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BURGLARY
• An 18-foot flatbed trailer loaded with more than 300 pieces of 1-inch by 4-inch cedar lumber as well as a 600-watt generator were discovered missing yesterday from the 100 block of Sidorski Lane in Morton. A deputy contacted yesterday morning learned a rollup door was found open, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The items were stolen sometime after March 30, according to the sheriff’s office.
• Centralia police were contacted about 12:20 p.m. yesterday by a female who reported that while she was in jail, multiple items belonging to her were stolen from her former residence at the 800 block of L Street.
• Two people were arrested for second-degree burglary after allegedly admitting staying in someone else’s trailer without permission on property on the 4700 block of Galvin Road outside Centralia on Sunday afternoon. Erin R. Hall, 38, from Onalaska, was also arrested for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Brent W. Robertson, 37, of Toledo, was also arrested for second-degree identity theft for allegedly giving someone else’s name as his own, according to the sheriff’s office. Both were booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.
• An individual at the 10 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue in Chehalis reported to police about 3:20 p.m. on Saturday finding beer cans inside their open garage.
• Chehalis police were told someone entered a residence on the 1300 block of Southeast Washington Avenue and cash was missing. The burglary was reported at 3:20 p.m. on Friday, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
VEHICLE THEFT
• A deputy was called yesterday to take a report of the theft of a red 1989 Yamaha XT350 motorcycle from the 700 block of Silverbrook Road in Randle. The bike was last seen at midnight but was gone at 7 a.m., according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• Centralia police were called just before 7 a.m. yesterday when a witness allegedly interrupted an 18-year-old Chehalis resident trying to steal a vehicle at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue. The suspect ran off from the scene and from police but was subsequently located in the containment area, according to the Centralia Police Department. Deago G. Perez was booked into the Lewis County Jail for attempted vehicle theft, resisting arrest and several warrants, according to police.
• Chehalis police were called about a vehicle theft from the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue about 4:30 p.m. on Sunday.
FRAUD
• Chehalis police were called yesterday afternoon by the victim of a purse theft – from the Great Wolf Lodge reported earlier this year – who suspected her credit card had been used in Chehalis at Safeway, Texaco and Taco Bell, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT
• Four out-of-towners were arrested and then released yesterday after they were caught allegedly stealing from a retail store and found to have shoplifting tools in their possession in connection with a 4:45 p.m. call to the 1400 block of Lum Road in Centralia. Cases for the suspects ages 22 and 24 from Lakewood, Federal Way, Auburn and Tacoma are being forwarded to prosecutors for charges of organized retail theft and second-degree possession of stolen property, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CAR PROWL
• A set of keys was stolen in a vehicle prowl at the 100 block of West High Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 8:15 p.m. on Sunday.
• Centralia police were called about 10 a.m. on Friday to the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue where an individual reported they left their car key in the door to their car while packing to leave and an unknown person stole the key.
VANDALISM
• A 20-year-old Toledo man was arrested for allegedly taking a tire iron to the back window of a car belonging to a 21-year-old man at the 100 block of Noble Estates Drive in Winlock on Sunday afternoon. The suspect, Christian C. Rodriguez, tried to run away from a deputy, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree malicious mischief and second-degree escape, according to the sheriff’s office.
• An unknown suspect spray painted graffiti on the victim’s fence at the 900 block of E Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 3:35 p.m. on Saturday.
TAVERN BRAWL
• Anthony D. Thames, 33, of Centralia and Chase P. Underhill, 24, of Renton, were both arrested for fighting in public after they began brawling at the 100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia just before 2 a.m. yesterday, according to the Centralia Police Department. The two were issued citations and then released, according to police.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A 58-year-old Winlock man was arrested for driving under the influence after a deputy responded just after 8 p.m. on Sunday for a collision between a vehicle and a utility pole at the 600 block of Nevil Road in Winlock. The `1992 Ford Aerostar sustained major damage and the driver, Johnson P. Higgins, was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital and scheduled to be transferred to another hospital, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Higgins was also arrested for third-degree driving with a suspended license, but was not booked into jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
WASTE WATER PLANT FIRE
• Low water pressure caused by an underground leak from a previously unknown vehicle collision to a fire hydrant meant crews had to get their water by calling in water tenders and laying hose to hydrants by the Chehalis Airport when a fire broke out Sunday morning at the 1100 block of West Shoreline Drive. Smoke was reported just after 5 a.m. and firefighters found an old administration building at the waste water plant was burning, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. Chief Ken Cardinale said in a press release that while the vacant building should not have been occupied, firefighters searched where they could since homeless people have been known to stay there. Four other fire departments were requested to help out, according to the chief. No victims were found and the blaze was contained to the one building, according to Cardinale. The cause is under investigation.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, trespassing, probation violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, fourth-degree domestic assault, violation of restraining order, third-degree domestic malicious mischief; responses for alarm, dispute, disturbance, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances … and more among 515 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 96-hour period ending about 7 a.m.
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Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter