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CENTRALIA WOMAN WAKES UP TO STRANGER IN HER BED

• Centralia police were called just before 1 o’clock this morning to a residence on G Street where a woman said she woke up to an intruder on top of her in her bed. “She kind of yelled at him and asked ‘what are you doing’,” Officer John Panco said this morning. “She told him to leave and actually he did, there was no argument about it.” The woman, in her early 20s, had otherwise been alone in the house, Panco said. She thought she may have left a door unlocked, he said. Police this morning were in the process of completing interviews; she believed it may have been a neighbor, according to Panco. The intruder could face arrest for third-degree rape as he was performing oral sex on her when the woman woke up, according to Panco.

ASSAULT

• Napavine police were called about 4 o’clock this morning to an assault on Camden Way in Napavine. A woman ended up with her estranged boyfriend at her home, after he’d talked her into taking him somewhere, according to Napavine Officer Silas Elwood. They argued and a friend heard her calling for help, Elwood said. Donald C. Johnson, 47, reportedly punched the woman in the face and choked her, Elwood said. Johnson was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault, Elwood said. He also was found to be in possession of a small amount of marijuana, according to Elwood.

• Centralia police arrested a 40-year-old Centralia man at his home yesterday morning for second-degree assault. Officers were called yesterday about an incident that had occurred there on Hunt Street about two days earlier, according to police. Steven A. Maggard’s wife told an officer they were arguing and when she turned her back, he hit her with something on the top of the head and also choked her, Centralia Officer John Panco said this morning. Maggard was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Panco said.

THEFT

• Napavine police are investigating repeated instances of the theft of metal from a business near Interstate 5 exit 71. Officer-in-charge Silas Elwood said someone has been taking copper wiring and other pieces of metal off heavy equipment there. The victims began noticing the thefts a few months ago, but only told police in recent weeks, he said.

• Centralia officers arrested a 34-year-old Tenino man they pulled over in a stolen vehicle on the 1200 block of Mellen Street about 1:20 a.m. today, according to police. Kenneth D. Nelson was booked into the Lewis County jail for possession of methamphetamine and a stolen vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning a deputy took a report of a Stihl chainsaw, model 38, stolen from an unsecured shop at the 2000 block of Cispus Road outside Randle. It happened at the Cispus Learning Center sometime between July 1 and last Wednesday, according to the sheriff’s office. The loss is approximately $400, according to the sheriff’s office.

DRUGS

• A 40-year-old woman from Mountain View, Calif. was arrested yesterday evening for possession of methamphetamine and a Marysville, Wash. warrant after contact with a Centralia police officer on the 1200 block of Mellen Street, according to police. Lora L. Gagnon was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FLOCK BLOCKS ROAD IN CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called, again, about a herd of sheep in the roadway just before 7 a.m. today on Southwest Riverside Drive. Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said the owner was contacted, and as far as he knew, rounded up the animals and returned them to their home.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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