Lewis County Sirens.com

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BURGLARY ONALASKA

• A deputy was called to the 300 block of Carlisle Avenue in Onalaska after a 36-year-old man returned home to find furniture and other large items missing from his residence. It happened sometime between May 8 and yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The victim is compiling a list of stolen property, according to the sheriff’s office.

THEFT CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called about 12:45 p.m. yesterday to the 1000 block of Southwest 20th Street following the discovery that a blue gas-powered water pump was missing from an apartment complex.

• Chehalis police were called yesterday evening about the theft of a license plate cover and bulb from a vehicle parked at a residence on the 700 block of Southwest 20th Street.

COMPUTER VIRUS ATTEMPTS FRAUD

• Centralia police report this morning they took a report yesterday of a bank fraud which was initiated by a computer virus on a home computer. The victim was able to contact his bank and stop the transaction, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police say the case associated with an address on the 900 block of West Chestnut Street is believed to have been hatched overseas.

AUTO THEFT

• A 27-year-old Toledo man was arrested yesterday morning for possession of a stolen vehicle after he was stopped by a deputy about 9:30 a.m. at state Route 505 and Camus Road. Lake A. Gregson said he had borrowed the car from a friend but the 1991 Honda Accord had been reported stolen to the Longview Police Department, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Gregson was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

HOMELESS CAMP CATCHES FIRE

• Firefighters called just after midnight when flames erupted beneath the southbound Interstate 5 onramp at exit 77 in Chehalis found three adults had been sleeping there, had a campfire and it spread to their belongings, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. “It was more than they could put out with the water they had,” Fire Capt. Ted McCarty said. The fire was extinguished and nobody was hurt, he said.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants,  trespassing, probation violation, third-degree theft, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vehicle collision, shoplifting, sexual assault, suicidal person, suspicious circumstances… and more among 117 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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CORRECTION: This has been updated to reflect that the burglary at the 300 block of Carlisle Avenue in Onalaska occurred between May 8 of this year and yesterday. Incorrect information had been provided by the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

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Updated at 10:57 a.m.

DOMESTIC ASSAULT

• Deputies were called just after 6 p.m. yesterday after a woman flagged down a passing vehicle at the 4700 block of Galvin Road to say her significant other had assaulted her inside their tent under the Chehalis River bridge, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The victim said Brian J. Elmore was upset because she was making noise and began to punch her in the face and head, leaving her with a cut on her right cheek and bruises, according to the sheriff’s office. A K-9 track was conducted without success but Centralia police eventually located Elmore farther up the road and took him into custody, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. Elmore, 36, from Centralia, was arrested for fourth-degree assault and booked into the Lewis County Jail, Breen said.

UNRULY PERSON

• A 54-year-old Chehalis man was arrested last night after calls from multiple locations in Chehalis about an individual threatening someone and then harassing and bugging customers, according to the Chehalis Police Department. It began downtown and then occurred also at a gas station and a retail store on Northwest Louisiana Avenue, according to police. The suspect allegedly also opened the door to his truck and damaged someone else’s vehicle in a parking lot, Chehalis Police Department spokesperson Linda Bailey said. James P. Sauter was booked into the Lewis County Jail for disorderly conduct, Bailey said.

BURGLARY AND THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 4:20 p.m. yesterday about a burglary at the 600 block of North Gold Street. Money was taken by a known suspect, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A deputy was called yesterday about a burglary to a shed at the 9000 block of U.S. Highway 12 in Randle where two Stihl chainsaws were missing, as was a green tool box containing chainsaw tools. The victim said he’d last seen them two weeks earlier, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. One of them was a model 044 and the other a 028, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.

• A garden hose was reported stolen from a yard at the 900 block of West Second Street in Centralia yesterday afternoon, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called for a vehicle prowl about 1:15 p.m. yesterday at the 1200 block of West Main Street. A weed eater was missing from the back of a truck, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 9:40 a.m. yesterday about an overnight vehicle prowl at the 700 block of Euclid Way. Documents were stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FAKE BILL

• A business at the 200 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia contacted police yesterday morning about a counterfeit bill found in the till.

DRUGS

• Two people were arrested for possession of methamphetamine after contact with police about 3 p.m. yesterday at the 1000 block of Eckerson Road in Centralia. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were David W Grace, 20, from Winlock and Sahvanna L Lewerenz, 19, of Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 33-year-old motorist was arrested for driving under the influence yesterday morning after his car went into a ditch at the 100 block of Pleasant Valley Road near Winlock. Deputies arriving about 8:40 a.m. saw major damage to the front bumper of the car and contacted the driver at the hospital, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Casey D. Knox, from Bremerton, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, third-degree theft, protection order violation, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, disorderly person, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances… and more among 134 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 34-year-old motorist allegedly told a deputy he was drunk and crashed his car after he swerved to miss a raccoon and drove off the roadway at Stowell and Talbot roads in Salkum early yesterday morning. A deputy responding to the approximately 1:35 a.m. call arrested Robert D. Molina, of Onalaska, for driving under the influence and booked him in to the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 1994 Volkswagen Jetta sustained minor damage, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A 53-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for driving under the influence after she reportedly ran her vehicle into two parked vehicles in a parking lot at the 500 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia on Saturday. Officers responding to an approximately 5 p.m. call booked Lynette R. Pemberton into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

•  Torri E. Woodruff, 24, of Centralia was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for driving under the influence after the car she was driving collided with a parked car at Pearl Street and Alaska Way in Centralia around 2 a.m. on Saturday, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called about 3:50 p.m. on Friday by a female who reported a white Dodge pickup truck with flashing red and blue lights in its grill had pulled up behind her and yelled at her before then following her along Bishop Road. An officer figured out who the motorist was and he has been warned about the lights, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

GAS STATION EMPLOYEE ASSAULTED

• A 31-year-old homeless man allegedly assaulted a gas station employee shortly after the worker had given him money for a bus ticket and food at the 1200 block of Mellen Street in Centralia on Friday morning. Police called just before 9 a.m. arrested Christopher J. Clark for fourth-degree assault and booked Clark into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

MASS MISSING MONEY

• Centralia police reported on Saturday morning they were summoned to the 100 block of North Tower Avenue the afternoon before regarding a  large sum of cash stolen from the office of a business.

TAKING TVs

• A 25-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested following an approximately 12:50 a.m. call yesterday about someone pushing a shopping cart with TVs in it away from Wal-Mart. Chehalis police report that Max M. Dantzler had allegedly departed from a door he had propped open and attempted to leave in a vehicle but was contacted by an officer. Dantzler was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police called about 11:15 a.m. on Friday to the 2000 block of Johnson Road about a vehicle stolen during the night report it was recovered in Thurston County, damaged.

INDECENCY

• A 47-year-old Wisconsin man was arrested for indecent exposure after Chehalis police were called to a report an individual had seen a man masturbating inside a car in a parking lot at the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue. Mark R. Pope was issued the citation and then released following the approximately 11:40 a.m. call on Friday, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DRUGS

•  Nicholas F. Henderson, 63, a transient, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail after he was allegedly found to be in possession of methamphetamine during a trespass investigation at the 700 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia just after 11 a.m. on Friday, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, trespassing, misdemeanor assault, probation violation, protection order violation, failure to transfer title, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, driving with no license, being in physical control of vehicle while intoxicated; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, disorderly person, suicidal person, vehicle collision, stolen cell phone, suspicious circumstances, third-degree theft … and more among 433 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.