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Updated at 11:14 a.m.
FOOTPRINTS IN SNOW LED TO SUSPECTS
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that a pair of 18-year-old Winlock residents were arrested for a Dec. 22 break-in at their neighbor’s home on the 900 block of Byham Road. The victim returned home from Christmas shopping and discovered the bathroom window open and shoe prints leading out the back door to the neighbor’s, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Missing was a Playstation 3 and related items, according to the sheriff’s office. Booked into the Lewis County Jail for residential burglary after being interviewed on Saturday were Camryn T. Rogers and Brandon J. Pickens, according to Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey.
AUTO THEFT
• Chehalis police were called to the 700 block of Southwest Pacific Avenue at 7:25 p.m. yesterday to take a report of a brown 1991 Honda Accord stolen during the previous half hour. Police got word today the car was located in Grays Harbor with two occupants, who were booked into jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
DRUGS
• A 20-year-old Chehalis resident detained on an outstanding warrant about 1:30 p.m. yesterday at Lum Road and Reynolds Avenue in Centralia was allegedly found in possession of methamphetamine. Kristopher W. Laseke was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VANDALISM
• An individual reported the tires on his van were slashed sometime overnight when police were called to the 1600 block of North Scheuber Road in Centralia about 9:30 a.m. yesterday.
• Chehalis police were called to a business at the 100 block of Sturdevant Road about 8:35 a.m. yesterday to take a report of theft and malicious mischief.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A deputy called about 3:30 p.m. yesterday to a rollover wreck at the 2000 block of Highway 603 learned the 16-year-old driver had swerved when a deer came onto the roadway. The Chehalis girl was uninjured but her Toyota pickup sustained major damage, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The girl’s parents and a tow company were called for retrieval, according to Kimsey.
• Two people were injured when a tanker truck wrecked on U.S. Highway 12 about seven miles east of Packwood yesterday morning. The westbound 2005 Freightliner came to rest on its side pinning the 47-year-old driver from Kennewick in the cab, according to the Washington State Patrol. All lanes were blocked and fuel from the truck leaked onto the road, according to Trooper Will Finn. Finn stated, “The tanker did spring a leak though … Ammonium Hydroxide … No danger to public.” It happened just before 9:30 a.m. near state Route 123. Transported to Morton General Hospital were Melvin B. Jessop and his passenger Linda L. Graves Jessop, also 47, according to the state patrol. The investigating trooper found Jessop lost traction in the slush because he was traveling too fast for conditions. He was cited for that and for not wearing a seat belt. The scene was not entirely cleared until 10 p.m.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, shoplifting, fourth-degree domestic assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, third-degree malicious mischief; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances … and more among 156 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.
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Semi-tanker loses traction in slush on U.S. Highway 12. / Courtesy photo by Washington State Patrol
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter