DRUGS
• A 24-year-old Cinebar resident was arrested yesterday evening in Chehalis with about an ounce of suspected marijuana, according to Chehalis police. The arrest, which occurred following a traffic stop on the 100 block of Southwest Interstate Avenue, grew out of an investigation by a drug detective, police said. Steven C. Ippisch was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to detective Sgt. Rick McNamara.
EXPLOSION
• Centralia police referred a case to the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office yesterday for possible charges in connection with two male juveniles who reportedly set off a “large home made firecracker type of device” in Riverside Rotary Park on Harrison Avenue.
THEFT
• A deputy was called yesterday morning about the theft of a motorcycle from the 200 block of state Route 131 in Randle. The Kawasaki KLX 110 went missing sometime between March 9 and yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is estimated at $2,100.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police reported they were called to two locations yesterday about gang-style graffiti on the sides of buildings. One was at the 900 block of West Main Street and the other at Marion Street and Royal Avenue, according to police.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter