THEFT
• Chehalis police are investigating the theft of about $12,000 of truck tires from a business on the 1200 block of Northwest State Avenue. An officer called on Wednesday to Tires Inc. was told some 34 tires had gone missing over the previous month or two, according to Chehalis police.
• An officer was called yesterday to Chehalis West Assisting Living Center on Northwest Quincy Place about money missing from a resident. It appeared $65 was missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Police were called to Greenwood Cemetery on Johnson Road in Centralia about noon yesterday about the theft of a weed eater.
MORE THEFT
• A 19-year-old Centralia resident was arrested yesterday morning for burglary in connection with the theft of a firearm from the 300 block of West Chestnut Street in Centralia in May. Justin T. Booth was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A firearm along with tools, hunting and fishing equipment and other items were stolen when a home and barn in Silver Creek were burglarized, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called about 7 p.m. last night to the 2000 block of U.S. Highway 12 was told it happened during the previous week, as the victim had been moving out, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. The gun is a .44 caliber muzzle-loading pistol. The loss is estimated at $3,500. Somebody had kicked in a door and also gotten in through an unsecured window, Brown said.
• Police were called about 10:40 p.m. yesterday to the 1200 block of Alder Street about the theft of a bottle of pain medicine, according to Centralia police.
CHILD ARRESTED FOR THREAT WITH KNIFE
• An 11-year-old boy was arrested last night in Winlock after he allegedly threatened his mother with a knife and punched her several times, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. A deputy called about 6 p.m. to the 1400 block of Ferrier Road was told the boy also threatened to hit his grandfather with a chair and a long pole, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. He was booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for felony harassment and fourth-degree assault, domestic violence, Brown said.
WINLOCK FIRE
• Firefighters called just before 7 p.m. yesterday to a home on the 200 block of Tennessee Road in Winlock found a wall and cabinets in a kitchen burned and a lot of water in the kitchen. A couple had been cooking and turned their back for a minute when a grease fire broke out, according to Lewis County Fire District 15. The resident had shut off the power and used water from the kitchen sink to douse the flames, Firefighter Kevin Anderson said. Nobody was injured and the couple has a place to stay until repairs are made, Anderson said.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter