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KNIFE ASSAULT
• Police arrested a 50-year-old Centralia man who allegedly cut his roommate with a knife during an argument at the 400 block of East Pine Street on Saturday night. Officers called about 8:40 p.m. booked Martin T. Rodriquez into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault, according to the Centralia Police Department. The injury to the victim was non-life threatening, according to police.
• Centralia police were contacted about 9:40 a.m. on Friday by an individual who reported her boyfriend held a knife to her throat and stabbed the knife into the bed at the 300 block of Noel Avenue. The suspect fled the scene when police were called, but is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VEHICLE THEFT
• Centralia police were called to the 500 block of South Diamond Street just after 3 p.m. on Sunday where the owner of a blue 2005 Kia Spectra reported it had been stolen that afternoon. The missing vehicle has license plate reading AQA 4547, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A white 2005 Ford F650 was reported stolen from a business at the 1600 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia at about 9:50 a.m. on Saturday. This case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
YARD THEFT
• Centralia police were called to the 2500 block of Fords Prairie Avenue about 8:40 a.m. on Saturday where an individual reported his chainsaw was stolen from outside his residence sometime the day before.
ID THEFT
• A 45-year-old Vancouver man was arrested for second-degree identity theft on Sunday afternoon after allegedly providing officers with the social security number of his ex-wife when contacted at the 1400 block of Mellen Street in Centralia. Stewart J. Fring was also booked into the Lewis County Jail for an outstanding DOC felony warrant, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• A 46-year-old Chehalis resident arrested for driving on a suspended license just before 1 p.m. on Sunday at Woodland Avenue and Alder Street in Centralia was also arrested for possession of methamphetamine. Kristopher P. Dunn was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Chehalis police called about 6:50 p.m. on Saturday about a suspected shoplifter at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue were booking the suspect into the Lewis County Jail when a pill was found, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The 26-year-old from McCleary is facing a possible charge of possession of a controlled substance, according to police.
• A 35-year-old woman arrested for allegedly punching her boyfriend several times during a dispute over money at the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia at about 3:30 p.m. on Saturday was allegedly then found in possession of methamphetamine. Keona M. Crawford, of Lakewood, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Officers called about 1 p.m. on Friday to the 900 block of Northwest Pennsylvania Avenue in Chehalis referred a case involving a woman in her mid-20s to prosecutors for a potential charge of unlawful inhalation, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The subject was taken to the hospital, according to police.
VANDALISM
• Chehalis police were called to the 1000 block of Southwest 20th Street about 6:50 p.m. on Friday to take a report of a scratch on a vehicle.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, driving with no license, driving with suspended license, third-degree theft, disorderly conduct, protection order violation, fourth-degree domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, civil issue, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft … and more among 404 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter