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BREAK-IN PACKWOOD
• A deputy was called about 4:45 p.m. on Thursday for a burglary at a vacation home on the 100 block of Tunnel Lane in Packwood. Forced entry was made by prying a door and the house was ransacked, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It occurred on or about June 29 and among the items preliminarily found to be missing were alcohol, food and clothing, according to the sheriff’s office.
OTHER THEFT
• Chehalis police were called about 9 a.m. on Thursday to take a report of a suspected identity theft associated with the 300 block of South Market Boulevard after a 66-year-old woman received a letter requesting more information regarding her application for a retail store credit card. The victim contacted the business to notify them she had not applied for a card, according to the Chehalis Police Department. About a month earlier, the victim had been contacted by another credit card company telling her that her application had been accepted and charges had been made, according to police. The transactions were cancelled, police said.
• A deputy was called to the 300 block of Winston Creek Road about 10:45 a.m. on Thursday to take a report that sometime on Tuesday night, someone siphoned fuel from a boat and a jet ski.
CAR PROWL
• A vehicle prowl was reported at about 10:35 a.m. on Thursday in which the victim found their vehicle had been rummaged through while parked at the 300 block of Harrison Avenue. Nothing was said to be missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police were called to the 400 block of West Magnolia Street in Centralia about 8:15 a.m. on Thursday following the discovery several CDs and a document were stolen from an unlocked vehicle.
DRUGS
• Chehalis police called about 9:30 a.m. on Thursday to a store on the 500 block of South Market Boulevard ended up arresting a woman for an outstanding warrant and for possession of a controlled substance. Amanda B. Smith, 25, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Chehalis police were called to the 10 block of Northeast Park Street about 9:30 a.m. on Thursday following the discovery that someone had vandalized a metal sculpture of a little girl on a bench reading a book by removing the book she held in her hands. The damage to the statue that sits next to the fountain is estimated at $200, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
LOST AND FOUND
• A Kyocera cell phone was turned in as found property to the Centralia Police Department on Thursday, associated with a location on the 100 block of South Silver Street. No contact information was found on the phone, according to police.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, third-degree theft, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence, protection order violation, third-degree domestic malicious mischief; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, misdemeanor theft, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances … and more among 182 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