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PERSON LIVING INSIDE STOLEN TRUCK ARRESTED

• A call about a possibly intoxicated person who had been seen walking up and down a road and at times laying in a ditch kicking his legs in the air led deputies to a stolen pickup truck with a camper the man had been using as sleeping quarters, parked in an abandoned barn on the 200 block of Fuller Road in Salkum yesterday evening. A deputy responding just after 6 p.m. located the man in the truck, a white 1969 Chevrolet pickup with no license plates, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.  Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey said the property was the site of a structure fire a few years back. The subject who identified himself as Jose Rivera Rivera, 54, of Yakima, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of stolen property and obstructing a law enforcement officer, Kimsey said. His identity has not been verified, according to the sheriff’s office.

TOOLS RECOVERED FROM BREAK-IN

• Two individuals were arrested yesterday in connection with a break-in a week earlier to a shop building at the 700 block of Avery Road West. Two chainsaws and a brand new winch had been taken and someone had cut the back panel out of a safe and stole about $900 cash, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. On Tuesday, a deputy discovered a tenant at the victim’s residence at the time of the incident had pawned a chainsaw at Twin Cities Trading Post, according to the sheriff’s office. Following an investigation, Brandon M Lee, 18, Chehalis, and Dustin L Fournier, 22, Centralia, were arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree theft and third-degree malicious mischief, according to Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey. Lee was additionally booked for trafficking in stolen property, according to Kimsey. The tools were recovered.

DOMESTIC ASSAULT

• A 26-year-old Centralia man who allegedly struck an individual in the face during an argument yesterday at the 500 block of South King Street in Centralia was subsequently arrested after a 3:54 p.m. call for fourth-degree domestic assault, obstructing a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest. Tanner ZR Russell booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vehicle collision, misdemeanor theft, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances … and more among 156 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

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