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THEFT, THEFT, THEFT
• Chehalis police were called just before 1 p.m. yesterday to the 300 block of Southwest 16th Street to investigate a burglary to a concession stand.
• A license tab was stolen from a vehicle a the 800 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 12:40 p.m. yesterday.
• Centralia police were called to the 100 block of South Tower Avenue at 11:45 a.m. yesterday where they took a report from an individual who said they loaned their cell phone to a male who then walked away with it.
• Police were called at about 11:25 a.m. yesterday regarding a vehicle prowl at the 200 block of Denny Way in Centralia in which various electronics were stolen.
• Chehalis police were called at 1:40 p.m. yesterday regarding a possible burglary to a building at the 2500 block of Northeast Kresky Avenue. It did not appear anything was actually missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
FRAUD
• Chehalis police were contacted about 9:40 a.m. yesterday by an individual who discovered a check someone had written them was returned because of insufficient funds.
DRUGS
• A 19-year-old Centralia resident arrested about 3:20 p.m. yesterday for an outstanding warrant at the 200 block of South Cedar Street in Centralia was also arrested for possession of a controlled substance, Xanax, according to the Centralia Police Department. Reese W. Giddings was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
CAT FREED, NEIGHBOR ARRESTED
• A 67-year-old woman who was allegedly caught on camera going in to her neighbor’s garage to release a feral cat he’d caught with a live trap was arrested for first-degree trespassing. Officers called to the 500 block of North Buckner Street in Centralia at 10:25 a.m. yesterday issued the citation to Nancy M. Laszinski and then released her pending court, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Chehalis police were notified just before 9 a.m. yesterday that graffiti had been spray painted onto a garage at the 600 block of Southwest Chehalis Avenue.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, animal cruelty, violation of no contact order, failure to transfer vehicle title within 45 days; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, civil issue, suspicious circumstances and more among 167 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