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ASSAULT
• Centralia police called to the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue about 7:15 a.m. yesterday arrested a 61-year-old man who allegedly assaulted his significant other and prevented her from leaving a residence. Timothy R. Griffith was booked into the Lewis County Jail for unlawful imprisonment and fourth-degree domestic assault, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called to Green Hill School on the 300 block of Southwest 11th Street about 8:50 a.m. yesterday to take a report of an incident that occurred on Dec. 16 in which a 16-year-old student-inmate allegedly punched a staff member in the face. A case is being forwarded to prosecutors for a charge of custodial assault, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
DISTURBANCE
• A 33-year-old Centralia man who allegedly caused a disturbance at the 2400 block of West Reynolds Avenue in Centralia, which was reported about 12:15 p.m. yesterday, was arrested. Jason R. Ferris was booked into the Lewis County Jail for interference with a health care facility, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VEHICLE THEFT
• A 2005 GMC Sierra reported missing about 7:50 a.m. yesterday from the 1800 block of South Market Boulevard in Chehalis turned up around 2:25 p.m. with a broken window at Southwest John Street and Pacific Avenue in Chehalis, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
CAR PROWL
• Centralia police were called just after 9 p.m. yesterday regarding hairdressing equipment stolen from an unlocked vehicle that was parked at a business on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue.
• Chehalis police were called just after 1 p.m. yesterday to the 1300 block of Northwest River Street where someone had broken windows out of two vehicles.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, drug violation, third-degree theft, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, civil issue, vehicle collision, 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