investigation began after a deputy contacted a female in a vehicle parked on the side of the road who said the vehicle was having issues and her boyfriend was getting help, Breen said. Deputies followed footprints in the snow and found one shoeless suspect and after a short foot pursuit, found a second suspect. Booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary and other offenses were Donald E. Emery III, 48, from St. Helens, Oregon and Derrick L. Lyons, 31 of Warren, Oregon, Breen said.
BURGLARY CENTRALIA
• Centralia police were called about 12:30 p.m. on Saturday to the 300 block of Linda Lane where multiple hand tools had been stolen from a shop building.
AUTO THEFT
• A blue 2002 Subaru Outback was stolen sometime between 1:30 p.m. and 7:20 p.m. on Sunday from the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia.
• Chehalis police were called about 4:15 p.m. on Saturday about a car left in the parking lot at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue discovered the 2018 Infiniti Q56 was stolen in Bremerton. It was impounded, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
CAR PROWL
• Centralia police were called about 2:50 p.m. on Sunday for a vehicle prowl at the 100 block of South King Street. A cell phone was stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.
MONEY MISSING
• Centralia police were called to the 1500 block of Kresky Avenue about 7:25 p.m. on Monday where the cash collection device on a vending machine was stolen. The incident was caught on surveillance video and police are looking for a suspect vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department.
SUPER SHOPLIFTING
• A Tacoma resident was arrested for organized retail theft after police were called to the 1400 block of Lum Road about 2:15 p.m. on Sunday. Thea M. Smith, 37, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• Chehalis police called about noon on Sunday to the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue for a suspected shoplifter also turned up suspected methamphetamine in a search incident to the arrest. Anna L. Lowery, 30, of Centralia, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• A 34-year-old shoplifting suspect who allegedly fled from the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue was found to be in possession of a pipe and suspected methamphetamine on Friday morning. Talea K. Shuffelen, of Ashford, was was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
VANDALISM
• A window to a building at the 2000 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia was reported broken just before 2 p.m. on Saturday.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A 49-year-old man was booked into the Lewis County Jail after a series of events that began when he allegedly rear-ended an SUV occupied by a family of five on the 1400 block of Mellen Street in Centralia and fled the scene. Deputies arriving just before 7 p.m. on Saturday for a truck in a ditch on the 1700 block of Airport Road were told the driver had punched a man in the face who had stopped to check, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Mitchell W. Sinclair, of Centralia, was arrested by Centralia police for hit and run as well as second-degree driving with a suspended license, according to the Centralia Police Department. The sheriff’s office arrested him for driving under the influence, fourth-degree assault, resisting arrest and operating motor vehicle without required ignition interlock device, according to Chief Deputy Breen.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, obstructing, trespassing, third-degree theft, harassment, protection order violation, fourth-degree domestic assault, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, vehicle collision, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances … and more among 407 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter