Sheriff’s Office: Highway robbery nets cell phone for pedestrian wielding writing instrument

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – A Chehalis teen lost his baseball cap and cell phone to a stranger who got into his vehicle at a East Lewis County intersection yesterday evening and frightened him with a pen.

The 17-year-old motorist told law enforcement that when he pulled up to an intersection on U.S. Highway 12 at Mossyrock, a man approached and said he wanted a ride, which the teen allowed, because the man’s demeanor made him think the man might have had a weapon, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

The teenager said as they traveled westbound, the passenger indicated while holding a pen, he could stab the teenager in the throat and then asked for his cell phone and its password, according to the sheriff’s office. He complied, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said

When they pulled into a business at the 100 block of U.S. Highway 12 at about 7:40 p.m., the 17-year-old Chehalis boy got out and went for help while the passenger fled, according to Breen.

The Centralia Police Department and the Washington State Patrol subsequently located a suspect at a business on the 900 block of Harrison Avenue and Adam R. Brown, a 32-year-old with no address, was arrested for first-degree robbery, Breen said. Brown was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

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3 Responses to “Sheriff’s Office: Highway robbery nets cell phone for pedestrian wielding writing instrument”

  1. Exceptionally Normal says:

    It must have been a Sharpie.

  2. Exceptionally Normal says:

    I’m thinking of the movie theater scene with Bob Balabin in Midnight Cowboy.

  3. BobbyinLC says:

    This poor kid. At 17 he is still just a kid, even though we all thought we were grown up at 17. This must have been a little unnerving.