ASSAULT
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man who reportedly jumped a 42-year-old Onalaska man yesterday cutting him above his eye with a pocket knife.
Travis P. Shive
Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said a deputy called about 11:40 a.m. yesterday to the 600 block of Burchett Road in Onalaska was told the 42-year-old man confronted a motorist who was driving erratically and pulled into a driveway across the street. When the victim said he didn’t have a requested tool to fix the vehicle, the younger man “jumped ” him and when the two went to the ground, the younger man kicked the other man in the chest and also pulled out a pocket knife. The assailant then took off into the woods, Brown said. The sheriff’s office concluded their suspect is Travis P. Shive, 25, of Onalaska. He is wanted for first-degree assault, according to Brown. She is asking anyone with information on Shive’s whereabouts to call 911 or to leave an anonymous tip, call Lewis County Crime Stoppers at at 1-800-748-6422.
• Police called to the 1100 block of Scammon Creek Road in Centralia just before midnight last night arrested a 23-year-old Centralia man who lives there for second-degree assault for allegedly choking his girlfriend. The girlfriend had marks on her but did not need to go the hospital, according to Officer Wayne Compton. A 20-year-old woman who lives there was arrested also for misdemeanor assault, with the victim being another female, Compton said. The officer said the incident involved a disagreement. Pedro Romero Rivera was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
FIREWORKS INJURY
• Lewis County Fire District 6 was called about 11 p.m. last night to a report a 40-year-old man was hit in the face with fireworks in Adna. The victim however went into a house off Chilvers Road and wouldn’t come out to be treated, Firefighter Mike Goodwillie said. Initial reports were it was a firecracker, but neighbors said it was a mortar that left the ground at an odd angle, Goodwillie said. “The patient refused care so we never saw him, but we’re guessing he’s okay,” he said.
THEFT
• Police dog Kayo was called out yesterday morning after officers were told a man inn his 40s with a beard kicked in the door to a house on the 700 block of Euclid Way in Centralia and then ran away. No suspect was found.
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning the theft of an ATV valued at more than $11,000 from Country Tractor on the 1600 block of Bishop Road outside Chehalis. An employee told a deputy on Friday the 2011 Kubota had been parked in a row near others at the business and they didn’t know when it was taken, the sheriff’s office reported.
• Centralia police were called about a car prowl about 7 a.m. today on the 900 block of North Washington Avenue. A stereo was taken.
• Speakers were stolen from a vehicle on the 1100 block of E Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 4:40 a.m. today.
DRUGS
• Chehalis police arrested a 55-year-old man for possession of suspected marijuana and methadone pills following a traffic stop about 12:30 a.m. Sunday on the 500 block of North Chamber of Commerce Way. Robert F. Penfield, of Chehalis, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• A 27-year-old Rochester man was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of suspected drugs after he was detained for suspected shoplifting at Wal-Mart on Sunday afternoon. An officer called to the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue reported Casey D. Hasenbalg had taken binoculars and a phone from the store and then found on his person was white powder.
SEX CRIME ARREST
• A sheriff’s deputy witnessing a verbal dispute between a 19-year-old man and a 14-year-old female near the courthouse in Chehalis Sunday afternoon led to the arrest of the 19-year-old Chehalis man for allegedly having a sexual relationship with the teenager, according to Chehalis police. An investigating Chehalis officer learned about an encounter which apparently occurred within the last few weeks, that prompted the arrest for third-degree child rape, according to the Chehalis Police Department. While the relationship was supposedly consensual, and no violence was alleged, sex between a 19-year-old and a 14-year-old is a crime, according to detective Sgt. Rick McNamara. Michael A. Gonzales-Fox, 19, of Chehalis, was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
WRECKS
• A 20-year-old man was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after he crashed his dirt bike yesterday afternoon on a logging road in Adna. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said the Olympia man looked back for his friend as he as rounding a curve and ran into a large iron gate. The patient, whose name was not released, was believed to have broken both his legs, according to the sheriff’s office. It happened near the 100 block of Bowman Road prior to about 2:50 p.m., according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.
• A 19-year-old Chehalis man was arrested for driving under the influence after a single-vehicle rollover collision about 4:45 a.m. on Sunday on Koontz Road south of Napavine, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s office. Tyler W. Wisner, of Chehalis, had cuts to his hands but declined aid, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. He was cited for the DUI and then released, Brown said.
• A 28-year-old Tenino man who was ejected from the passenger side window when he wrecked his pickup truck Saturday night is listed in serious condition this morning. Michael L. Hart was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after the crash on Skookumchuck Road Southeast near Northcraft Road Southeast near Tenino. Hart is in the hospital’s intensive care unit, according to a Harborview spokesperson.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter