ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Centralia police were called about 5:20 p.m. yesterday to South Pearl and Locust streets where a vehicle hit a pedestrian in a crosswalk and then drove away from the scene. A 17-year-old girl later contacted police and identified herself, according to the Centralia Police Department. A case is being referred to prosecutors for a charge of hit and run, according to police.
THEFT, THEFT, THEFT
• Centralia police were called to the 500 block of South King Street about 6:35 p.m. yesterday where an attempted burglary was reported. A window was broken out where the unknown suspect apparently tried to gain entry, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police were called about 5:05 p.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of Grand Avenue in Centralia where a skateboard, a bicycle and foot scooter had been stolen over the previous several nights.
• A battery operated leaf blower was reported stolen from the 1300 block of View Avenue at about 4:45 p.m. yesterday, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Money was reported stolen by an unknown person from a locked container in the victim’s room at the 1300 block of Alexander Street in Centralia yesterday.
DRUGS
• Centralia police contacted a 40-year-old Olympia man about 8:40 p.m. yesterday at the 1200 block of Alder Street, for driving with a suspended license, they also allegedly found suspected drugs on him. Vince P. Perazzo was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of methamphetamine and referred for a charge of operating a motor vehicle without a required ignition interlock device, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, resisting arrest, probation violation, third-degree theft, possession of stolen vehicle, fourth-degree domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, trespassing, vehicle collision, disorderly person, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances 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