Lewis County Sirens.com

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• A 22-year-old Rochester resident was arrested yesterday after he allegedly drove for about two miles with a pursuing deputy behind him, then stopped, jumped out of his vehicle and fled on foot toward a river area yesterday afternoon. It was about 4:50 p.m. when a deputy was in the area of Nelson and Independence roads and spotted a vehicle with a driver believed to have an outstanding warrant, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The motorist ran a stop sign at 20 to 30 mph and took off recklessly, according to the sheriff’s office. Eric J. Pogue eventually gave up and was taken into custody, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. Two pipes in his pocket field tested positive for methamphetamine, according to Breen. Pogue was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for attempt to elude, a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act and and also a case was referred to prosecutors for third-degree driving with a suspended license.

THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 10:30 a.m. yesterday to the 1300 block of Alexander Street to take a report of cash missing from a locked drawer.

DRUGS

• A 57-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after contact with police at the 500 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia about 8:15 p.m. yesterday. Stephen W. Normand was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. Prosecutors declined to file the felony charge today.

• Centralia police called about 3:40 p.m. yesterday to the 900 block of Johnson Road booked a 15-year-old boy into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for possession of marijuana.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, failing to transfer vehicle title; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, civil issue, hit and run, suspicious circumstances, protection order violation … and more among 134 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

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