ASSAULT
• A 47-year-old Centralia man was arrested for unlawful imprisonment after deputies were called to a domestic dispute about 10 p.m. last night on the 2600 block of Bennett Road in Centralia. Deputies were told those involved were in the “shop area” and found the door locked, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Witnesses said they overheard the man say “she wasn’t leaving,” and when a 46-year-old woman emerged, she told them she had been hit in the eye with a soda bottle cap, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Dale G. Rich was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Brown said this morning. He was released today with no charge filed.
DRUGS
• A 25-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of an unspecified controlled substance on Saturday morning at the 900 block of Marion Street in Centralia. Gregory S. Schroeder was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
THEFT
• Somebody stole a tool box and a flashlight from a truck at the 700 block of Leonard Road in Ethel sometime between Friday morning and Sunday afternoon, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
WRECK
• A 28-year-old Napavine man escaped with just scrapes when his vehicle slid through a stop sign in the fog early yesterday and crashed into a power pole, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies called about 1 a.m. to the intersection of North Military and Koontz roads reported the man’s 2003 Chevrolet Malibu was totaled, according to the sheriff’s office.
CANDLE BLAMED IN DOTY FIRE
• A Doty house fire that chased a family out of its home on Thursday night was caused by a candle, according to authorities. Nobody was hurt, but the upstairs of the home on Front Street was damaged. A 5-year-old girl had picked up a burning candle from her mother’s bedroom to go after a cat that had gone into a storage space upstairs, Fire Investigator Ted McCarty said this morning. When she set it down, a wicker laundry basket ignited, he said. The child told her mom right away, and the mom attempted to douse the flames, but unfortunately the home’s water pump had stopped working, McCarty said. The mom backed out and got everyone out of the house, he said.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter