THEFT
• A computer, a radio and pain medication were reported taken in a burglary at a residence on the 2400 block of North Pearl Street, according to Centralia police. The break-in was reported about 1:50 p.m. yesterday.
• A 28-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday for theft and trafficking in stolen property for allegedly stealing an unassembled metal shed from his father’s shed and selling it a recycler, according to Centralia police. The discovery of the missing item from the 400 block of Hemlock Street was reported to police yesterday morning. The loss is estimated at $300, Officer John Panco said. Wesley W. Mitchem was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A car sitting in a driveway on the 700 block of West Reynolds Avenue in Centralia yesterday and checked by a police officer there on another matter turned out to be stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department. It was an El Camino previously reported to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office as stolen, according to police. The resident told the officer someone had left it there, Officer John Panco said.
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning deputies have learned the names of local youngsters suspected in a break-in to a Mossyrock area concession stand, that was hit twice in the same week. Sometime on Aug. 14 or 15, someone went inside the stand on the 200 block of Ajlune Road and stole candy and Monster energy drinks, according to the sheriff’s office. A window was replaced and then on Aug 19, it happened again, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. This time money and firewood were missing, as well as snacks, according to Brown. The investigation continues, Brown said.
BRUSH IGNITES ALONG INTERSTATE 5
• Firefighters from three departments extinguished several brush fires that broke out on the northbound shoulder of Interstate 5 south of Winlock yesterday afternoon. One of the fires had grown to about 60 feet long, according to Lewis County Fire District 2. Chief Grant Wiltbank said he believed they were probably caused accidentally, likely by something such as a vehicle dragging a chain and throwing sparks.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter