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BURGLARY CINEBAR
• Law enforcement officers seized a red Honda suspected to have been left behind after a stranger was seen leaving an 80-year-old Cinebar woman’s residence with items belonging to her in his hands last night. Deputies called to the 100 block of Panisco Road found the suspect car in a neighbor’s driveway and called for a police dog to attempt a track, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A list of missing household items is being compiled and the car will be searched, according to the sheriff’s office.
UNPAID BILL
• Officers called to the 1000 block of Eckerson Road in Centralia about 12:15 p.m. yesterday investigated two individuals allegedly leaving the motel without paying their bill after staying there for months. Cases of defrauding an innkeeper are being referred to prosecutors for the 28-year-old Centralia man and 24-year-old Chehalis woman, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VEHICLE PROWL
• Someone pried a window of a recreational vehicle parked at the 600 block of Northwest St. Helens Street, got inside and rummaged around, according to a report made to Chehalis police just after 9 a.m. yesterday. Missing is a black 30-foot long power cord, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
FRAUD
• The fraudulent use of a debit card was reported about 10:30 a.m. yesterday at the 100 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia. An investigation is ongoing, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called to the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard just after 9 a.m. yesterday to investigate an apparent fraudulent prescription which had been dropped off.
HIDE AND SEEK
• Police attempting to arrest 24-year-old Centralia man for outstanding warrants about noon yesterday ended up arresting him also for trespassing because he allegedly ran from officers and hid in a fully fenced yard at the 600 block of South Rock Street in Centralia. Nathaniel A. Cheney was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, protection order violation, driving with suspended license, fourth-degree domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, trespassing, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor assault … and more among 161 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