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THEFT, THEFT, THEFT
• A white 1998 Mitsubishi Montero was reported stolen from the 1200 block of Lum Road in Centralia just before 2 p.m. on Tuesday. The vehicle bears a license plate reading BIA 4151, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Two people from Toledo were arrested when a sheriff’s deputy pulled over a stolen white 1991 Jeep Cherokee at Jackson Highway and state Route 508 at about 12:15 a.m. on Monday. Gregory S. D’Adda, 20, and Ruthann Gronke, 22, were booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of a stolen vehicle, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• A 19-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for second-degree theft after police were called just after 4 p.m. on Tuesday to the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia because he allegedly rode away from a store on an electric shopping cart that belonged to the store. Juan M. Lopez-Abrego was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• The theft of packages off of a front porch was reported about 8:45 a.m. Tuesday from the 700 block of North Washington Avenue in Centralia.
• Deputies responded to the 100 block of Annonen Road just after 2 p.m. on Sunday when a resident who was out of the area reported seeing someone inside their home via a remote security system. Containment was set up and a K-9 track begun when deputies heard from motorist who had given a male a ride and dropped him off along the Winlock-Vader Road, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A suspect was located inside a shop at a vacant residence on the 300 block of Annonen Road, according to the sheriff’s office. Jason L. Cothren, 28, from Winlock, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for residential burglary and trespassing, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.
• Police were called to the 600 block of F Street in Centralia just before 1 p.m. on Sunday where someone had entered an unlocked side door to a residence and removed a purse.
• Centralia police were called about 1 a.m. on Sunday to the 800 block of G Street on a report of a package missing off of a porch after a female came to the door looking for someone.
• An individual reported fraudulent activity on their credit card at about 8:20 p.m. on Saturday from the 1100 block of West Pear Street in Centralia.
• Centralia police received a referral on Friday associated with the 1000 block of Kresky Avenue in which an elderly person may have had money stolen out of their account. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police were called to the 2700 block of Mount Vista Road jus before noon on Friday where a a wallet was reported stolen from a residence sometime during the night.
VEHICLE PROWL
• Someone leaned out from an older dark-colored sport utility vehicle at the 100 block of South Fourth Street in Chehalis and grabbed a white five-gallon bucket containing tools from the back of a parked truck, according to a report made to police about 8:35 a.m. on Monday.
VANDALISM
• Chehalis police were called just after 8 a.m. on Monday to the 10 block of Southwest Chehalis Avenue where a rock had gone through the window of a business.
• Centralia police took a report of someone puncturing all four tires to a truck just before 9 a.m. on Saturday at the 800 block of West First Street.
DRUGS
• Joseph R. N. Sanchez, 32, of Tacoma, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of methamphetamine and retail theft with extenuating circumstances after he allegedly stole clothing items from two stores and was arrested after which he was found to be in possession of meth in a case associated with the 1300 block of Lum Road in Centralia reported about 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Nicholas B. Decker, 29, of Onalaska was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of a controlled substance after he was arrested for driving under the influence and illegal drugs were allegedly found to be in his possession after contact with police about 2:45 a.m. on Monday at the 1300 block of South Gold Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A passenger not wearing a seat belt during a traffic stop about 4:50 a.m. on Sunday at the 1000 block of Ellsbury Road in Centralia turned out to have an outstanding warrant and also allegedly a white crystal substance on his person. Isaac J. Cisneros, 24, from Centralia, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• An 18-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for possession of marijuana after being contacted by police about 11:25 p.m. on Friday at the 100 block of West Oakview Avenue in Centralia. Yuma E. Perez Martinez was cited and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department.
BRUSH FIRE
• Firefighters today were monitoring an area where a brush fire broke out yesterday near Koontz and Schreiner roads. Crews were called about 4:30 p.m. yesterday and joined by personnel from the state Department of Natural Resources to extinguish the fire where a slash pile had previously smoldered, according to Lewis County Fire District 5. The overall size was estimated to be less than three acres.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, shoplifting, trespassing, obstructing, resisting arrest, fourth-degree assault, third-degree theft, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence, protection order violation, violation of anti-harassment order, third-degree malicious mischief, providing false information to public servant, driving without required ignition interlock device, physical control of motor vehicle while under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, civil issue, harassment, hit and run, vandalism, vehicle collision, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor assault, disorderly person, violation of no contact order … and more among the many calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 120-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter