SUSPECTED DRUG DEALER ARRESTED ON KRESKY AVE.
• A 24-year-old man was arrested at gunpoint in front of McDonalds restaurant in Chehalis yesterday following a drug investigation by the Chehalis Police Department. It happened about 2:15 p.m. on Northeast Kresky Avenue, blocking the roadway for a short time as several officers gathered to make the arrest. Christopher T. Canfield, a Centralia resident, was arrested without further incident and booked into the Lewis County Jail for delivery of a controlled substance, according to police. A small amount of suspected heroin was found, and he had previously allegedly sold drugs to a confidential informant, according to detective Sgt. Rick McNamara. Two individuals in the vehicle were not wanted and were released, McNamara said.
MYSTERIOUS FIRE IN CENTRALIA
• A fire that started in a wood pile beneath steps to a deck on a Centralia area home yesterday caused an estimated $1,500 to $2,000 damage, according to Riverside Fire Authority. A resident smelled smoke, put it out with a garden hose and went back inside, but called 911 about 3:15 p.m. when it reignited breaking a window, fire Capt. Ken Colombo said. The damage to the home on the 900 block of Ham Hill Road was minimal, he said. The department called upon its new fire dog, a Labrador who with its owner joined their investigative team a few months ago, Colombo said. The local dog is one of a few in the state trained to sniff out materials such as gasoline and kerosene, he said. It didn’t clearly “alert” on any suspected materials like that yesterday though, he said. The cause of the fire is unknown.
THEFT
• Centralia police took a report from the 800 block of Marion Street yesterday about several tools taken from a garage.
• A sewing machine was stolen from a business on the 300 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made yesterday to the Centralia Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called Wednesday about brass doorknobs and hardware being removed from a rental home when a tenant moved out from Adams Avenue.
VANDALISM
• Police took a report of a window being broken on a building on the 700 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia yesterday morning.
DRUGS
• A 32-year-old man was arrested just before midnight on Wednesday for possession of methamphetamine. John Unterwagner, no hometown noted, was booked into the Lewis County Jail after he was contacted by an officer at West Main and North Oak streets, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DUI WRECK
• Deputies and aid responded about 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday to a vehicle accident on the 200 block of Independence Road outside Centralia. Alan L. Wilder, 45, of Rochester, was subsequently arrested for driving under the influence, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter