DEPUTIES FIND WANTED MAN HIDING IN BEDROOM
• Deputies ended up Tazing a man who allegedly punched them as he was being arrested yesterday afternoon in Onalaska. Deputies went to a home on the 100 block of Third Street East about 3:30 p.m. yesterday looking for a person wanted on several outstanding warrants, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. After a 44-year-old woman said he wasn’t there, but allowed them to look around, he was found in an upstairs bedroom, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning. The 21-year-old Salkum man refused to cooperate and began assaulting the deputies, Brown said. His case is being referred for possible charges of third-degree assault and resisting arrest. The woman, Jacqueline L. Benard, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for obstruction.
MAN PULLS GUN ON PAIR AT PARK
• Chehalis police weren’t able to find anybody after a report on Friday night a man came out of some bushes at Penny Playground, began yelling at a pair of 20-year-old men in a car there and pulled a handgun out of his pants. Chehalis detective Sgt. Rick McNamara said the Chehalis men were making some phone calls when it happened. The man, who headed toward 13th Street, was described as being about 6 feet tall and in his mid-to late 20s, McNamara said.
THIEVES REPEATEDLY TAKING POWER CORDS FROM FREEWAY JOB SITE
• A deputy took a report yesterday of about 450 feet of power cord getting stolen from where it was being used in a work area along Interstate 5 in Centralia. Sometime between Friday and Monday, several lengths of the cord – connected to pumps – went missing, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The supervisor from Tri-State Construction said it has happened several times over the past few months, mostly on weekends. The sheriff’ office is asking anyone with information to contact Lewis County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-748-6422.
CAR PROWL
• A cell phone and a camera were taken from a vehicle on the 1400 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 3:30 yesterday afternoon.
VANDALISM
• Police were called around noontime yesterday about a vehicle window smashed out on the 1600 block of South Gold Street in Centralia.
RACING CARS
• Centralia police issued a citation to a driver spotted racing another motorist northbound on Tower Avenue about 9 o’clock last night. Brandon J. Weber, 25, of Centralia, was ticketed, according to the Centralia Police Department. The other car wasn’t found, police reported.
DRUGS
• A 22-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and an outstanding warrant after contact with a police officer about 10:50 a.m. yesterday on the 1300 block of Lakeshore Drive in Centralia. Spencer R. Barney was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CHEHALIS MAN BOOKED FOR TOUCHING 14-YEAR-OLD
• Chehalis police arrested a 51-year-old Chehalis man on Sunday night following a report he inappropriately touched a 14-year-old girl at a Chehalis church several days earlier. Kurt B. Hartman was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree child molestation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
CHIMNEY FIRE IN CENTRALIA
• Firefighters spent about an hour last night at a Centralia home putting out a chimney fire. Riverside Fire Authority called about 9:30 p.m. to the Eshom Road residence put water inside the fireplace insert but found it continued to burn higher inside the chimney. They then attacked it from the roof with their “chimney nozzle”, according to Fire Capt. Greg Schwartz.
BAD CIRCUIT BREAKER SPARKED WEDNESDAY ROCHESTER HOUSE FIRE
• A fire on Wednesday that burned part of a Rochester home and destroyed its garage as well as a travel trailer appeared to be caused by an electrical issue in the trailer, according to West Thurston Regional Fire Authority Chief Robert Scott. The chief said the early morning blaze on the 13,000 block of Southwest 188th Avenue was related to a bad circuit breaker. Four people were displaced by the fire that burned the upper part of the single-story house and left substantial smoke damage.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter