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VEHICLE THEFT
• A deputy was called to the 700 block of Independence Road last night where a man reported he had been working in the woods and returned to his car about 8 p.m. but it was gone. The gray 1993 Acura Integra had a Stihl chainsaw and a tablet inside, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It had a license plate reading C06345J, according to the sheriff’s office. At one point, the victim had heard a motorcycle in the area, possibly related to the theft, according to Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey.
• The owner of a gray 2003 Ford F250 pickup truck parked it in the morning and returned yesterday afternoon to the 800 block of West Main Street to find it had vanished. Chehalis police called just after 5 p.m. learned the missing vehicle had a 12th Man trailer hitch cover and also contained a chainsaw, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
BURGLARY
• An unknown suspect entered a residence at the 400 block of West Center Street in Centralia and stole numerous items to include a gaming system, according to a report made to police about 7:15 p.m. yesterday.
ASSAULT
• Centralia police were called about 9:10 a.m. yesterday to the 800 block of Field Avenue where a 10-year-old boy allegedly punched and kicked three staff members. The boy was currently on probation for assault, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center.
• Centralia police called just before 9 p.m. yesterday to the 1300 block of Harrison Avenue about a man allegedly pushing a neighbor during a dispute are sending a summons for fourth-degree assault to Rick L. Paxton, 65 of Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• A 40-year-old Chehalis man picked up on a probation violation warrant from a home on the 50 block of Southeast Spring Street in Chehalis about 10:40 p.m. yesterday was also arrested for possession of methamphetamine, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Patrick Ashley was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
• A traffic stop at the intersection of Estep and Forest-Napavine Road about 4:30 p.m. yesterday in which a motorist was found to be driving with a suspended license led to his arrest for possession of methamphetamine. Evan L. Crosby, 40, from Winlock, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• A 14-year-old boy was arrested for possession of marijuana after he allegedly brought it to school at the 900 block of Johnson Road in Centralia yesterday morning. Police responding to a call just before 10 a.m. booked the teen into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CHIMNEY FIRE
• Firefighters called about 5:30 p.m. yesterday for a chimney fire at the 8800 block of 178th Avenue Southwest in Rochester found flames had extended into the surrounding structure and got it extinguished within about 15 minutes, according to West Thurston Regional Fire Authority. Chief Robert Scott said the damage to the house was estimated at $25,000. Nobody was hurt, he said.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, third-degree theft, fourth-degree assault, driving with suspended license, operating motor vehicle without required ignition interlock device; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vehicle collision, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances … and more among 145 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