DOG SHOT DEAD NEAR ONALASKA, NEIGHBOR ARRESTED
• A 50-year-old Onalaska area man was arrested last night after he allegedly shot and killed a neighbor’s dog. According to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, a neighbor saw Michael A. Goad go onto another neighbor’s property on the 100 block of Tillie Road, shortly after 5 p.m. heard yelling about dogs barking and then heard three shots. The 6-year-old canine named Samson was found dead although Goad denied any involvement, Cmdr. Steve Aust said this morning. Deputies searched Goad’s home and found an air rifle, as well as cleaning rods and a bore brush for a rifle, Aust said. It was not immediately obvious what caused the animal’s wounds, he said. Goad was booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree animal cruelty, Aust said.
METHAMPHETAMINE ARRESTS
• Centralia police arrested three people yesterday for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver at a home on the 300 block of West Pine Street. Also, a 22-year-old woman was arrested for possession of meth, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officer John Panco said officers got some information that led them to the home where they conducted a search which turned up several baggies containing suspected methamphetamine. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Sabra R.E. Burgess, 28, of Centralia, and Ricardo L. Zuniga, 30, also from Centralia, according to police. The resident, Dale G. Schmidt, 68, was referred for a charge of possession with intent, but not booked, Panco said. Another resident, Ashley D. Robertson, 22, was booked for possession.
RAPE
• A 22-year-old man was arrested last night for second-degree rape in connection with an incident reported to have occurred yesterday with a teenage female acquaintance in a wooded are outside Centralia, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Christopher A. Jacaway was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
ASSAULT
• A 21-year-old Toledo man was arrested yesterday for second-degree assault after he allegedly struck his 25-year-old sister in the head and face when he was trying to get her out of his bedroom, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called about 12:45 p.m. to a dispute on the 100 block of Wrangler Drive in Toledo booked Arnulfo J. Alaniz into the Lewis County Jail. Alaniz’s case was referred today to Lewis County District Court for possible non-felony charging instead of second-degree assault.
THEFT
• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning by an individual who discovered a burglary to a residence being remodeled on Southwest Elzina Street in Chehalis. Among the items missing were cabinets, flooring, a sink and a dishwasher adding up to a loss of about $6,500, as well as a Plymouth Voyager van, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Also broken into was a nearby home on the 400 block of Southwest Riverside Drive where about $4,000 of cabinets, light fixtures and other items were stolen, according to police. The same person said his Dodge Ram pickup was missing from Lewis Street in Centralia, according to police. Officers are investigating.
• Centralia police were called yesterday afternoon about a laptop computer taken from a home on the 100 block of North Diamond Street.
• A $25,000 mini excavator was reported missing yesterday from near milepost 136 on U.S. Highway 12 in Packwood. A deputy called yesterday morning was told the model 50 John Deere was stolen sometime since last Thursday morning, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police took a report yesterday morning about the window of a vehicle being broken out on the 1600 block of Harrison Avenue.
• Chehalis police were called to a business about 10 a.m. yesterday on the 300 block of Northwest Pacific Avenue about a window getting broken.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter