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VEHICLE THEFT
• Chehalis police called to the 2100 block of North National Avenue about 8:35 a.m. yesterday learned someone had returned a Penske rental truck and it was missing it’s battery and turned out to have been stolen in Las Vegas.
• A 21-year-old Tumwater resident was arrested after he was allegedly found in possession of a stolen vehicle and methamphetamine during contact with police at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia at about 12:45 a.m. yesterday. Colin C. Wolf was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
FRAUD
• Centralia police contacted about 11:45 a.m. yesterday in a case associated with the 1100 block of Marion Street took a report from an individual who said she received a phone bill that was nearly a thousand dollars. The phone company was alerted and is investigating the charges, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police contacted an individual about 12:40 p.m. on Tuesday at the 700 block of J Street who reported she was duped into sharing her credit card information over the phone.
BREAK-IN
• Centralia police were called just before 9:30 p.m. yesterday to the 800 block of Johnson Road where an unknown person had cut the lock to an outbuilding and unlawfully entered the building.
ASSAULT
• Chehalis police were called to the 1200 block of Bishop Road about 1:10 p.m. yesterday after a man using a walker allegedly punched a nurse in the face. The victim chose not to press charges, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
HOUSE FIRE CENTRALIA
• The cause of a fire early yesterday morning that displaced three residents at the 2000 block of Seminary Hill Road in Centralia is under investigation, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Crews dispatched about 4:17 a.m. arrived to find flames showing through the roof of the home and quickly contained the blaze to the roof and kitchen, according to the fire department. The occupants had called 911 after seeing flames from the ceiling of the kitchen and were able to get out without injury, according to Fire Capt. Casey McCarthy. The Chehalis Fire Department, Lewis County Fire District 6, Thurston County Fire District 16 and the Red Cross assisted, according to McCarthy.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, hit and run, driving with suspended license, protection order violation, fourth-degree domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, trespassing, hit and run, civil issue, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft, indecent exposure and more among 266 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 48-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter