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THEFT, THEFT, THEFT
• A deputy was called about 4 o’clock yesterday morning to the 1500 block of Bishop Road where someone had kicked in the door of a coffee stand and stole a cash register. The electronic 14CR machine had almost no money inside of it, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday it is investigating a burglary to a garage at a residence on the 2900 block of Graf Road in Centralia in which someone tried to pry open a Snap-On tool box and left with three five-gallon gas cans. It happened between 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday and 7 p.m. on Thursday, according to the sheriff’s office.
• A 45-year-old Tenino woman was charged yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court with first-degree theft after her arrest a day earlier, in connection with a report made on Dec. 9 from the 200 block of Burchett Road in Onalaska that numerous items of value had been stolen from a storage unit. Missing was as much as $17,000 worth of jewelry, cameras and memorabilia, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy concluded the suspect, a relative, was pawning the items at various pawn shops and made contact with her, according to the sheriff’s office. Barbara J. Henson was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey said.
• The 23-year-old Centralia man arrested at a residence on Southwest William Avenue in Chehalis on Wednesday was charged yesterday Lewis County Superior Court with first-degree trafficking in stolen property in connection with two large flat screen televisions, drills and chargers recovered by police at someone else’s Chehalis home, which had been stolen from Burkett Auto Sales on South Gold Street in Centralia last month. Jonathan C. Siler was charged with a second count of first-degree trafficking in stolen property related to firearms taken from a home on the 700 block of Deep Creek Road while two residents were sleeping in mid-December, according to court documents. Siler was also charged with theft of a motor vehicle related to the Ford Ranger stolen from Deep Creek Road which was located abandoned on the 2000 block of Big Hanaford Road in Centralia. His bail was set at $20,000.
• A 22-year-old Centralia man was arrested on Wednesday – at the same time and place where Jonathan C. Siler was arrested – for allegedly using a stolen bank card to purchase $30 worth of cigarettes at a convenience store. Jose A. Escamilla was was booked into the Lewis County Jail and then charged on Thursday in Lewis County Superior Court with second-degree possession of stolen property and forgery. His bail was set at $10,000.
DRUGS
• A 54-year-old Centralia man arrested for possession of methamphetamine on Wednesday at a home in Chehalis was charged the following day with possession of methamphetamine in Lewis County Superior Court. Members of the Lewis County Joint Narcotics Enforcement team had gone to the residence on the 100 block of Southwest Sixth Street to investigate a tip about a chainsaw, weed eater and blower stolen in a burglary at the Chehalis Tribal Community Center in Oakville. Stanley J. Hartman was booked into the Lewis County Jail. He was allowed release on a $5,000 unsecured bond.
• A 34-year-old Centralia man was arrested on Wednesday for items found in his car when it was impounded last month when a deputy responded to a complaint at the 100 block of Gold Creek Road. Derek J. Yost was was booked into the Lewis County Jail based on charges filed last month of possession of methamphetamine and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. His bail was set at $15,000 when he appeared in Lewis County Superior Court on Thursday.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, reckless driving, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances … and more among 142 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