WHERE TWO OR MORE ARE GATHERED …
• Members of the Centralia Police Department’s Anti-Crime Team served a search warrant at a home on the 700 block of West Carson Street yesterday evening as they arrested a 44-year-old resident for possession of drugs and violations of conditions from the state Department of Corrections that he doesn’t associate with known criminals. It began with a visit by a community corrections officer and police, after law enforcement gained information Glen M. Ward was allowing individuals with outstanding warrants to live with him, according to Centralia Officer Chris Fitzgerald. Suspected heroin was found in Ward’s room and his vehicle, according to police. Officers learned the location of two of his wanted roommates and found them, stopping their vehicle on Guava Street in Rochester about 8 p.m., Fitzgerald said. Natasha A. Moore, 26, and Ryan L. Lester, 31, were booked into jail on their warrants, according to Fitzgerald. The driver of the vehicle, Nina L. Eklund, 40, was arrested for driving with a suspended license and subsequently also for possession of methamphetamine, Fitzgerald said. A K-9 search of Eklund’s vehicle turned up additional suspected methamphetamine, according to police.
• A visit by police to a residence on the 1800 block of Van Wormer Street in Centralia on Tuesday afternoon led to a short foot pursuit and the arrests of three individuals with outstanding warrants, according to the Centralia Police Department. Arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail were Arnold L. Beeson, 41, Bobby L. Watts, 52, and Andrea J. Enos, 27, all of Vancouver, according to police. Officers had gone to the home accompanying a code inspector, according to police.
DISPUTE GETS UGLY
• A 39-year-old Rochester man allegedly chased a Centralia man with his vehicle last night after the Centralia man allegedly threw a brick through his windshield. Police responding abut 6:40 p.m. to the area near Yew and Borthwick streets arrested Jerry L. Warfield of Rochester for first-degree assault, reporting Warfield’s vehicle struck Thomas P. Marth’s leg. Warfield was booked into the Lewis County Jail and then released without any charges today. Marth was treated at the hospital for his injuries, according to police. He will be cited for malicious mischief, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
• Centralia police were at the 1300 block of Windsor Avenue about 8 p.m. last night where they arrested Billy J. Bartlett, a 20-year-old male for possession of methamphetamine and Nicholas L. Gonzales, also 20, for consuming alcohol. Bartlett was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
THEFT
• Centralia police took a report yesterday from the 500 block of East Pine Street about a vehicle prowl in which an air compressor-vacuum was taken. It happened “the other night”, according to police.
• Centralia police were called about 11:40 a.m. yesterday about a car prowl on the 600 block of South King Street. A Blackberry was missing, according to police.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter