PUSHING AND SHOVING
• A 57-year-old Centralia man was jailed after he allegedly shoved a police officer in the chest at Safeway yesterday afternoon. Officers had been called to store on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue about 6 p.m. about a disorderly person who was reportedly harassing customers and refusing to leave, according to the Centralia Police Department. While officers were dealing with him, James F. Deach Sr. shoved Officer Chad Withrow, which was followed by a short struggle, police reported. Deach was arrested for third-degree assault and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
• Deputies were called to an Onalaska residence about 9:15 p.m. on Monday to take a report that a 17-year-old boy had threatened a trick-or-treater with a knife. The 14-year-old victim said the older boy threatened to “F-ing” kill him, took a knife from his pocket, and opened the blade, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 17-year-old allegedly pushed the boy trying to get him to fight, but the boy walked away, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning. The 17-year-old told a deputy he was only trying to scare the boy. The case was referred to the prosecutor’s office for a possible charge of second-degree assault. It’s not clear what the dispute was about.
• Chehalis police were called about 11:15 a.m. yesterday about a 14-year-old boy reportedly pushing a 15-year-old boy around at W.F. West High School. The case was referred for a possible charge of fourth-degree assault, according to police.
THEFT
• Someone broke out a window and stole a telescope, a metal detector and two Motorola “walkabout” radios from an recreational vehicle parked at the 200 block of Jorgenson Road in Onalaska sometime between Oct. 24 and yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• A deputy was called yesterday to a shop building on the 100 block of Johnson Road in Onalaska where someone had attempted to break in sometime since Friday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The owner found sheet metal screws had been removed from the siding, but the would-be thief apparently gave up after finding his or her way blocked plywood and insulation, the sheriff’s office said.
• Police were called to a business on the 1200 block of Mellen Street yesterday morning after someone had gone inside overnight and taken candy, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Someone stole more than $1,000 of valuables from a vehicle parked at the 100 block of Hemphill Road in Winlock, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. Taken was a Panasonic Blu-ray DVD player, about 100 children’s DVDs, a purse, cash, Percocet and another prescription medication. It happened sometime between midnight and 10 a.m. yesterday, the sheriff’s office said.
VANDALISM
• Police were called just before noon yesterday to the 200 block of East Summa Street in Centralia where someone had broken out the window of a vehicle overnight.
POLICE SHUT DOWN CHEHALIS LOUNGE
• Officers visited a restaurant on the 300 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue last night to notify the owner she can’t continue operating until her city business license is back in order, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Paradise, formerly known as Paradise Restaurant and Lounge, changed owners about a year ago.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter