LAWN MOWERS SPIRITED AWAY
• Two Cowlitz County residents were arrested yesterday evening after a neighbor spotted two males loading up a Craftsman riding mower and a push mower from a Mossyrock address and drive away with them, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The items – valued at $1,900 – were taken from 100 block of Jarvis Road and recovered in the 200 block of Swofford Road, according to the sheriff’s office. Robert H. Smith, 33, of Longview and Billy Ray Mitchell, 26, of Kelso, were booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree theft and second-degree burglary, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. A key for the riding mower had been taken from a building attached to the home, according to Brown. The Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office is releasing them pending further investigation.
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY IN MINERAL
• A deputy was called yesterday morning to the Mineral Forestry office on the 2500 block of state Route 7 near Mineral where someone had tried to break in over the weekend. A door was destroyed in the attempt, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
CAR PROWL
• Centralia police were called about 11:20 p.m. yesterday to the 500 block of Yew Street where an i-Phone had been taken from a vehicle. It was black and silver, according to the Centralia Police Department.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter