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ASSAULT
• A 30-year-old Centralia man who allegedly punched two security officers while at Centralia Providence Hospital yesterday was arrested for third-degree assault. Officers called about 2:20 p.m. booked Tyler J. Lee into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A 61-year-old man was contacted for investigation of third-degree assault after allegedly throwing a cup of water onto a staff member at a medical facility at the 1300 block of Alexander Street in Centralia yesterday afternoon. Gary A. Dipola, 61, of Chehalis, was released to be transported to another facility and the case is being referred to prosecutors for charging, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police contacted about 8:35 a.m. yesterday began investigating a rape involving a juvenile female, according to the Centralia Police Department.
BURGLARY
• Police were called just after 8 p.m. yesterday to the 1200 block of Ham Hill Road in Centralia where an individual reported that sometime during the day an unknown person or persons entered her residence and stole money, credit cards, and two laptop computers. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AUTO THEFT
• Centralia police were called just before 6 o’clock this morning after a white 1994 Mazda RX7 went missing from its driveway on the 100 block of Benjamin Street. The vehicle was located and recovered about an hour later, unoccupied, at the Centralia Denny’s parking lot, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CAR PROWL
• Police were called about 7:40 p.m. yesterday to the 10 block of Southwest Second Street in Chehalis, where an initial report suggested a shotgun had been stolen from a vehicle.
• Chehalis police were called to the 2100 block of Southwest Olympic Drive for a vehicle prowl at about 3:45 p.m. yesterday. The back window was shattered but nothing appeared to be missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
FRAUD
• Chehalis police were contacted about 11:25 a.m. yesterday regarding fraudulent charges on an account. The case is under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
DRUGS
• A traffic stop about 4 p.m. yesterday at the 100 block of Salkum Road led to a motorist who was driving with a suspended license and then a search incident to his arrest, turned up a small baggie containing a crystalized substance. Christopher R. Kalista was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• An 18-year-old Randle resident who denied any injury was taken to the hospital to be cleared before being booked into the Lewis County Jail for driving under the influence after wrecking his Ford Ranger yesterday evening at the 400 block of Meade Hill Road in Glenoma. A deputy dispatched about 5:25 p.m. contacted Keenes Embum, who reportedly said he’d had several beers earlier, had passed a vehicle, lost control of his truck and put it into a ditch, on its top, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• A deputy responding about 12:50 p.m. yesterday to a rollover collision at the 700 block of Burchett Road found a Dodge Caravan on its side partially in the ditch, and a 60-year-old Onalaska driver smelling of alcohol, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Clint E. Cooper allegedly admitted to smoking marijuana earlier and after he was extricated by emergency personnel, he was transported to the hospital according to the sheriff’s office. He was arrested for driving under the influence and then released, Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey said.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, probation violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, harassment, civil issue, suspicious circumstances, vehicle collision, misdemeanor theft … and more among 146 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