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AXE SCARE
• At approximately 10 a.m. today, the school in Oakville was placed on lockdown because of a report of a male walking in the area carrying an axe and yelling. Law enforcement responded and detained the 30-year-old Oregon resident, according to the Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office. He had not made any direct threats and appeared to be having mental health issues, according to the sheriff’s office. The man, who was in the area visiting family, was taken into protective custody and transported to the hospital to be evaluated by a mental health professional.
THEFT
• Four vehicles were prowled in the area of 600 South Cedar Street in Centralia, according to reports made to police about 9:25 a.m. on Saturday. Pictures were taken of the subject, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called about 10:40 a.m. on Friday to the 700 block of Northwest Liberty Place where a hotel customer said that items including a bankcard were taken from her wallet in her room, after she went to bed and locked the deadbolt.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police were called to the 1200 block of West Chestnut Street following the discovery on Friday morning that during the night, the driver’s side window of a vehicle parked in the driveway had been broken.
ASSAULT INVESTIGATION
• Centralia police reported on Saturday morning they were investigating an alleged assault reported to them about 12:40 p.m. on Friday, in a case associated with the 300 block of West Chestnut Street.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, reckless driving, third-degree theft, malicious mischief, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence, fourth-degree domestic assault, failure to transfer vehicle title, violation of protection / no contact order, failure to obey law enforcement officer, refusing to comply with law enforcement officer; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, trespassing, hit and run, civil issue, vehicle collision, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances and more among 399 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter