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ADULTS MUGGED BY PACK OF KIDS IN CENTRALIA
• Two men reported they were assaulted by a large group of what appeared to be juveniles who confronted them and demanded their wallets and cigarettes at the 800 block of West First Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officers called about 12:30 a.m. on Saturday learned the adults fought them off and the youngsters did not actually get anything from the victims. Officers searched several nearby blocks for the group of juveniles, but were unable to locate them, according to police.
BREAK-IN CENTRALIA
• Centralia police were called to the 500 block of North Ash Street about 10:30 a.m. on Saturday after individuals returned home to find burglary had taken place overnight. Property inside their home was damaged, according to the Centralia Police Department.
OTHER THEFT
• Centralia police were called to the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue just before 7 p.m. on Friday to take a report of a license plate removed from a vehicle while it was parked at a store.
• Outgoing mail was stolen from a mailbox at the 1700 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police just before 11 a.m. on Friday.
DRUGS AND DUST OFF
• A 28-year-old Rochester resident was arrested for inhaling toxic fumes after he was contacted by police about 8 p.m. on Saturday at First Street and Tower Avenue in Centralia, exhibited symptoms of being under the influence and had a can of Dust Off with him, according to the Centralia Police Department. Aaron J. Henning was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
• Centralia police were checking on the welfare of a woman about 4:20 p.m. on Saturday at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue and ended up arresting her for possession of methamphetamine. Marta D. Keeth, 45, of Vancouver, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A 31-year-old Centralia resident arrested for outstanding warrants was also allegedly found in possession of heroin and morphine at the 200 block of West Main Street in Centralia at about 2:20 p.m. on Friday. Kelvin B Kempf was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A 52-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly left the scene of a collision and was subsequently located and found to be under the influence of intoxicants. Police were called just before 11 p.m. on Saturday to the 500 block of South Tower Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department. Jay Blevins, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for hit and run as well as driving under the influence, according to police.
• Three people were injured when a 1968 Ford pickup occupied by two men not wearing seat belts attempted to turn left from state Route 7 onto eastbound U.S. Highway 12 at Morton on Friday and were struck by a westbound semi truck. Troopers called just before 1 p.m. report the passenger in the pickup – 59-year-old Jim Clemetson from Granite Falls – was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The driver of the pickup, 28-year-old Mickel E. Thomas, from Marysville, was taken to Morton General Hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol. The driver of the 2012 Kenworth, Brian R. Rhodes, 53, from Rochester, was also transported to Morton General. The wreck is blamed on Thomas’s failure to yield the right-of-way. His license was suspended and he faces a possible charge of vehicular assault as drugs or alcohol were suspected to be involved, according to the state patrol. His pickup was totaled.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, driving with no license, fourth-degree domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 319 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 48-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.
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Ford pickup collides with semi on U.S. Highway 12 / Courtesy photo by Washington State Patrol
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter