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Updated at 6:19 p.m.
KNIFE THREAT
• A 38-year-old Chehalis man was arrested for second-degree assault after police were called about 1:45 a.m. today about a woman on a porch crying for help at the 600 block of Southwest 19th Street in Chehalis. Police concluded the suspect had held her down and threatened her with a knife at a nearby residence, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Bryant D. Nolan was contacted, arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
WILD RIDE ENDS WITH ARREST
• A 27-year-old man who allegedly refused to stop a vehicle in which his mother was a passenger was finally pulled over by a trooper on Interstate 5 yesterday in Lewis County and arrested for unlawful imprisonment. The mother called 911 and said her son was speeding, intentionally veering towards other drivers and experiencing some type of psychosis, according to charging documents. Christopher Mantele, of Lake Elsinore, California, reportedly admitted to consuming methamphetamine three days earlier. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
BUSINESS BURGLED
• Centralia police called about 3:40 a.m. today to a business on the 100 block of South Tower Avenue located a 26-year-old homeless person who had allegedly broken in, while armed with a knife. Jeremy L. Rumley Jr. was arrested for first-degree burglary and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY CENTRALIA
• A deputy was dispatched about 11 a.m. yesterday to a break-in at the 3400 block of Harrison Avenue that had occurred sometime since noon last Wednesday. Someone had forced entry into the back of an apartment attached to a garage and damaged two windows, a door and a door handle, but it appeared nothing was stolen, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
ALLEGED: SHOTS FIRED DURING BURGLARY INCIDENT
• A 40-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday morning after allegedly using bolt cutters to get inside a large storage container at the 1000 block of Garrard Creek Road west of Centralia. Deputies dispatched just before 6:30 a.m. were told the victim and neighbors chased the suspect vehicle through the Lincoln Creek area and it was located on River Heights Road, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Ty D. Martin, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail. Martin told a deputy he thought he heard gunshots coming from the white Toyota chasing him, as did his passenger, according to charging documents. Charging documents state the the victim reporting the incident said there had been some shooting, and he and a neighbor chased a car after the shooting. Martin was charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with second-degree burglary and third-degree malicious mischief. His bail was set at $50,000. Further details about the shooting were not readily available.
FRAUD
• Centralia police were called about 8:30 p.m. yesterday by an individual who said his wallet had been stolen and his credit card fraudulently used in a case associated with the 100 block of West High Street. The incident was captured on video surveillance, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called to a business on the 1200 block of South Market Boulevard about 10 a.m. yesterday to take a report about fraud.
FELONY SHOPLIFTING
• Centralia police called about 7:20 p.m. yesterday to the 1300 block of Lum Road arrested a 59-year-old woman who allegedly had shoved 10 pieces of clothing into her underwear and attempted to alter and defeat security detection devices. Sharon Teal, from Portland, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for retail theft with special circumstances, according to the Centralia Police Department.
MISSING JEWELRY
• Centralia police were called to the 500 block of South Cedar Street about 3:10 p.m. yesterday to take a report that two rings had been stolen from the residence over the Christmas holiday.
CAR PROWL
• Chehalis police responded to a car lot on the 1900 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue for suspicious activity about 1:25 a.m. today and arrested a 34-year-old Lakewood woman for vehicle prowl as well as an outstanding warrant. Rebecca L. Parks was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, fourth-degree domestic assault, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence, minor in possession and/or consumption of alcohol; responses for alarm, dispute, harassment, hit and run, civil issue, vehicle collision, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances … and more among 125 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