BURGLARY AND THEFT
• Two people were arrested yesterday after an incident at the 900 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia. Police were called about 12:20 p.m. because someone was thought to be inside the house. After a search, police found nobody inside, but did locate an item left behind – with a suspect’s name on it, according to Sgt. Kurt Reichert. Christopher Snipes, 34, of Centralia, and April L. Jones, 28, of Toledo, were found a couple of hours later walking along Pear Street and booked into the Lewis County Jail first-degree burglary, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police were called just after 10 a.m. on Friday to the 600 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia where a 58-year-old man allegedly struck a clerk who tried to stop him for shoplifting three 24-ounce cans of beer. Terrance G. Miller, Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree robbery, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• A 49-year-old Centralia man was arrested on Saturday evening for possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, according to Centralia police. Steven T. Reis, of Centralia, was arrested and then released after contact with police at the 800 block of Pear Street, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Two people were arrested in Centralia on Saturday afternoon for possession of methamphetamine. Kari A. Freudenthal, 37, and David A. Haslip, 40, both of Olympia, were booked into the Lewis County Jail after contact with police at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.
ASSAULT
• Chehalis police were called Saturday afternoon to the 200 block of Southwest Fourteenth Street where a 27-year-old resident said someone else in the home poked him the ribs with a small dagger. They struggled and the resident pushed him away, according to a Chehalis police report. Police will be investigating the incident at the home where several unrelated individuals live, according to Deputy Chief Randy Kaut. The man was not injured, according to Kaut.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police were called about 5 p.m. yesterday to the 600 block of M Street about slashed tires.
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Correction: An item above was corrected on Oct. 16, 2011 to reflect that Steven T. Reis of Centralia was not booked after his arrest by Centralia police for possession of marijuana with intent to deliver.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
I have to agree with George. I think a very important part is the charge “possession WITH THE INTENT TO DELIVER”. A medical marijuana card does not give you the right to sell it.
A few questions: Is it “Reid”, or is it “Reis”? You used both of them….
A “medical marijuana card” does not prevent police from apprehending a person in possession of marijuana. It CAN help get any charges dismissed, as long as the card is issued for a legitimate medical condition. However if you have a quantity that can be considered above and beyond “personal consumption”, then you pretty much have to deal with that. Are the charges false? Did you indeed have more marijuana than you would need for “personal consumption”?
The reason you were not “arrested and booked” is because you were “arrested and then released”. Just because a cop doesn’t take you down to the jail does NOT mean that you were not arrested.
As for the actions of the cops, if they did indeed barge into your house with no search warrant, then you might have a case. You say they didn’t knock… perhaps they had a search warrant due to probable cause, and came right on in without waiting for you to destroy any evidence that could be used? Ever watch that TV show “C O P S”?
And you can’t sue people for “slander” when they are reporting based on data released to them by the appropriate law enforcement agencies. Sorry, but that’s one case that would get thrown out before it even made it to court.
Just because you are angry that they busted you for possession of marijuana with intent to deliver doesn’t give you automatic grounds to rant about how they came after you “for no reason”. They most likely had a very valid reason for doing what they did, and it will be something for the courts to decide.
For your info. 49 year man Steven T Reid was not arrested and booked no charges have been filed I am a mmj card holder my rights were violated. I was assaulted robbed all my medicine was taken by police. They made up false charges so they could take my medicine and for your Info.that’s Illegal. And They had no search warrant and walked in my house without knocking l have hired a attorney to sue the police department the city of. Centrailia and prosecutors office and the Centrailia Chronicle for Slander they don’t. Check their facts before they print