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INCARCERATED DEFENDANTS RUN OUT OF COURTROOM
• A corrections deputy had four inmates in Lewis County District Court yesterday when two of them ran off, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. One was recaptured in the building by court and sheriff’s office personnel, according to the sheriff’s office. The other was caught a few blocks away from the courthouse, according to sheriff’s Chief Deputy Dusty Breen. It happened about 1:45 p.m. Kodey Lee Howard, 28, of Winlock, and Tanner David Jacobson, 22, of Onalaska are facing felony escape charges, Breen said.
FRAUD
• Centralia police just after 3 p.m. yesterday took a report associated with the 200 block of West Reynolds Street in which approximately $6,500 in counterfeit checks had been used to deposit money in different bank accounts in various banks. All but approximately $1,800 was returned to the victim by their home bank, according to the Centralia Police Department. The case is under investigation.
• Fraudulent activity was reported in which the reporting party had her bank account accessed by an unknown suspect who used her debit card information to obtain money from an ATM machine, in a case reported about 2:35 p.m. yesterday associated with a location on the 100 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. There are no suspects, police indicated this morning.
VANDALISM
• Chehalis police were contacted about noon yesterday by an individual who reported when they returned to their car after coming out of Wal-Mart at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue, they found it covered in silly string. The next day, however, they discovered also their Kia Sorento had a large dent in the hood, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Police are investigating.
NAKED PICTURE REPORT
• A 15-year-old girl and her mother reported just before 5 p.m. yesterday that an unknown male had sent a nude photo of himself on a social media application, according to the Centralia Police Department. The picture was no longer available due to the type of application it was, according to police.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Centralia police responded to an approximately 8:45 a.m. call yesterday at South Tower Avenue and Cherry Street in which a log truck was trying to make a left turn at an intersection and clipped the front end of another vehicle with its trailer.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, no contact order violation, fourth-degree domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, misdemeanor theft, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor assault … and more among 139 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