Updated at 6:15 p.m. on Friday June 17, 2011
IT’S RAINING SEX TOYS
• Centralia police were called downtown about 8:30 last night to a report of people on the top of a building throwing sex toys into the street at passing cars. Before the officer arrived to the 200 block of North Tower Avenue, somebody had gone and gathered them up and no suspects were anywhere in sight, according to police Sgt. Brian Warren. No vehicles or pedestrians were struck by the objects, as far as police could tell, Warren said.
FAKE BILLS PASSED
• The pictures on the two $20 bills were blurry and they had the same serial number; leaving the manager at Airport Depot in Chehalis to conclude they were counterfeit. Police were called yesterday to the business on Northwest Louisiana Avenue and agreed, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
ASSAULT ARREST
• Deputies arrested a 62-year-old woman who allegedly assaulted her boyfriend with a small piece of wood, poked holes in a bedroom door with a stick and disconnected the phone when he tried to call 911. Lisa A. Bistranin, of Shoreline, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree assault after deputies responded about 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday to the 100 block of Northview Drive outside Chehalis, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown reported yesterday. Bistranin was subsequently released pending further investigation.
THEFT
• Deputies took a report last night of a burglary at the 100 block of Josephine Loop in Onalaska. The victim said she was away between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. and when she returned, she discovered someone had taken a computer monitor, a laptop computer and other electronics from her home, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss was estimated at $2,200.
• A deputy took a report yesterday evening of the theft of yard tools and other items from a storage shed on the 2800 block of King Road outside Chehalis. The victim said he was in the process of moving in and had left about 10 p.m. Wednesday and returned about 1:30 p.m. Thursday when he discovered the break-in, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• Centralia police were called to the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue about 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday where they were told an older man tried to steal a shopping cart of food. When he was confronted, he abandoned the cart and fled on foot, according to the Centralia Police Department. The incident was captured on surveillance cameras, police reported.
• Someone took a mattress and bedding from a room at a business on the 700 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police on Wednesday morning.
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday that someone broke in to a Packwood restaurant sometime between 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday and 8 o’clock the following morning. Two doors were forced open at Peters Inn on the 1300 block of U.S. Highway 12, according to the sheriff’s office. Nothing appeared to be missing.
• Centralia police were called about noon on Wednesday to the 1100 block of Elm Street to take a report of a car prowl.
DRUGS
• Deputies arrested a 26-year-old man wanted for a municipal warrant about 8 a.m. yesterday at the 200 block of Kennedy Road in Onalaska, and subsequently found suspected drugs in his pocket, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Joseph M. Gomes, of Winlock, was contacted behind a residence and taken into custody, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said today. In his pocket was a baggie containing a white crystal substance and a pipe, Brown said. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of drugs.
VEHICLE VERSUS BUILDING
• Aid and police were called about 12:45 p.m. on Wednesday when a passenger vehicle jumped a curb and ran into the front of the Michaels store in the Twin City Town Center. There was little to no damage to the building, but the 65-year-old driver was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital to be checked out, according to police.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter