CENTRALIA WOMAN STABBED IN NECK
• A Centralia woman was hospitalized last night after she was stabbed in the back of the neck with a kitchen knife, allegedly by her husband. Centralia police say the woman, in her early 30s, called her brother to pick her up as she and her husband had been fighting. Police were told the husband arrived at the brother’s house on North Pearl Street, forced his way inside, chased her into a bathroom and then attacked her with a knife, Officer Chris Fitzgerald said. The brother took her to Providence Centralia Hospital and the husband followed them there, Fitzgerald said. The hospital called police about 8:30 p.m. The knife missed all the woman’s vital parts and she was treated and has been released from the hospital, according to police. “Very lucky to be alive,” Fitzgerald said this morning. Yovany Hernandez-Gomez, 27, of Centralia, was arrested for first-degree assault and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
THEFT
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning they are investigating a burglary at the Lions Club campground in Mineral in which an estimated $3,650 of items were stolen. A 66-year-old man from Lakewood told a deputy on Wednesday that he had been away from the campground since Sunday and when he returned, he discovered his 13-foot beige-colored boat was gone and someone had gotten inside his recreational vehicle and taken two chainsaws and other camping gear, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. Among the missing items are a MS440 Magnum chainsaw and a 29 Super Farm Boss chainsaw, Brown said.
• Centralia police took a report yesterday from a 21-year-old woman who was defrauded out of $240. The woman said she received a phone call in January from a man who told her she had an outstanding “Pay Day loan” and he gave her some information which made her think he was legitimate, according to police. She gave him her bank account number and social security number, according to the report. She called police after she noticed three unfamiliar withdrawals from her account, totaling $240, according to Officer Chris Fitzgerald.
• Centralia police took a report yesterday of a burglary to a home on the 300 block of South Pearl Street. Sometime between 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. yesterday, someone stole jewelry, medication and a small amount of cash, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police were called just before 6 p.m. yesterday about medication being stolen from a residence on the 1100 block of Scammon Creek Road in Centralia.
DRUGS
• Centralia police arrested a 50-year-old Centralia man for possession of methamphetamine yesterday evening. Ronald W. McNeal was booked into the Lewis County Jail after contact with an officer on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue at about 5:20 p.m.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter