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Updated at 1:39 p.m.
CENTRALIA CRIME SPREE
• Police were called to the 100 block of North Washington Avenue in Centralia just after 8 a.m. on Saturday where an individual reported someone shot out a window in their vehicle with a BB gun during the night. A 12-year-old and two 14-year-old boys were identified as suspects and arrested and booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center, according to the Centralia Police Department. The case was linked with three other cases: Just after 11 p.m. on Friday, a female reported someone just shot out several windows in her house and her vehicle with a BB gun at the 500 block of West Pine Street. Then at 1:45 a.m. on Saturday, police were called to the 1200 block of North Washington Avenue because someone had broken into a residence where a family was sleeping but then fled. The Chehalis Police K-9 arrived and assisted with trying to locate the suspect who was not found. Just before 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, the police dog located an unreported stolen Honda Pilot a few blocks away, which had gone missing from the 200 block of North Rock Street. Some of the property from the burglary was recovered inside the vehicle, according to police.
ASSAULT
• An intoxicated Centralia woman who reportedly didn’t want her friend to go to jail alone allegedly tried to get into the back seat of a a patrol car after police refused to take her along early Saturday morning at the 1400 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. After that didn’t work, she started physically shoving the officers until that had to arrest her to get her to stop, according to police. Danika M. Lightle, 27, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree assault, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A 10-year-old boy was arrested for fourth-degree assault and booked into Lewis County Juvenile Center for assaulting his father after police were called to the 1000 block of North Scheuber Road at about 2:20 p.m. on Saturday.
BREAK-IN
• A Vader woman called 911 about 6:30 a.m. on Sunday to report that 16 florescent lights which had been hanging in her greenhouse at the 500 block of B Street had been stolen sometime since 10 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• A 33-year-old Tenino man was was arrested for attempted residential burglary and on a warrant after police were called about 8:30 a.m. on Friday because he allegedly attempted to break into the victim’s residence at the 1500 block of Sunset Way in Centralia. Thomas E. Labrum, Jr. was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• A 48-year-old Chehalis woman booked into the Lewis County Jail after police were called about 4:05 p.m. on Sunday for the theft of $1.08 worth of eye drops at the 500 block of South Tower Avenue was allegedly found to in possession of a substance that tested positive for methamphetamine. Teresa J. Maddux was arrested for both third-degree theft and possession of methamphetamine, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A 47-year-old Onalaska man parked in a private driveway on the 400 block of North Military Road in Winlock at about 11 a.m. on Saturday was arrested for trespassing and then for possession of methamphetamine when he reportedly agreed a deputy could search his vehicle and a small vial was found. Clifford L. Stone Jr. was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
THEFT
• Victim reported just before noon on Sunday that a male subject stole three Fit Bit devices valued at $700 at the 1100 block of Johnson Road in Centralia. The case is still under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police were called to the 900 block of Alder Street at 11:10 a.m. on Sunday where an individual reported a battery was stolen off of his camper sometime within the previous couple of days.
• Chehalis police were called about 6:15 a.m. on Sunday for the theft of a 1993 Honda Accord from the 100 block of Southwest Sixth Street. The car was subsequently found unoccupied in mid-turn at the intersection of Second and Cascade avenues with the driver’s door open, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Chehalis police began investigating possible embezzlement after being called about 9:15 a.m. on Friday to the 1500 block of North National Avenue.
FRAUD
• A Winlock area woman called the sheriff’s office on Saturday afternoon to report the discovery that her 15-year-old son had allegedly used her credit card information to make an online purchase of $480 for a World Wrestling Entertainment championship title belt. She cancelled the transaction, the boy was arrested for second-degree identity theft and booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• Police called about 7:20 p.m. on Friday to the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia arrested a 56-year-old Kent resident for identity theft, prescription forgery and a warrant after she allegedly attempted to fill a forged prescription for Oxycodone and identified herself to police as her sister. Jodie L. Nelson was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police were notified just before 3 p.m. on Friday a citizen had received a phone call from someone claiming to be with the IRS, stating there was a warrant for their arrest. The caller advised they would be arrested if they didn’t pay, according to the Centralia Police Department. The citizen knew it was a scam and did not fall victim to it, according to police.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police were called to the 1200 block of Delaware Avenue where an individual reported about 12:30 p.m. on Saturday seeing juveniles damage his vehicle with rocks.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Two Morton women were injured after a westbound Chevrolet Tahoe sport utility vehicle drifted to the right, the driver over corrected and then crossed both lanes and overturned in the eastbound ditch yesterday afternoon. Troopers called at 2:10 p.m. to state Route 508 about five miles east of Napavine found the vehicle was totaled, according to the Washington State Patrol. The driver, Rachel S. Whittlesey, 65 and passenger, Susanna M. Veach, 63, were transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the state patrol. The wreck was blamed on inattention.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, trespassing, harassment, third-degree theft, disorderly conduct, fourth-degree domestic assault, residential burglary, driving with no license, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, misdemeanor theft, misdemeanor assault, suspicious circumstances, protection order violation … and more among 483 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter