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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
• Chehalis police called about 2:25 a.m. on Sunday to the 700 block of Northwest St. Helens Avenue for a domestic misdemeanor assault ended up arresting a 24-year-old woman from Astoria, Oregon for third-degree assault as she allegedly attempted to strike an arriving officer. Shandell (no middle initial) Russell was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• A 43-year-old Centralia man who allegedly displayed a weapon during a family dispute with his daughter was arrested after police were called to the 1500 block of Sunset Way at about 2:40 p.m. on Sunday. Alejandro Valencia-Valencia was booked into the Lewis County Jail for unlawful display of a weapon, according to the Centralia Police Department.
THEFT, THEFT, THEFT
• Centralia police were called about 9:10 p.m. on Sunday after three males entered an establishment at the 1000 block of Ellsbury Street and two of them distracted an employee while the third went behind the counter and stole cigars. The subjects fled the scene in a gray sedan, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police called about 8:45 p.m. on Saturday to the 700 block of Harrison Avenue on a report an iPad was stolen from a motel room viewed video surveillance footage and determined a man had entered the room for a short period before exiting with what appeared to the missing item tucked in his waistband.
• A victim of a vehicle theft called in about 11:30 a.m. on Saturday to report he had found his vehicle in Centralia in a case associated with Chestnut and Silver streets, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• An individual reported about 1:30 p.m. on Friday that someone entered his hotel room and stole a bag of shrimp at the 1200 block of Alder Street in Centralia.
FRAUD, FRAUD, FRAUD
• A Centralia woman reported about 10 a.m. on Sunday her discovery that someone made an unauthorized withdrawal from her account of $240 at an ATM on the 400 block of North Market Boulevard in Chehalis.
• Chehalis police were called to a business at the 1500 block of Northwest State Avenue at 6:25 p.m. on Saturday about the possibility a half dozen employees there had experienced bank card fraud.
• Chehalis police were called about 4:05 p.m. on Saturday to take a report from an individual about the suspected unauthorized removal of cash from their account through an ATM at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue.
• Chehalis police were called about 11:05 a.m. on Saturday by an individual who reported someone stole $1,000 from their account via ATMs in Centralia and Lacey.
• Chehalis police were called just before 11 a.m. on Friday by a Chehalis woman who reported the discovery of an unauthorized transaction on her bank card in Lakewood.
VEHICLE PROWL
• Chehalis police were called to the 400 block of Northwest North Street about 1:05 p.m. on Friday to take a report that someone had broken into a car parked in a lot for about a week, messed with the battery and stole the timing belt, the shift knob, some change and jumper cables.
DRUGS
• A 36-year-old man contacted by police about 9 p.m. on Saturday at Chestnut Street and Tower Avenue in Centralia was arrested on an outstanding warrant and for possession of methamphetamine. Russell E. Charnell, a person with no address, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A 34-year-old Centralia man contacted about an outstanding warrant about 8:30 p.m. on Saturday at the 400 block of Denny Way in Centralia was arrested for possession of methamphetamine. Isaiah M. Davis was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Jeffrey A. Brooks, 56, of Centralia, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for driving under the influence after allegedly driving intoxicated and colliding with another vehicle at the 2800 block of Borst Avenue just before 8:30 p.m. on Friday, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, fourth-degree domestic assault, driving without required ignition interlock device; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, trespassing, vandalism, misdemeanor theft, disorderly person, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 439 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