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WANTED PERSON TRACKED BY K-9
• A police dog was summoned and nearby schools alerted after a 34-year-old man fled his residence on the 100 block of Jalyn Street as police arrived about 10:20 a.m. yesterday. The K-9 tracked to an area near an apartment complex on Mount Vista Road and Joshua D. Johnson was subsequently located inside an apartment, according to the Centralia Police Department. Johnson was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Lewis County Jail for an outstanding warrant and possession of methamphetamine, according to police.
CAR PROWL
• Chehalis police called to the 500 block of Northwest St. Helens Avenue just before 5 p.m. yesterday learned that during the night, someone had prowled three locked vehicles. Door handles were broken on two of them and stolen were a Pioneer stereo and subwoofer, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Centralia police were called to the 1400 block of Johnson Road about 11:50 a.m. yesterday when a witness reported seeing a man open the door of a vehicle and remove something, before leaving in another vehicle. A wallet was stolen from the victim’s vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Chehalis police were contacted about 11:45 a.m. yesterday regarding a vehicle prowl. Further details were not available.
DOMESTIC ASSAULT
• Officers were called to the 1400 block of Maple Valley Drive about 4:30 p.m. yesterday where a 32-year-old man had allegedly pushed a female and later stole her backpack from her parked vehicle. Police found the backpack a short distance away but were unable to locate their suspect, according to the Centralia Police Department. A summons has been sent to the suspect, a Centralia man, for fourth-degree domestic assault and third-degree theft, according to police.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, third-degree theft, reckless endangerment, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, trespassing, civil issue, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 144 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