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HUNTER’S DEATH UNDER INVESTIGATION
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said yesterday they are investigating the death of a Tacoma man in the Ashford area from over the weekend. Two men had been in the area hunting and one returned to their truck, saying he was tired, according to the sheriff’s office. When his partner got back to the vehicle, he found the 40-year-old deceased in the cab of the truck and called 911 about 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey said. Nothing appeared to be suspicious, according to Kimsey. The sheriff’s office is awaiting information from the coroner’s office, according to Kimsey. The Lewis County Coroner’s Office today identified the hunter as Trinity Drennen and said a determination on his cause of death is pending the results of toxicology tests.
MISSING WOMAN IN FOREST TURNS UP SAFE
• An overdue mushroom picker reported missing about 4:25 p.m. on Saturday in the area of Packwood Lake off of Snyder Road walked out to a road and was found by family about 5:30 p.m. the same day. The 44-year-old woman from King County was uninjured, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
WATER RESCUE
• A Zodiac inflatable boat was deployed into the Chehalis River near Galvin after an approximately 4:20 p.m. 911 call on Sunday when a teenage boy was swept into the water. The 17-year-old had been fishing off of Sheridan Road and as he was crossing the river, got “swept out” but was able to make it to the bank, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A witness called for help and deputies, Riverside Fire Authority and the Chehalis Fire Department responded, according to the sheriff’s office. The young man was picked up and then transported to Providence Centralia Hospital to checked out for any possible injuries, according to sheriff’s Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey.
BURGLARY WITH VANDALISM
• Police were called to the 1200 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia about 4:40 p.m. yesterday where someone had broken into a residence and spray painted on the walls.
THEFT
• Centralia police were contacted about 5:55 p.m. yesterday to take a report of medication stolen in a case associated with the 200 block of West Reynolds Avenue.
FAKE BILL
• Chehalis police were called to a fast food establishment on the 1700 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue about 2:30 p.m. yesterday after a customer in the drive though attempted to pay with a counterfeit $100 bill. She came up with another way to pay for her item(s) but officers are investigating, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
UNDERAGE DRINKING
• Centralia police called about 8:25 a.m. yesterday to the 800 block of Eshom Road are referring are referring cases to prosecutors involving three youngsters for charges of minor in possession of alcohol and supplying liquor to minors.
VANDALISM
• Vandalism to a “storage box” was reported to Centralia police about 7:45 a.m. today at the 1200 block of West First Street.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, protection order violation, fourth-degree domestic assault, interfering with domestic violence reporting; responses for alarm, civil issue, vehicle collision, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft and more among 145 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