ASSAULT
• The sheriff’s office is looking for a 57-year-old man after an incident very early on Friday in which he allegedly repeatedly choked his 91-year-old mother and prevented her from leaving a residence on the 2500 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia. The victim suffered what were described as minor injuries and finally fled the residence, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
THREATS
• A 43-year-old Toledo man was arrested for felony harassment after an incident on Friday in which he allegedly threatened to take a 39-year-old neighbor into her house and shoot her at the 400 block of Collins Road near Toledo. Karl C. Fetters was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
STOLEN GUN
• A Marlin .22 rifle stolen in 1998 from Tenino was recovered Sunday afternoon at a residence on the Rochester area, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy went to the home on the 300 block of Garrard Creek Road and contacted Michael D. Snyder about the firearm and subsequently arrested Snyder for possession of a stolen firearm, according to the sheriff’s office.
HUNTING WITH A VEHICLE
• Two men were arrested on Saturday after their vehicle got stuck in the mud as they were allegedly chasing a deer near a vacant house on the the 1200 block of Woodland Avenue in Centralia. Michael P. Miller, 24, of Centralia, was arrested for unlawful hunting of big game, second-degree trespassing, giving a false statement and third-degree malicious mischief, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. His companion, Jacob M. Goble, 20, of Morton, was arrested for trespass.
THEFT
• A 30-year-old man was arrested for second-degree burglary on Sunday morning in connection with an address at the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia. Jose A. Pulido, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• The sheriff’s office on Saturday took a report of a 2006 16-foot trailer stolen from the 300 block of state Route 506 near Vader. The $10,000 trailer was taken sometime between April 1 and 3, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• Centralia police were called Friday afternoon about a DVD system stolen from a vehicle on North Tower Avenue and East Main Street.
• Centralia police were called Sunday to the 1100 block of Scammon Creek Road about the theft of gas from several vehicles.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police were called Friday evening to the 1300 block of Kulien Avenue about damage to a rental property which was discovered after a tenant moved out.
• Centralia police took a report Sunday about a window damaged with a BB gun at the 1100 block of H Street.
CHILD PULLED FROM SEPTIC TANK AT CAMPGROUND
• Lewis County Fire District 6 was called about 2:30 on Saturday afternoon to the Thousand Trails campground off Centralia-Alpha Road after an 8-year-old boy sitting on top of a septic tank fell inside. The child had been retrieved by his parents and was checked out by responders but was not transported to the hospital, according to EMT Brad Core.
KNIVES AND GUNS STOLEN
• Lewis County Crime Stoppers is looking for information about the theft an assortment of collectors knives and six firearms stolen from a fifth-wheel trailer in Centralia in January. Police were called about 2:45 a.m. on Jan. 27 to 1212 W. Main St. when the owner discovered the break-in that occurred while he away for a few hours, according to authorities. Among the missing guns are a Winchester pump shotgun, two Winchester bolt-action rifles with scopes, a Remington bolt-action rifle with scope, a Coast to Coast lever-action rifle with scope and a modified pump-action shotgun, according to Crime Stoppers. Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 for information leading to the clearance of this or other crimes and takes tips anonymously at 1-800-748-6422.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter