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BAT ATTACK
• Chehalis police were called about 6:45 p.m. yesterday to a business at the 1800 block of North National Avenue for a second-hand report of a female with a cut on her forehead who had said she was assaulted with a baseball bat. An arriving officer observed a gash near the woman’s hairline, but the woman, who said it occurred elsewhere, did not want to pursue giving a detailed report, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
BARN BURGLED
• A deputy was called about 8:25 a.m. yesterday to the 400 block of Jarvis Road near Mossyrock for a burglary to a barn. Tools and fencing equipment had been stolen between 7 a.m. on Sept. 6 and 7:30 a.m. yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
WHEELS STOLEN
• Centralia police were called just before 11 p.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of South Gold Street for a theft of four wheels and tires from a vehicle. Officers were told a white Ford Ranger was a suspect vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department. Missing are four-bolt Honda wheels. Two of the tires were “racing slicks,” according to police.
CAR PROWL
• Chehalis police were called to the 700 block of Southwest Chehalis Avenue about 6:30 a.m. today for a vehicle prowl, in which a wallet was stolen from the unlocked vehicle. Chehalis officers went on to investigate three other car prowls this morning, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• A deputy was called about 10:35 p.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Hannah Lane outside Chehalis for a vehicle prowl.
VANDALISM
• Chehalis police were called about 1:45 p.m. yesterday by the owner of a car at the 300 block of Southwest Third Street who said his back window had been broken out within the previous 90 minutes.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A bicyclist was taken to the hospital for evaluation with apparent minor injuries after a collision with a motor vehicle at the 900 block of Harrison Avenue where it intersects with Interstate 5 yesterday afternoon. officers called o the scene about 3:55 p.m. are still investigating, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, third-degree theft, driving under the influence, third-degree malicious mischief; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, trespassing, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor assault … and more among 153 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