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ASSAULT
• Chehalis police making a welfare check at the 1300 block of Northwest River Street about 2:20 p.m. yesterday conducted an investigation and this morning made an arrest for second-degree assault. Further details were not available today.
BREAK-IN CHEHALIS
• Police were called about 6:25 p.m. yesterday for a burglary at the 300 block of Southwest Riverside Drive in Chehalis in which someone cut a chain on a gate, entered an impound lot and entered at least four vehicles, removing at least one battery.
THEFT
• A black Nissan 300Z stolen out of Portland was located in a parking lot at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis following an investigation after a shoplifting suspect getting booked at the jail yesterday was found to have car titles for Oregon vehicles in his pocket as well as “smoothed” keys. He said he’d purchased vehicles at an auction, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Christopher R. Brown, 26, from Warrenton, Oregon, was booked for third-degree theft, and also for possession of a stolen vehicle, according to police.
• Chehalis police were called to the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue at 9:35 a.m. yesterday for an apparent first-degree theft. Further details were not available today.
• Centralia police were called to the 800 block of West First Street at about 8:25 a.m. yesterday where the window of a business had broken out and several items were stolen.
DRINKING OUTDOORS
• Three subjects were issued notice of infractions for open container and/or consuming liquor in public at the 700 block of B Street in Centralia, at about 8:45 p.m. yesterday, according to the Centralia Police Department.
MOTORIST PINNED
• Centralia police were called to the 600 block of Harrison Avenue about 8:25 p.m. yesterday when a male who was trying to push his vehicle into a parking space ended up ended up pinned between his vehicle and another. It had started to roll downhill and he tried pushing on it to stop it, according to the Centralia Police Department. Witnesses rolled the vehicle back, freeing the owner, according to police.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, disorderly conduct, violation of no contact order, third-degree theft, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, harassment, trespassing, civil issue, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances … 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