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MAN ATTEMPTS TO FLEE COURT, WARRANT

• A man at Chehalis Municipal Court for a hearing yesterday afternoon fled the building, past officers waiting in the lobby alerted to the fact he had an outstanding warrant. The 28-year-old Shelton resident was pursued and detained, then booked into the Lewis County Jail for escape, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Suspected methamphetamine was allegedly then found on Christopher A. Tinnerstet so he was booked for that as well, according to police.

THEFT

• Centralia police were called to the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue about 8:35 p.m. yesterday to take a report from a male who said someone entered his room and stole “his property,” according to the Centralia Police Department.

ROUGH SHOPLIFTERS

• Centralia police were called about 6:45 p.m. yesterday after a retail store employee who tried to stop shoplifting suspects was shoved out of the way at the 100 block of West High Street. Police say four subjects stole several bags of merchandise. Because of the physical contact, instead of being sought for shoplifting, the suspects will be sought for robbery, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FRAUD

• Chehalis police were contacted about 8:45 a.m. yesterday by an individual who reported fraudulent activity on her bankcard, with two withdrawals made in Seattle from the Chehalis resident’s account, while she had physical possession of the card.

• Chehalis police were contacted about 9:30 a.m. yesterday by a person who reported fraudulent charges on their bank account which occurred several days earlier.

CAR PROWL

• An individual reported  about 8:35 p.m. yesterday that someone took speakers out of his vehicle while it was parked in a lot at the 2300 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia.

VANDALISM

• Graffiti to a garage at the 600 block of North Washington Avenue in Centralia was reported about 9:35 a.m. yesterday.

WARRANT SWEEP

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports they teamed up with other agencies yesterday to make 50 attempts at picking people up on outstanding warrants. With help from the Washington State Patrol, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Washington State Department of Corrections and the Morton Police Department, officers located and arrested three individuals with felony warrants and 10 with misdemeanor warrants, according to the sheriff’s office. While the main focus of the day was related to the Sixteenth Annual National Domestic Violence Warrant Sweep, other types of warrants were also attempted, sheriff’s Chief Deputy Dusty Breen stated in a press release. The Centralia Police Department logged four arrests for outstanding municipal court warrants yesterday. The Lewis County Jail’s online roster shows one person booked in the past 24 hours in connection with a domestic violence warrant.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for trespassing; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, protection order violation … and more among 183 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

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