ASSAULT
• A 12-year-old Randle boy was arrested last night after he allegedly held a knife toward his brother’s throat and threatened to use it if he told on him, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies called to the home on the 100 block of Cline Road about 7:30 p.m. found the victim scared but unhurt, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The brother was arrested second-degree assault and booked into Lewis County Juvenile Detention. The boy’s names were not released because they are juveniles.
ASSAULT AND DRUGS
• A 39-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of drugs after officers patted him down when they responded to a misdemeanor assault at his home last night in Centralia. Police, called about 11 p.m. to the 100 block of South cedar Street, found suspected methamphetamine as they investigated an allegation he shoved his girlfriend, according to the Centralia Police Department. Michael L. Watkins was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
DRUGS AND POSSIBLE THEFT
• Centralia police said they found suspected stolen power tools and suspected drugs when they responded to a possible overdose of a 24-year-old Chehalis man in a garage on the 100 block of West Roanoke Street. The individual was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital, Officer John Panco said this morning. Among the items found were suspected heroin residue on a knife and a white powdery substance that will be tested, Panco said.
THEFT
• Officers attempted a dog track without success after a Centralia resident opened her front door and thought she heard someone going out the back yesterday evening on the 800 block of South Silver Street. Police, called about 5:20 p.m. learned a debit card and cash were missing and a number of items – such as a game system – were stacked up as though ready to be spirited out of the home, according to Officer John Panco.
CRASH
• A 37-year-old Centralia man was hospitalized after what was described as a head-on collision yesterday in south centralia. Deputies were called about 4:45 p.m. after a 61-year-old Centralia woman driving a Ford Taurus blew a stop sign on East Summa Street, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Her car collided in the intersection of Kresky with a northbound Chevrolet Tahoe, the sheriff’s office reported. She declined treatment but the male driver of the Tahoe was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with unspecified injuries, according to the sheriff’s office.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter