SHOPLIFT AND FIGHT
• Centralia police were called about 3:25 p.m. yesterday to a shoplift on the 500 block of South Tower Avenue in which the suspect allegedly fought with store employees when he was detained. Michael L. McNeely, 51, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for an outstanding warrant and also for second-degree robbery, according to the Centralia Police Department. The Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office declined to charge McNeely with a felony, referring the case back to police for a possible misdemeanor filing in municipal court.
LOG TRUCK ROLLS OVER
• A truck driver from Pe Ell escaped injury when his log truck rolled over and spilled its logs along Wildwood Road near Vader yesterday morning, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies called about 8:30 a.m. were told the 1995 Kenworth was southbound when the 34-year-old driver got too close to the soft shoulder, tipped over and came to rest on its right side in the ditch, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. The logs fell into, over and away from the cab, Brown said
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter