MAN ARRESTED AFTER AMBER ALERT CHARGED WITH ASSAULT OF ADULT MALE
• The 34-year-old father who was tracked down by authorities on Tuesday after an Amber Alert was issued when he fled Chehalis with his child was charged yesterday with one count of second-degree assault. The victim is an adult male Dustin Reed allegedly backed into with his car as he left the office of the Human Response Network on Tuesday morning. The man, a friend of the child’s mother, sustained what police described as a minor injury to his leg. Police said the man stood behind Reed’s car to prevent it from leaving. Lewis County Prosecutor Jonathan Meyer said yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court Reed made eye contact with the victim before hitting him. Although Reed was accused of grabbing his 4-year-old son out of the mother’s arms and tossing him roughly into the car before fleeing, he was not arrested for kidnapping. Chehalis Police Chief Glenn Schaffer said the reason for the Amber Alert was more about the manner in which he left with the boy. The mother had gone to HRN to get a protection order in place against Reed, after Reed pushed his way into her Napavine home the night before, according to Schaffer. Reed was reportedly on antidepressants and had access to weapons, police said. Reed, a Lewis County native, is in the Army and lives in Fort Knox, Kentucky. He is home on leave. The child was unharmed when police in Bonney Lake took Reed into custody about 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Judge Richard Brosey set bail at $25,000 yesterday. Reed qualified for a court-appointed attorney because of his indigent status. Defense attorney Bob Schroeter said his client’s income is $1,600 a month.
DISORDERLY MAN JAILED
• A 23-year-old Centralia man was arrested for disorderly conduct after contact with police about 11:45 p.m. last night at the 100 block of Railroad Avenue in Centralia. Ryan E. Wagner was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CREDIT CARD FRAUD
• Centralia police were called about 10:30 a.m. yesterday to the 600 block of K Street about somebody using somebody else’s credit card to purchase items on the Internet.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter