HAY TRUCK BURNS UP NEXT TO CHEHALIS BARN
• A fire broke out in a truck loaded with hay just as it pulled in next to a barn to unload yesterday morning west of Chehalis. The engine and cab of the 1979 International flatbed were fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived after the 10:37 a.m. call to the end of Peterson Road, off of Highway 603, according to Lewis County District 6 Chief Bud Goodwillie. The two occupants escaped uninjured but the truck was a total loss, Goodwillie said. He estimated about half the hay was salvageable.
MINORS ARRESTED FOR DRINKING
• Three teenagers were arrested just after 2 o’clock this morning after a Chehalis police officer contacted them in a vehicle and discerned they had been drinking alcohol. The trio was arrested for “minor appearing after consuming alcohol” and then released after the stop on Northeast Cascade Avenue, according to Chehalis Police Department Deputy Chief Randy Kaut. Their names were not released, but they included 15-year-old male from Chehalis, a 17-year-old female from Centralia and a 17-year-old female from Olympia, Kaut said. A fourth occupant of the vehicle was not cited, he said.
ARRESTS IN CENTRALIA
• Just after 4 o’clock this morning, police arrested Jesse R. Baxter, 20, of Centralia, for second-degree possession of stolen property, possession of methamphetamine and and outstanding felony warrant, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail after the contact on the 400 block of South Silver Street.
• James K. Hayes, 56, of Centralia, was arrested and booked for possession of methamphetamine following an approximately 2:30 a.m. today contact with police on the 800 block of B Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Kimberly A. Mott, 54, a homeless person, was arrested about 2:30 p.m. yesterday at the 600 block of South Tower Avenue for disorderly conduct and a felony warrant, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DOORS TRASHED
• The Thurston County Sheriff’ Office took a report yesterday somebody had gone inside a home on the 9700 block of 173rd Avenue Southwest in Rochester and damaged three doors and broke a window. They also pried open the door to an RV and broke into a shed, according to sheriff’s Lt. Chris Mealy. It happened while the occupant was way, sometime between June 23 and 30, he said. Nothing appeared to be missing, Mealy said.
MORE THEFTS
• Somebody stole a pressure washer and a “GIant” brand bicycle totaling about $1,200 when they broke into a shed on the 21,600 block of Oregon Trail Way in the Centralia area, the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. The victim reported it Monday, but it occurred sometime between June 1 and 30, according to sheriff’s Lt. Chris Mealy.
• Somebody entered a fenced area at Martin Sand and Gravel in Rochester and removed a commercial grade battery off a loader, the Thurston County Sheriff’ Office said this morning. The theft at the 6500 block of 196th Avenue Southwest occurred sometime over the weekend ending this past Monday, according to sheriff’s Lt. Chris Mealy.
• Centralia police took four reports yesterday of vehicle prowls. They happened on the 400 block of West Magnolia Street, the 600 block of E Street, the 300 block of North Iron Street and the 300 block of North Rock Street, according to police. Among the items taken in the various thefts were school supplies, cleaning supplies, binoculars, sunglasses and stereo equipment, according to the Centralia Police Department.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter