FIVE TREATED AT SCENE OF SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT IN ROCHESTER
• KIROTV.com reports a car and a school bus collided in Rochester this afternoon.
STRANGER ATTACKS TEEN ON WAY TO SCHOOL, TEEN REPORTS
• Chehalis police reported this morning they took a report on Friday from a 14-year-old boy who said a strange male with a knife ran up and knocked him down near South Market Boulevard and 20th Street as he was on his way to school. He said he didn’t know the individual who pushed him, pointed a knife at him and never said a word, police Sgt. Rick McNamara said today. “That’s what he’s telling us,” McNamara said. “And nothing was said, which is really strange.” The boy was left with what McNamara described as small scratch.
MEN AND THEIR TOOLS
• Three men were jailed after a fight with metal pipes broke out on the 1200 block of Elzina Street in Chehalis about noon on Saturday. It started with two brothers, a neighbor and a disagreement over a tool or tools, according to Chehalis police. The brothers were arrested for assaulting Paul E. Peterson, 43, of Chehalis, but as officer arrived, Peterson was returning with a pipe of his own, police Sgt. Rick McNamara said. Nobody ended up with life-threatening injuries but Eric B.J. Maggard, 28, of Toledo, was arrested for first-degree assault; Steven A. Maggard, 39, of Chehalis, was arrested for second-degree assault and Peterson was arrested for second-degree assault, according to McNamara. However, potential charges against the trio were put on hold today pending further investigation.
DRUGS
• Centralia police arrested a 19-year-old for possession of methamphetamine after contact with an officer about 5:15 a.m. today at the 1100 block of West Main Street. James V. Mitchell, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police arrested a man for possession of methamphetamine after he was contacted by an officer about 11:45 p.m. last night about sleeping in the post office on the 200 block of Centralia College Boulevard. Anthony E. Winge, 22, of Tacoma, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A 29-year-old Centralia man was arrested very early Sunday morning for possession of methamphetamine and heroin after police contact just before 1 a.m. on the 800 block of North Tower Avenue. Michael R. Ward was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
THEFTS
• Centralia police took a report about 3 p.m. on Saturday of the theft of an ATV from business on the 300 block of South Tower Avenue. It is a green Yamaha Kodiak, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police were called about 9:20 p.m. Friday to the 900 block of Johnson Road in Centralia where a car stereo and three baseball mitts were stolen from a vehicle. A side window was smashed out, according to police.
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Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter