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SMALL HOUSE FIRE
• Firefighters called about 4:15 p.m. on Sunday to the 400 block of Downing Road in Centralia found smoke showing from underneath a house and from the attic vents. “Crews were able to gain access to the fire which had spread into the wall and floor joists, preventing it from extending into the rest of the residence,” Riverside Fire Authority Capt. Casey McCarthy stated in a brief summary of the incident. The roadway was closed for approximately one hour, according to McCarthy. Nobody was injured. Damage was estimated at $10,000. McCarthy indicated they learned the occupant earlier in the day had used a propane-fueled weed torch around the home and smoldering debris eventually had extended under the house.
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE
• Officers responding to the report of a physical dispute between multiple parties outside a tavern at the 100 block of South Tower Avenue just before 2 a.m. on Sunday found that all participants had fled, except for one male who was unconscious on the ground. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police were called just after 7 p.m. on Sunday to the 600 block of West Main Street where a 49-year-old man reported a man in his 40s attacked him without provocation. The incident is being investigated as fourth-degree assault, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Officers called to the 2600 block of Cooks Hill Road in Centralia about 4:25 p.m. on Saturday arrested a 26-year-old Olympia resident for felony harassment and fourth-degree assault. Adrian Garcia was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
THEFT
• An expensive pair of tennis shoes were reported stolen off of the front porch of a residence at the 200 block of West Summa Street in Centralia at about 9:20 p.m. on Sunday.
DRUGS
• A 30-year-old homeless woman picked up on an outstanding warrant just before 11 a.m. on Saturday at the 400 block of West Main Street in Centralia was found to be in possession of methamphetamine, according to the Centralia Police Department. Brittney N. Burgard was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police were called about an apartment complex tagged with gang-style graffiti at the 700 block of West First Street at about 5:45 p.m. on Saturday.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, harassment, third-degree theft, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, third-degree domestic malicious mischief; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, civil issue, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, protection order violation … and more among 403 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 48-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter