•••
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A 27-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested for driving under the influence after a deputy hearing his story of how an armed hitchhiker stole his car from Seminary Hill Road noticed the victim had slight lacerations to his eyebrow and knuckle and located the 2000 Dodge Neon wrecked on the 100 block of Black Bear Lane. Deputies had been dispatched for the supposed vehicle theft about 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday evening and while talking with the “victim” saw injuries that were consistent with him having been involved in a collision, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Lupe Guadalupe Mendez was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
BURGLARY AND THEFT
• A deputy was called to the 100 block of Sheila Drive in Salkum yesterday following the discovery of a break-in to a shed in which about $3,700 worth of property was stolen, including a 2003 Honda 250 ATV, a Stihl chainsaw, an impact gun, a five-gallon gas can and a 1000-watt Coleman generator, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• Chehalis police were called to investigate a second-degree theft about 11:15 .m. yesterday associated with the 800 block of Southwest 19th Street.
• Chehalis police were called about 10 a.m.yesterday for a second-degree burglary on the 2000 block of Southwest Salsbury Avenue.
• A 52-year-old woman reported on Tuesday evening that three mountain bikes were stolen from where they had been chained to a lean-to on the 100 block of Sand Creek Drive in Glenoma. The loss is estimated at $10,000, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• Centralia police were called about 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday to the 1700 block of Harrison Avenue regarding the theft of a Bluetooth speaker from residence.
• Chehalis police were called about 6:40 p.m. on Tuesday to a vacant and uninhabitable home on the 2100 block of Southwest Salsbury Avenue for a break-in.
• Centralia police were called to the 900 block of South Tower Avenue at about 12:40 p.m. on Tuesday on a report of multiple items taken out of a locked shed.
• Police were called to the 200 block of West Center Street in Centralia about 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday after two males entered a business and stole a wallet off of a desk and ran out the door. Victim called back advising someone was attempting to use his credit cards in Tumwater, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VEHICLE THEFT
• A deputy was dispatched about 12:50 p.m. on Tuesday when a 21-year-old Olympia man discovered his motorcycle had been stolen after he ran out of gas and parked it near the intersection of Conrad and Pleasant Valley roads. Missing is a red 2005 Kawasaki ZX636 valued at about $6,500, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The owner went to get fuel and when he returned, it was gone, according to the sheriff’s office.
GETTING HIGH OUTSIDE
• An adult female was issued a notice of infraction for smoking marijuana in public about 5:37 p.m. yesterday at the 100 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, probation violation, trespassing, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, protection order violation, driving without required ignition interlock device; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft, misdemeanor assault, receipt of counterfeit bills … and more among 299 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 48-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter