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ARGUMENT WITH KNIFE
• Deputies responding to a 911 hangup call about 1 p.m. yesterday from the 100 block of Bearcat Court in Chehalis found a 65-year-old man laying on the floor who said his step-son had held a knife to his chest and neck before shoving him to the ground and beginning to stomp him, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies found 35-year-old Jonathan B. Ramos sitting on a couch and learned he had removed the batteries from a phone, according to the sheriff’s office. Ramos was arrested for first-degree assault and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
WOMAN CHOKED
• A 27-year-old Randle man who allegedly squeezed the throat of his significant other breaking blood vessels and leaving her with a swollen and bruised lower lip was arrested for second-degree assault yesterday. Deputies arrived to the 700 block of Silverbrook Road about 5:20 p.m. following a 911 call, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Donald T. Lester II was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
ARREST IN BURGLARY
• Information about last Friday’s burglary at the 1500 block of Bishop Road in Chehalis resulted in a search warrant served yesterday afternoon at a nearby property and the recovery of four computer monitors, a 40-inch flat screen, two bags of grass seed, nine bags of fertilizer, cinder blocks and various other items and building materials. Walter J. Hammers, 41, from Chehalis, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary, second-degree theft and second-degree possession of stolen property, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Charges were referred to prosecutors related to a 16-year-old suspect as well, according to the sheriff’s office.
FRAUD
• Chehalis police were called from the 600 block of Northwest Middle Street about 10:45 a.m. yesterday to take a report of fraud.
• Centralia police were called just after 10 a.m. yesterday to take a report of a debit card that was lost in Chehalis being used at a businesses on the 1000 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Investigation is ongoing, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• When a 24-year-old Centralia man was contacted by police just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday at the 1600 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia, he allegedly identified himself as a family member and not as himself, he was arrested for identity theft. Joshua A. Loney was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AUTO THEFT
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday that a green 1993 Acura Integra stolen from off the 700 block of Independence Road last month was found stripped on Wednesday evening on Hobson Road Southwest and Smith Road South. The LG tablet and chainsaw which were inside of it are still unaccounted for, according to the sheriff’s office.
• A 1990 four-door Honda Accord was stolen from the 1100 block of Brotherson Road in Centralia during the night, according to a report made to police about 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The car has a Washington registration of BFD 5466, according to the Centralia Police Department.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• James L. Mead, 27 of Centralia, was arrested and booked into Lewis County Jail for felony eluding after fleeing from the police in a vehicle at high rates of speed and driving recklessly around 11 p.m. yesterday in an episode associated with South Gold and Chestnut streets, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, probation violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, reckless endangerment, fourth-degree assault, third-degree domestic malicious mischief; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, misdemeanor theft, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances … and more among 359 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 48-hour period ending about 7 a.m.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter