MISSING LOTTERY TICKETS
• Chehalis police were called to the Shell station on the 1300 block of Northwest State Avenue yesterday to a report of a large number of lottery scratch tickets discovered missing. Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut said police are investigating.
DRUGS
• Centralia police arrested a 42-year-old woman for possession of methamphetamine yesterday evening after contact with an officer at View Avenue and Ninth Street. Laura R. Holdt, of Centralia, was released after her arrest, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A 50-year-old man from Raymond was arrested for unlawful possession of a controlled substance, pills, following a traffic stop about 8 p.m. last night in at Northwest Louisiana Avenue and Northwest Airport Road in Chehalis. Jeffrey D. Hubbard was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to Chehalis police.
DEPUTY ASSAULTED
• A 27-year-old woman was arrested last Thursday and charged the following day with assault after allegedly taking a swing at a sheriff’s deputy. It happened during a traffic stop on the 2700 block of Jackson Highway, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Carolyn Boohm was charged with third-degree assault on Friday and is expected to return to court tomorrow to make her plea.
KNIFE-POINT ROBBERY ALLEGED
• A 22-year-old Centralia man is expected in court tomorrow to make his plea on a charge of second-degree robbery, allegedly at knife-point. Centralia police took a report last Thursday evening from a man at the 1100 block of West Chestnut Street in Centralia who said Robert L. Huey had just robbed him at his trailer, according to charging documents. The victim said Huey dropped off his backpack earlier in the day on his way to court and while he was gone, two people stole the backpack, charging documents say. When Huey returned, he allegedly put a knife to the victim’s back and said he was taking the victim’s cell phone and other items until his backpack was returned, according to charging documents. The following morning a Centralia officer arrested Huey on Lakeshore Drive, near the motel where he works, according to the documents. Huey was booked into the Lewis County jail and subsequently ordered held on $25,000 bail.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter