Near Schaefer Park Centralia. / Courtesy photo by Riverside Fire Authority
CREW EXTINGUISHES BURNING RV
• Firefighters called at 12:25 a.m. today about a fifth-wheel trailer burning, possibly with someone inside, at the 800 block of state Route 507 north of Centralia knocked down the flames but found no victim. A fire investigator was called to the scene. The trailer was a complete loss, according to Riverside Fire Authority.
MUGGED IN CENTRALIA
• Police and aid were called about 1:30 p.m. on Friday after a 21-year-old reported he was headed to a pawn shop with some items when a male wearing brass knuckles hit him in the face and stole the items. It happened at Ash Street and Centralia College Boulevard, according to the Centralia Police Department. The injury was minor but police had not been able to contact the victim after he left the hospital to get a suspect description, police said yesterday morning.
THEFT, THEFT, THEFT
• Centralia police were called about 12:30 p.m. yesterday for a burglary to a shop at the 1200 block of West Chestnut Street. The lock was broken and stereo equipment was stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police were called about 3:50 p.m. yesterday to take a report of the theft of tools from a job site at the 2600 block of North Pearl Street.
• Two people were arrested for organized retail theft after police were called about 5:40 p.m. yesterday to the 1300 block of Lum Road in Centralia. Rachel C. Reyburn, 30, of Seattle and Armed A. Ovchiyan, 35, of Burien, were booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• A 52-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after contact with police just before 1 p.m. yesterday at the 400 block of West Main Street in Centralia. Rodney D. Oleachea was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. A charge for third-degree driving with a suspended license was to be forwarded to prosecutors, according to police.
• Police were called just before 2 p.m. on Friday to the 800 block of Eshom Road in Centralia regarding a student who allegedly brought marijuana to school. A case is being referred to juvenile prosecutors for possession of marijuana, according to the Centralia Police Department.
INTRUDER
• Centralia police were called about 1:45 p.m. yesterday to take a report of someone entering a vacant house at the 500 block of Hillkress Street. It appeared someone had been staying there and consuming goods inside the home, as well as sealing unspecified items, according to the Centralia Police Department.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A black Dodge pickup was found crashed and abandoned about 2:40 a.m. on Saturday at Marion and Golds streets in Centralia. It was towed from the scene, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, obstructing, warrants, obstructing, fourth-degree assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, shoplifting, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft … and more among 320 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 48-hour period ending about 7 a.m.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter