BREAK-IN AT HOUSE OF WORSHIP
• Chehalis police called just after midnight to a burglary in progress at a church on the 600 block of Northwest St. Helen’s Avenue located a suspect a short distance away and arrested him. Joshua A. Duncan, 32, from Chehalis, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary, according to the Chehalis Police Department. It wasn’t immediately known if anything was missing, but the building had been “gone through,” according to police.
MISSING MEDS
• A resident a the 1000 block of Southwest 20th Street in Chehalis called police about 9:35 p.m. on Tuesday after returning home to find a window usually left only partially open was wide open and some pain medication was missing.
MISSING ITEMS
• Centralia police were called at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday to the 1000 block of Scammon Creek Road where (unspecified) items were reported stolen from an apartment while the resident was in the hospital.
MISSING WALLET
• Centralia police were alerted about 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday that a wallet had been stolen from the 100 block of West High Street.
POLICE: IMPOSTER REVEALED
• After an individual went into the Centralia Police Department about 11 a.m. on Tuesday to inquire about a warrant in his name, police determined the subject’s brother had given the subject’s information during a traffic stop, according to the Centralia Police Department. A charge of identity theft is being referred to prosecutors in the case, according to police.
CAR PROWL
• Chehalis police were called to a hotel on the 700 block of Northwest Liberty Place about 8:20 p.m. on Tuesday to take a report the rear license plate had been stolen off a vehicle here.
• Chehalis police called about 6:50 p.m. on Tuesday to Stan Hedwall Park on the 1500 block of Rice Road took reports of three vehicle prowls.
• A Smith and Wesson M&P 9mm handgun was stolen from inside a vehicle parked at the 700 block of West First Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 11:15 a.m. on Tuesday.
MISSING WOMAN CENTRALIA
• Centralia police said an officer took a missing person report about 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday on a 56-year-old Centralia woman, Lisa K. Angell. The case is associated with a location on the 600 block of South Diamond Street, according to the Centralia Police Department. Further details were not readily available.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, disorderly conduct, no contact order violation, possession of marijuana, driving under the influence, ; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vandalism, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft, disorderly person … and more among 177 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