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KNIFE FIGHT
• A 67-year-old Chehalis woman who allegedly waved a knife in front of her former roommate at the 1800 block of Bishop Road last night was arrested for second-degree assault. A deputy called about 9:45 p.m. was told Susan M. King made statements to the effect that she was going to kill the 46-year-old victim in the incident which was witnessed by another person, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. King was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
BURGLARY
• A deputy responded to the 600 block of Curtis Hill Road about 2:30 p.m. yesterday where someone had kicked in a back door and stolen an Xbox 360 and a blue comforter. Missing from the shed was a pressure washer, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened sometime since June 1, according to the sheriff’s office.
• Chehalis police were called to the 600 block of Northwest St. Helen’s Avenue about 3:45 p.m. yesterday after the discovery someone had entered a locked garage and made off with about $1,000 worth of items.
AUTO THEFT
• Two 15-year-old Tacoma girls were arrested about 2:30 a.m. today after a sheriff’s deputy ran the registration of the car they occupied in a business parking lot and then subsequently pulled them over on southbound Interstate 5 near milepost 72. The 2006 Crown Victoria had been reported stolen yesterday to the Kent Police Department, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The teens were booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for possession of a stolen vehicle, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. The car was impounded.
VEHICLE PROWL
• A $3,300 electronic device was removed from a vehicle parked at the 700 block of Northwest Liberty Place in Chehalis, according to a report made to police about 5:50 a.m. today. The item was described as a black ultrasonic wear indicator, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
LIQUOR HEIST
• Centralia police were called to the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue about 9:34 p.m. yesterday after a male entered Safeway and stole $200 worth of alcohol. Photos were taken of the suspect, according to the Centralia Police Department. The case is under investigation.
RETAIL HEIST
• Centralia police were called just after noon yesterday to the 1400 block of Lum Road and then about 40 minutes later to the 100 block of West High Street on reports that two white females and two black males entered stores, stole armfuls of merchandise and fled.
ARROW LANDS IN YARD
• A Chehalis resident called police about 5 p.m. yesterday to report finding an arrow on his back deck at the 1400 block of Southwest Mills Avenue.
VANDALISM
• Chehalis police were contacted just after 1 p.m. yesterday by a property owner from the 700 block of Southwest 20th Street who reported that an estimated $2,000 worth of damage had been done to her fence since December, including holes which may have been made with rocks.
ZOOM, ZOOM
• A 35-year-old Oregon man was arrested for felony eluding after a deputy on routine patrol was passed by a black Volvo estimated to be traveling at 90 to 100 mph on northbound Interstate 5 in Centralia yesterday evening. The deputy activated emergency equipment just after 7 p.m. and pursued the car which was driving recklessly and passing vehicles on the shoulder, but lost sight of it at the milepost 88 interchange, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A witness reported the car turned southbound on the freeway and it was pulled over in front of businesses on Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis, according to the sheriff’s office. The woman in the driver’s seat and a passenger said they had let the driver out along Interstate 5 in Centralia, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. Law enforcement was able to locate their suspect, Justin B. Wall, and booked him into the Lewis County Jail, Breen said. He had an outstanding warrant and had been driving with a suspended license, according to Breen.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vehicle collision, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft … and more among 173 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