THEFT
• A Centralia area woman reported yesterday that someone came into her home between 10:30 a.m. and noon while she was gone and stole three diamond necklaces, a Mac laptop computer, coins and as many as 40 other pieces of jewelry. A deputy called to the residence on the 3000 block on Zenkner Valley Road learned a neighbor holding a garage sale had seen a white SUV leaving the woman’s house, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is estimated at more than $1,200.
• A 36-year-old Mossyrock area man returned home Friday night to discover a light on in his barn and almost $1,200 of tools stolen, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened sometime after 6:15 p.m. on the 200 block of Jarvis Road, according to the sheriff’s office. Among the missing items were a two-ton floor jack and three grinders, according to the sheriff’s office.
• Centralia police were called at midnight on Saturday to a burglary at the 1100 block of Prospect Avenue in Centralia. Somebody came inside and stole a purse, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police were called about 2:25 .m. Saturday to a bar on the 100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia and told two purses had been stolen.
• Police were called about 6 p.m. on Friday to the 1100 block of J Street in Centralia where a female reportedly was seen leaving a home with unspecified property, according to Centralia police. A neighbor who confronted her recovered most of it and police are looking for the female, police reported.
• An X-Box, a Wii and a computer were stolen in a burglary at the 2900 block of Mount Vista Road in Centralia, according to a report made to police last Thursday afternoon.
• Three teenage boys were arrested for attempting to steal an ATV from the 1000 block of Mellen Street in Centralia on Thursday night, according to the Centralia Police Department.
MORE THEFT
• Chehalis police drawn to Sunbird Shopping Center on the 1600 block of North National Avenue just before 5 a.m. on Saturday arrested a 61-year-old man for allegedly pulling up a fence and taking tents and clothing. Gerald R. Loveless, a homeless person from the Chehalis and Centralia areas was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Centralia police were called to two different businesses on Thursday afternoon on the 1300 block of Lum Road about thefts. In both cases, the suspects were described as two black males and two females in an older red Jeep Cherokee, according to Centralia police.
• Police were called just before 9 a.m. yesterday to a report of a vehicle prowl on the 1300 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. A laptop computer was taken, according to police.
DRUGS
• Centralia police arrested a 40-year-old Centralia resident yesterday for possession of methamphetamine after contact just before noon at the 1000 block of North Tower Avenue. Toni L. Maier was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VANDALISM
• A 23-year-old Onalaska man was arrested about 2 a.m. on Sunday after a trooper reportedly observed him kick and break an outdoor light at a church near Northwest Cascade Avenue and Prindle Street and then throw his cell phone through the window of a nearby building. Marc T. Vetter was angry and intoxicated, according to Chehalis police. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree malicious mischief, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• A deputy was called to the Peace Lutheran Church on the 2000 block of Bishop Road in Chehalis on Saturday after the discovery that someone had come inside and trashed several rooms and broke a window. It happened sometime between Friday and Saturday and the loss is estimated at about $400, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
CEMETERIAN JOHN BAKER ARRESTED TWICE IN TWO DAYS
• John C. Baker, 68, of Centralia, was arrested about 4:30 p.m. on Thursday for violation of a protection order at the 1900 block of Johnson Road in Centralia, according to police. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail. The arrest came less than 24 hours after Baker’s arrest in the same area the day before for trespass, according to the Centralia Police Department.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter