CHIMNEY FIRE
• Firefighters were called about 6:30 p.m. yesterday to a home on the 100 block of Joppish Road in Centralia when flames escaped through an older chimney and got into the framework around it. One of the four individuals at the house took a garden hose to it and began pulling away some boards, but the fire still left an estimated $25,000 damage, according to Riverside Fire Authority Capt. Greg Schwartz.
ASSAULTS
• A 31-year-old Chehalis man who was jailed for allegedly slapping a fellow patron of the Star Tavern on the back of the head – misdemeanor assault – early Tuesday found himself arrested again last night for allegedly spitting on a jail guard. Chehalis police were called over to the Lewis County Jail about 10 p.m. and arrested inmate Kyle E. Connors for third-degree assault – a felony, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called about 12:20 p.m. yesterday to a home where a teenager showed up and chased his 17-year-old acquaintance through the house and allegedly kicked and punched him. The subject then took $60 on his way out of the residence on the 300 block of Southeast Valley View Way, according to Chehalis police. No arrest had been made as of this morning and police were “still trying to figure out what the deal was,” according to Deputy Chief Randy Kaut.
THEFT
• Centralia police were called about 10:30 a.m. yesterday about money stolen from a business on the 2800 block of Russell Road.
• Centralia police were called just before 10 p.m. last night about money stolen from a residence on the 100 block of Virginia Drive.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter