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EXPLOSIVE FOUND DURING TRAFFIC STOP
• A traffic stop for no license plate in Winlock early yesterday turned up suspected methamphetamine in the driver’s pants’ pocket as well as a backpack containing an improvised explosive device. It happened about 1:25 a.m. at the 200 block of Southwest Kerron Avenue, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Thomas J. Murphy, 37, of Ethel, was found to be driving with a suspended license, was searched and then asked for his backpack from his vehicle, according to the sheriff’s office. Inside the pack was an item consisting of two small taped-together cylinders with their fuses combined, sheriff’s Capt. Curt Spahn said. The Washington State Patrol was summoned and the item defused, Spahn said. Murphy was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of an explosive device and possession of meth, according to Spahn.
PICK AXE, FIREARM THREAT
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported on Monday they arrested a 53-year-old man after two individuals arrived home at the 100 block of Cattle Drive in Onalaska and discovered a pick axe stuck in the front door of their trailer and a large amount of clothing from inside thrown into a fire pit. Several deputies called to the scene about 5:30 p.m. on Friday were told the suspect had a firearm and threatened to kill them, according to he sheriff’s office. Ronald J. Roy, 53, of Onalaska, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for residential burglary, felony harassment and unlawful possession of a firearm, sheriff’s Capt. Curt Spahn said.
THEFT, THEFT, THEFT
• Chehalis police were called to a residence on the 1700 block of Snively Avenue about 7:45 a.m. on Monday following the discovery of a broken window and signs of a burglary. A list of missing items has not yet been compiled, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Someone stole car washing items from a front porch on the 500 block of South Gold Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 8:30 p.m. on Monday.
• Chehalis police were contacted about 12:25 p.m. on Monday by an individual who reported someone opened an account for television services at a location in Chehalis using the caller’s social security number.
• An individual reported the theft of power tools from a shop building at the 1300 block of Kayu Lane in Centralia at 10:50 a.m. on Monday.
• Centralia police were called to the 200 block of East Second Street at 9:20 a.m. on Monday where a business found tools missing and graffiti on the building.
• A large metal anchor – yard ornament – was reported stolen from in front of a business at B and Third streets in Centralia, according to a report made to Centralia police about 12:15 p.m. on Sunday.
• A deputy called to the 600 block of Nick Road in Centralia was told an 82-year-old man found two doors to his residence damaged and forced open. It happened between May 11 and Friday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Nothing appeared to be missing, according to the sheriff’s office.
• At about 10:25 a.m. on Friday, a business at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis reported it had taken in a counterfeit $100 bill.
• A brown leather Western saddle for barrel racing was reported missing from a storage unit on the 900 block of Southwest William Avenue in Chehalis about 10:40 a.m. on Friday. It has a 16-inch seat and silver trim, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
DRUGS
• A 43-year-old Mossyrock woman detained for suspected shoplifting last night at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis was arrested for a warrant and a drug violation when a search turned up suspected methamphetamine. An officer called just after 9 p.m. on Monday booked Lisa M. Fish into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• A 31-year-old Mount Vernon woman was arrested for possession of a controlled substance when contacted by an officer at the 900 block of North Tower Avenue about 1:30 p.m. on Monday. Sarah R. Newman was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A 19-year-old Centralia resident pulled over for speeding on northbound Interstate 5‘s collector-distributor lane offramp near milepost 82 about 6:50 p.m. on Sunday was arrested for possession of marijuana and driver under twenty-one consuming marijuana, according to the Centralia Police Department. Savannah DJ Carlson was issued a citation and released with a court date, according to police.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police were called to the 300 block of Prairie Rose Lane about 6:35 p.m. on Sunday to take a report of damage to the community mail box. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police were called to the 700 block of Yew Street in Centralia about 8:15 a.m. on Sunday following the discovery a large rock had been thrown through the windshield of a parked car sometime during the night.
LOST AND FOUND
• Centralia police were notified about 11:20 p.m. on Sunday of a gas powered leaf blower found in the parking lot of the Seminary Hill Nature Trails at the 1000 block of Seminary Hill Road in Centralia.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A 32-year-old Centralia driver was cited after the flatbed trailer – carrying a sport utility vehicle – he was hauling on northbound Interstate 5 in Clark County separated from his vehicle and rolled onto its side blocking two lanes on Sunday afternoon. Troopers called about 2:45 p.m. to the scene near milepost 18 determined Noah P. Kennard had lost control when the trailer began to whip and oscillate because Kennard was exceeding a reasonable safe speed, according to the Washington State Patrol. He was injured but declined aid, according to the state patrol.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, third-degree theft, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, operating motor vehicle without required ignition interlock device; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, hit and run, trespassing, vandalism, vehicle collision, misdemeanor assault, suspicious circumstances … and more among the many calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter