VEHICLE SLIDES OFF ROAD INTO TREE
• A driver and her young child were hospitalized early this morning after a single-vehicle accident on Jackson Highway near Rush Road, according to Lewis County Fire District 5. She lost control in the snow and her vehicle traveled some 15 to 20 feet down an embankment and came to rest against a tree, according to Fire Firefighter Brad Bozarth. The injuries to the woman and girl, who is about 4 years old, did not require advanced life support transport, according to Bozarth.
ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING SUSPECT FOUND IN CENTRALIA
• The 29-year-old man wanted for allegedly punching his ex-girlfriend several times and dragging her out of her Rochester home on Monday night was arrested last night when he was stopped in Centralia for a traffic violation. Juan E. Mejia, of Centralia, was handed over to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office after an officer pulled him over about 9:40 p.m. near G and West Seventh streets in Centralia, according to police. He was first cited for third-degree driving on a suspended license, according to the Centralia Police Department. Mejia was being sought on suspicion of second-degree kidnapping and first-degree burglary.
DUMPSTER ARSON SOLVED, POLICE SAY
• Centralia police jailed a man yesterday for a dumpster fire they believe he set a year or so ago near the Rent-A-Center off Borst Avenue. Charles A. Riggs, age and hometown not readily available, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree arson, according to police.
TEEN SPITS AT POLICE OFFICER
• A 17-year-old Chehalis boy was arrested for third-degree assault after he allegedly spit on a Chehalis police officer trying to bring him into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center last night. Officers called about 6 p.m. to the home on Southwest Chehalis Avenue because the teenager was out of control arrested him for three counts of misdemeanor assault, according to the Chehalis Police Department. At the detention center he tried to run away and then spit on the officer, leading to a fourth offense, according to Deputy Chief Randy Kaut.
DRUGS
• Centralia police found a 20-year-old Doty resident in possession of methamphetamine when they arrested her last night on a Centralia Municipal Court warrant. Bobbi J. Brooks was booked into the Lewis County Jail for both issues after contact with an officer just before midnight on the 200 block of North Tower Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter