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BREAK-IN
• Chehalis police were called to the 400 block of North Market Boulevard about 1:15 p.m. yesterday regarding the theft of a jewelry box from a residence.
• Centralia police were called to the 1200 block of South Gold Street just after 9 a.m. yesterday where unlawful entry was made to a business and items were taken.
CAR PROWL
• Chehalis police were called to the 300 block of West Main Street about 1:15 p.m. yesterday where a 27-year-old Winlock man had allegedly stolen a purse and tools from a vehicle in a parking lot. Kodey L. Howard was arrested for second-degree theft and was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The items were recovered, according to police.
• Police were called just before 2 p.m. yesterday about a purse stolen from a vehicle at the 400 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia.
FRAUD
• Chehalis police were called at noon yesterday to the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue for a possible fraud.
NOT A BOMB
• Winlock High School was evacuated and deputies dispatched about 11 a.m. yesterday for a possible bomb threat but it turned out the writing on the wall in the boys’ shower had been there two to three days, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A message stated “bomb at 12,” according to Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, third-degree domestic malicious mischief; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, trespassing, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft, misdemeanor domestic assault … and more among 139 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