THEFT
• A suspect from a beer and cigarettes burglary last weekend in Centralia was arrested yesterday afternoon at the 1600 block of Windsor Avenue in Centralia. A security camera captured images of two males breaking a glass door about 3 a.m. on Sunday at the Shell station on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue. Centralia police yesterday arrested Juan V. Vasquez and booked him into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary, according to Officer John Panco.
• Centralia police were called yesterday about the theft of jewelry from a residence on the 3000 block of Borst Avenue.
• Chehalis police were called yesterday both by a city worker whose lawn mower went missing and by the person who took it. An officer was called just before 1 p.m. yesterday and told workers left a push mower at the park at Southwest 13th Street and Johnson Avenue when they went to lunch and when they returned it was gone, according to Chehalis police. Tracks were seen leading to a possible suspect’s house. Turns out, a nearby resident saw the mower sitting there and didn’t want anyone to steal it, so he pushed it to his garage and called in to notify the city, Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said.
DRUGS
• A 42-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and felony possession of a firearm after he was involved in a minor two-vehicle collision about 3 p.m. yesterday on the 500 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia. Jerry L. Holmes was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Two people were arrested after a traffic stop on the 2100 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia about 8:20 p.m. yesterday. An officer spotted Justus J. Kohlenberg and knew there was a warrant for him and then observed a “shard” of suspected methamphetamine next to the driver’s seat, according to the Centralia Police Department. Clarissa A. Lopez, 24, fled the traffic stop and was captured after a short foot pursuit, according to police. Sgt. Brian Warren’s police dog Kayo did some sniffing around and the vehicle was impounded, according to Officer John Panco. Lopez, 24, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for an outstanding warrant and Kohlenberg, 39, was booked also, for a warrant and for possession of methamphetamine, according to police. Both are Centralia residents.
VANDALISM
• Chehalis police were called yesterday about a vehicle being “egged” on Southwest 20th Street overnight.
TRUCK BURNS ON FREEWAY
• Firefighters were called just before 7 p.m. to a vehicle fire on southbound Interstate 5 between the interchanges at 13th Street and Main Street. For some reason the fuel tank ruptured and when the Chehalis Fire Department arrived, flames were coming from beneath the Chevrolet pickup, according to Firefighter Jay Birley. The fire was extinguished, the truck was ruined and nobody was injured, according to Birley.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker