FELONY ASSAULT
• A Centralia youth was arrested for second-degree assault yesterday evening after he allegedly threatened his mother with a knife at the 1000 block of Scammon Creek Road in Centralia. The male, whose name and age were not reported by police, was booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VEHICLE TRASHED
• Police were looking for a black Volkswagen Jetta that was seen speeding away early this morning after all the windows were broken out a car parked at the 1700 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia.
FIREARM STOLEN FROM PACKWOOD HOME
• A 9 mm Smith and Wesson handgun was reported stolen from a residence in Packwood yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called yesterday afternoon to the home on the 12000 block of U.S. Highway 12 was told by its owner the gun and one magazine was taken sometime since last October, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. The loss is estimated at $400.
SELLING MARIJUANA
• Three juveniles were arrested yesterday morning at the 800 block of Eshom Road in Centralia in connection with marijuana, according to the Centralia Police Department. One was arrested and booked for delivery of marijuana and two were arrested for possession and then released. No further details were released.
SMOKING MARIJUANA
• A police officer conducting a bar check at Bruno’s Pub in Chehalis last night asked a couple of guys on the sidewalk about the aroma of marijuana and was handed over a still-warm glass pipe, according to police. A 22-year-old Chehalis resident, Benjamin L. Darby, was arrested for possession of marijuana and paraphernalia and then released after the approximately 11 p.m. encounter on Pacific Avenue, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
CAR PROWL
• Police were called just before 10 a.m. yesterday to the 1200 block of South Gold Street in Centralia where a cell phone had been stolen from a vehicle.
ATTEMPTED KIDNAP ARREST
• A 29-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday afternoon on Grand Avenue in Centralia for attempted kidnapping, attempted robbery and burglary. David J. Montoya was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. Further details were not readily available.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter