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ASSAULT
• A 53-year-old Winlock man was arrested for second-degree assault after deputies were called to the 600 block of Tennessee Road about 10:30 p.m. on Thursday because he allegedly choked his 43-year-old brother until he could not breathe. Russell M. Schellong was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported on Friday they arrested a 50-year-old Vader man after he allegedly grabbed a 64-year-old woman and threw her down onto a woodpile and threw a 44-year-old woman against a shed at the 900 block of D Street in Vader. Deputies called about 6:20 p.m. on Tuesday learned Jeffrey A. Beaber had been consuming a large amount of alcohol, according to the sheriff’s office. The first woman was hospitalized and discovered she had three cracked ribs, sheriff’s Capt. Curt Spahn said. Beaber had left prior to their arrival, but was located and arrested for second-degree assault, according to Spahn.
BURGLARY
• Centralia police were called to the 2700 block of Borst Avenue at 3:40 p.m. on Thursday to take a report that an unknown male came into a residence and removed $50 from the bedroom two weeks earlier.
VEHICLE THEFT
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported on Friday that sometime between Tuesday and 5 a.m. on Wednesday, someone stole a maroon four-door 1995 Honda Accord from the 3000 block of Ives Road in Centralia.
• Someone stole a black utility trailer during the night from the 700 block of East Third Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday. It was 10 feet by 13 feet in size, according to the Centralia Police Department.
FRAUD
• Centralia police were called about 4:15 p.m. on Friday to the 1100 block of Creekside Court where an individual reported somebody used his information to open account and spent over $700. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called to the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue about 3:15 p.m. on Thursday regarding the receipt of three counterfeit $100 bills.
• Someone passed two counterfeit $100 bills at a business on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police just after 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
THEFT
• Police called to the 300 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia about 10:20 a.m. on Wednesday took a report of someone syphoning gas from multiple vehicles of a car lot.
VEHICLE PROWL
• A wallet was taken from an unlocked truck at the 1200 block of Mellen Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 12:40 p.m. on Friday.
• Centralia police were called just before 9 a.m. on Friday regarding tools taken from a possibly unlocked truck at the 1800 block of North Pearl Street.
DRUGS
• Two individuals allegedly caught using drugs inside a vehicle when a police officer checked on a report of a suspicious vehicle at the 700 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia about 5:15 p.m. on Friday were arrested for possession of heroin. Makayla A. Brown, 20, and Darryl D. Gauthier, 28, both of Winlock, were booked into Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A 45-year-old Chehalis man getting booked into the Lewis County Jail from court was allegedly found with suspected methamphetamine in his clothing at about 10:15 a.m. on Thursday. Jerry L. Bostwick was arrested for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• Centralia police called to a residence at the 100 block of South Tower Avenue for an unknown person inside a house about 7:30 a.m. on Thursday arrested two people for outstanding warrants and one of them for allegedly having drugs on him. Adam I. McGowan, 26 of Mossyrock, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and allegedly provided a false name to police, according to the Centralia Police Department. Breianna I. Eberly, 30 of Centralia, and McGowan were both booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
• Deputies invited into a Winlock home on the 2700 block of Highway 603 when conducting a welfare check of three children, found 80 marijuana plants in various stages of growth at around noon on Wednesday. Arrested for unlawful possession of marijuana and unlawful use of a building for growing marijuana and booked into the Lewis County Jail was 26-year-old Cameron J. Poole, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A case was forwarded to prosecutors for evaluation of the same charges regarding his 45-year-old girlfriend, although she denied involvement, according to the sheriff’s office. The children were turned over to Child Protective Services, sheriff’s Capt. Curt Spahn said.
SEX CRIME
• A 23-year-old Centralia man allegedly found in a parked vehicle engaging in a sex act with a 15-year-old girl was arrested overnight in Centralia. Officers responding about 12:30 a.m. today to the 700 block of East Locust Avenue booked Francisco DJ Salzar Olivera into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree child molestation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
ALMOST FIRE
• Firefighters called to an apartment at Third and Market in Chehalis about 9 a.m. on Thursday for smoke found a power strip with extension cords plugged into it and advised the resident of the dangers of overloading circuits that way.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Two people were hospitalized after a head-on crash the 2600 block of Airport Road in Chehalis just before 12:30 p.m. on Thursday. A 21-year-old female driver of Centralia was traveling northbound in a 2012 Nissan Sentra crossed the center line colliding with a 2004 Suzuki Forenza operated by a 22-year-old male of Centralia traveling southbound, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She had possible internal injuries and he had broken bones, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. The driver of the Nissan was cited for second-degree negligent driving, according to the sheriff’s office. A crew had to use spreaders to separate the vehicles before they could be towed.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, third-degree theft, driving under the influence, fourth-degree assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, vehicle collision, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, protection order violation … and more among 506 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter