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RECOVERED STOLEN VEHICLE
• W.F. West High School in Chehalis was locked down for a few minutes this morning as police caught up to a vehicle which had been stolen out of Thurston County. It happened around 10:30 a.m. at Southwest 17th Street, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Department spokesperson Linda Bailey said the vehicle failed to yield for a traffic stop and the event turned into the recovery of a stolen vehicle. Bailey said she believed there were multiple people in the vehicle and was told of one person taken to jail.
BREAK-IN WINLOCK
• A deputy called just before 7 o’clock yesterday for a burglary at the 200 block of Nikula Road in Winlock found someone had entered through a bathroom window of the residence. The victim is still attempting to determine what is missing, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
DRUGS
• A 41-year-old Centralia resident was arrested just after midnight at the 600 block of Meier Road for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. A deputy was in the area attempting to locate persons wanted on outstanding warrants and came upon Makia D. Adams sitting in a vehicle, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was detained and a brown substance which field-tested positive for heroin was found in his possession, according to the sheriff’s office. A white substance found with drug paraphernalia in a bag tested positive for meth, Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey said. Adams was was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to Kimsey.
• When police arrested a 29-year-old woman about noon yesterday for violation of a protection order at the 1900 block of Honeysuckle Lane in Centralia, they found suspected methamphetamine in her purse. Amber L. Schindler, of Tacoma, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A 29-year-old motorist from Olympia was injured after he pulled out from being stopped on the eastbound shoulder of U.S. Highway 12 and attempted to make a U-turn on Friday morning. It happened just before 7:35 a.m. about two miles east of Ethel, according to the Washington State Patrol. The 2000 Dodge Caravan was struck by an eastbound Hyundai Santa Fe sport utility vehicle driven by a 49-year-old Mossyrock woman, according to the state patrol. Both vehicles were totaled. Samer M. Allababidi was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital. He was cited for failure to yield and for driving with a suspended license, according to the state patrol.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, third-degree theft, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 121 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