MAN BEATEN, STABBED, OUTSIDE CENTRALIA
• A 19-year-old Chehalis man hospitalized with a stab wound told a deputy it was someone who was “supposed to be a good friend” who did it but refused to give a name because he didn’t want anything more to happen to him and didn’t want to be labeled a snitch. It happened early Thursday morning outside Centralia, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said today. The victim said his friends had driven him out to the end of Wigley Road where they beat him up and stabbed him, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. The victim was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital to be treated for a large wound on his right thigh, Brown said.
TEEN PARTY BUSTED NEAR ROCHESTER
• Four teenagers were arrested when deputies broke up a party of some 50 individuals in which half were estimated to be under 21. Deputies were out on an underage “party patrol” Friday night when they learned of a gathering at the end of Lepisto Road in Rochester, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said this morning. Three 19-year-olds from Centralia and one from Castle Rock, all males, were arrested and booked for being a minors either in possession of, or having consumed, alcohol, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. One was also arrested for misdemeanor possession of marijuana, Brown said.
DRUGS
• Chehalis police found a small amount of suspected black tar heroin in a vehicle when they made a traffic stop this early morning at North Market and Cascade Avenue. Rosa M. Sanchez-Anderson, 20, of Napavine, was arrested and booked for driving with a suspended license, but nobody has yet been arrested in connection with the drugs as there were multiple people in the car, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
GUN, OTHER ITEMS STOLEN IN BURGLARY
• A Taurus .357 revolver and 32-inch flat screen television were among the items stolen in a burglary on the 100 block of Highline Drive outside Chehalis on Wednesday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy was told someone broke a window to get inside sometime between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning.
ONALASKA SHOP BROKEN INTO
• Sometime between last Tuesday and Wednesday morning, someone stole some $2,500 of valuables from a shop on the 100 block of Johnson Road in Onalaska, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy was told someone used a cutting tool to get through a large door and took off with items including a marine radio, fish tackle and 200 feet of copper wire, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
SEXUAL ASSAULT ARREST
• A 27-year-old Chehalis area man was arrested on Thursday for sexual assault of his young step-daughter, Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. Christopher L. McCullough was booked into the Lewis County Jail following a report first made two weeks ago, according to the sheriff’ office. McCullough was booked for second-degree child assault and two counts of first-degree rape of a child, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
VEHICLE ROLLS INTO SKATE CREEK
• A family of five somehow escaped serious injury when their Jeep slipped over an embankment and rolled into three to four feet of swift-moving water off Skate Creek Road near Packwood on Friday. Lewis County Sheriff’s Office Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said she believed a passerby took the Spanaway family to the Packwood Fire Hall, where they were then transported to Morton General Hospital. They were treated for pains in various parts of their bodies, including a 6-year-old boy with scrapes on his throat from a seatbelt, according to Brown. It happened near milepost 17 when the driver lost control on compact snow and ice, Brown said. The vehicle was totaled, according to Brown.
VANDALISM
• Police were called yesterday to the 200 block of West Center Street in Centralia where someone had spray painted graffiti on the side of a building, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Someone broke out two windows in the front of the Packwood fire station between last Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It didn’t appear anyone got inside, according to the sheriff’s office.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter