A John Deere 550 after it burned on Sunday night at a chicken farm along Shanklin Road
FORMER EMPLOYEE SETS FIRE TO TRACTOR, SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS
• A 20-year-old Onalaska resident was arrested yesterday for allegedly torching a tractor on his former employer’s farm Sunday night. The John Deere 550 parked at the chicken farm along Shanklin Road southeast of Onalaska was destroyed, amounting to an estimated $20,000 loss, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The owner had let the employee go recently, according to sheriff’s Cmdr. Steve Aust. When he reviewed video security tapes on Monday, the owner recognized a truck as belonging to Bradley K. Storie, Aust said. “You see the truck pull in, you see the glow off the barn and then the truck leaves,” Aust said. Storie, and a 15-year-old suspected accomplice from Onalaska, were both booked for second-degree arson, according to Aust. No other damage was reported.
ALARM SCARES INTRUDER OFF
• Centralia police responded about 1 o’clock this morning to a possible burglary at a business on the 1300 block of South Gold Street. Police reported they believe the doors were left unlocked at the un-named business and and individual entered, set off the alarm and then fled.
FUNNY MONEY DOESN’T GET PAST CLERK
• Chehalis police conducted a search of a vehicle yesterday looking for counterfeit money following the arrest of a man who allegedly tried to pass a fake $100 bill at Wal-Mart on Sunday. Jeremy L. Keith, 31, of Elma, was arrested and booked on Sunday night after a call from the Louisiana Avenue retailer, according to detective Sgt. Rick McNamara. No other fake bills were found yesterday. McNamara said.
DRUG ARREST
• Chehalis police made a traffic stop early yesterday morning and subsequently found a small amount of suspected methamphetamine, leading to the arrest of Tamie McCrandall, 40 of Winlock, according to detective Sgt. Rick McNamara.. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of methamphetamine.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter