CAR CRIMES
• A deputy called yesterday evening to check out an abandoned vehicle found on a dirt road off Beck Road near Centralia-Alpha Road discovered it had been stolen out of Centralia. The ignition had been removed from the red 1987 Honda, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The car, with an estimated $2,000 damage, was turned over to its owner.
• An officer was called to the Lewis County Mall yesterday afternoon after a the owner of a 1990 Mustang convertible discovered somebody had been messing with her car. The steering column was torn up, according to Chehalis police.
• A 15-year-old Chehalis boy was arrested yesterday after somebody spotted a “kid” inside a woman’s car in Chehalis. The stereo had been torn out but was still there, according to police. An officer called about 1:15 p.m. to the 100 block of North Market Boulevard ended up arresting a suspect for vehicle prowl and malicious mischief, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
DRUGS
• Centralia police were called about 11 p.m. last night to a shoplifting incident at the 500 block of South Tower Avenue and ended up arresting the subject for possession if methamphetamine. Jonathan R. Lambert, 23, of Centralia, was booked into the lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter