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WANTED MAN APPREHENDED IN OREGON
• After conducting surveillance for a fugitive near Grants Pass, Oregon, local law enforcement got a tip that panned out this morning and arrested without incident a 61-year-old man with ties to Chehalis and Winlock accused of first-degree child molestation. Jimmy D. Mathus was found just after 6 am. today at a residence on a secluded piece of property where he had been staying with relatives, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was to be booked into the Josephine County Jail and will be extradited to Washington, Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey said. The sheriff’s office was assisted by officers with the U.S. Marshal’s Service and the state Department of Corrections, Kimsey said. The felony warrant was issued last year.
ATTEMPTED BREAK-IN CENTRALIA
• Centralia police were called just after 3 p.m. on Tuesday for a possible attempted burglary to a residence on the 1400 block of Lewis Street. The homeowner arrived home to find their window air conditioning unit was moved, according to the Centralia Police Department.
FRAUD
• Centralia police were called by an individual at the 900 block of Landing Way about 12:50 p.m. on Tuesday who reported unauthorized purchases had been attempted over the Internet from their checking account. The bank flagged the transactions as fraud and contacted the account holder, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police were called to the 1300 block of South Gold Street just after 9 a.m. on Tuesday to take a report of someone opening a checking and savings account, depositing fraudulent checks and then withdrawing the money.
UNRULY AT HOSPITAL
• A 49-year-old Centralia resident was arrested after allegedly becoming combative and not letting staff perform their duties at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia, following an approximately 12:20 a.m. call there today. Shannon K. Kilgore was booked into the Lewis County Jail for interfering with a health care facility, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, probation violation, driving under the influence, operating motor vehicle without required ignition interlock device; responses for alarm, dispute, harassment, shoplifting, trespassing, civil issue, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances … and more among 157 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter