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FRAUD
• Chehalis police were called about 4 p.m. yesterday by a resident who discovered a fraudulent charge on her credit card account occurring at a business on the 1500 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue.
• Police were called about 5 p.m. yesterday after an individual learned a check they had received was fraudulent in a case associated with the 2000 block of Northeast Kresky Avenue.
STOLEN HOME RECOVERED
• The Chehalis Police Department said yesterday an investigation into the 26-foot travel trailer that was reported stolen from Wal-Mart’s parking lot on Tuesday night – with everything the victim owned inside of it – revealed a tow company had impounded the wrong trailer. It was to be returned to the 60-year-old owner who had left it parked there for less than an hour, according to police.
RYDERWOOD GARAGE FIRE SPREADS TO HOME
• A fire that caused extensive damage to a house and destroyed a garage in Ryderwood is under investigation, according to Cowlitz-Lewis Fire District 20. Chief Richard Underdahl said crews called to the 100 block of Monroe Street about 3:35 a.m. on Wednesday found the detached garage fully involved in flames and extending to the residence through a breezeway. The fire also threatened neighboring properties on both sides, according to Underdahl. The occupants got out unhurt but one individual running to the scene fell and suffered a minor injury to her face, according to the chief. Firefighters entered the residence and retrieved personal property for the home’s owners, saving as much as they could. Five neighboring departments joined in battling the blaze in work that that continued for almost 10 hours, according to Underdahl. Fire investigators from Cowlitz County Fire District 2 were contacted and responded to the scene.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespass, drug violation, probation violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances and more among 142 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.
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Six fire departments worked together to extinguish a blaze on Monroe Street in Ryderwood on Wednesday. / Courtesy photo by Cowlitz-Lewis Fire District 20
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter