SUBJECT GIVES BAIL BONDSMAN THE SLIP IN CHEHALIS
• Law enforcement officers converged on Chehalis today after a bail bondsman tried to take a man into custody and the man fled. It began around noon at the Chehalis Avenue apartments on Southwest Third Street when the wanted subject jumped out a second story window and ran, according to Chehalis police. A police dog was called in and conducted a track, but the individual has not been found, Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said. Kaut said he wasn’t sure what the man was being brought in for.
TEEN HURT WHEN HE JUMPS FROM MOVING TRUCK
• A teenager was injured when he leaped from a moving vehicle last night along state Route 506 outside Vader. The Washington State Patrol reported the driver and the 15-year-old boy were arguing when the boy bailed out of the pickup truck; it was traveling about 30 mph. Troopers called about 10:30 p.m. to milepost nine reported he suffered a concussion and cuts and was taken by ambulance to Providence Centralia Hospital. The teen, whose name was not released, lives in Ryderwood, according to the state patrol.
TWO INJURED IN U.S. HIGHWAY 12 WRECK
• A man and a woman were hospitalized after their car plowed into the back of pickup truck stopped on U.S. Highway 12 in Salkum yesterday. Troopers called about 3:10 p.m. found the 1988 Oldsmobile totaled. A Chevrolet pickup driven by a Randle man was waiting to turn onto Kennedy Road, and a GMC pickup driven by a Morton resident was stopped behind him, according to the state patrol. The occupants of the Oldsmobile, Robert J. Costner, 47, of Mossyrock, and Dawn F. Terry, 50, of Morton, both had head and neck pain, according to the investigating officer. He was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital and she was taken to Morton General Hospital, the patrol reported.
GRAFFITI ON GARAGES
• Someone spray-painted graffiti – “South Side 13” – on several garages in the area of the 300 block of North Rock Street in Centralia, a police officer noted about 10 p.m. last night.
WANTED MAN FOUND INSIDE COURTHOUSE
• Deputies found a man wanted for a knife assault earlier this week when he showed up for court yesterday on an unrelated matter. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office was seeking Travis P. Shive, 25, of Onalaska, after he allegedly jumped a 42-year-old man who confronted him about his driving on Monday near the 600 block of Burchett Road in Onalaska. The victim was kicked in the chest and cut above his eye with a pocket knife, according to the sheriff’s office. Shive was found yesterday afternoon in Lewis County District Court and taken into custody without incident, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning. Shive was released without charges, pending further investigation.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter