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Two figures can be seen inside Smokin Js during burglary. / Courtesy image from Centralia Police Department.

GLASS PIPE HEIST

• Someone broke into a Centralia smoke shop after hours last night, making off with what the owner estimates was about $2,000 worth of merchandise. Police called just before 11 p.m. to the 600 block of West Main Street noted the back door was smashed in. Smokin Js owner Jay Fratt said the thieves stole numerous glass water pipes. The burglary was captured by surveillance cameras and police are investigating, according to the Centralia Police Department. Fratt believes a pair of males browsing through the store a few hours earlier were actually casing the place. His cameras caught pictures of their faces as well, which he has shared with police. Smokin Js is in a new location, just west of the building it previously occupied.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• When a suspected drunken driver refused to pull over yesterday evening in Centralia, a patrol officer used the side of his vehicle to force the car to the curb, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police say the vehicle had struck a concrete parking stop and dragged it into the yard of a home in the area of the 1500 block of Jensen Avenue. The incident occurred around 6:45 p.m. and the driver was headed toward the heavily-trafficked Harrison Avenue, according to police. Michael L. Lindsey, 58, of Auburn, was then arrested for driving under the influence and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, hit and run, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, harassment, third-degree theft, 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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THREAT ABOUT GUN AT SOLID WASTE CENTER LANDS CUSTOMER IN JAIL

• A 37-year-old man from Portland was jailed yesterday after an altercation with an employee and another customer at the Lewis County Transfer Station in which he allegedly threatened to kill them with a gun because they were white, because they were “killing his people,” according to the Centralia Police Department. Officers called to the trash collection center on the 1400 block of South Tower Avenue just before 3:30 p.m. yesterday learned Andrew T. Seaman was told by the employee to back his vehicle off the scale at the entrance because another customer was still parked on it, according to the Centralia Police Department. Other employees responded and the first worker was quite frightened and clearly upset by the man’s words, according to police. Seaman  was arrested for malicious harassment, Sgt. Dave Clary said.

DOMESTIC ATTACK

• Centralia police were called about 9:50 p.m. Thursday for a woman who said her grown niece assaulted her, breaking her nose at the 2500 block of Howard Avenue. The case is being investigate as a second-degree assault, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BURGLARY

• Police were called just before 2 p.m. Thursday for a break-in to a residence at the 400 block of South Cedar Street. Three Samsung televisions were stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called to the 300 block of Linda Lane in Centralia about 10:15 a.m. Thursday to take a report of an attempted burglary. Someone attempted entry through a door panel, but the suspects were frightened off by the victim’s dog barking, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called to the 3200 block of Galvin Road abut 8:35 a.m. Thursday for a vehicle prowl. A window was broken, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 50-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine when he was picked up on a warrant yesterday around 2 p.m. yesterday at Summa Street and Tower Avenue. Patrick N. Martin was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 17-year-old was arrested for possession of marijuana  when contacted in a traffic stop at Washington Avenue and Fourth Streets in Centralia just before 11 p.m. on Thursday. The teenage boy was released to a parent and the case will be forwarded to juvenile prosecutors for charging, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called just before 5 p.m. yesterday to the 1900 block of Ahlers Avenue where someone had shot out the rear window of a vehicle with a BB gun.

• Centralia police were called about 7:20 a.m. yesterday to the 500 block of Harrison Avenue where a rock had been thrown through the window of a business.

RESIDENTIAL FIRE HELD TO KITCHEN

• A pan of cooking oil that overheated at a Centralia home yesterday ignited and burned a wall and cabinets but was knocked down before firefighters arrived. The crew called about 4 p.m. to the mobile home on the 100 block of Francis Lane confirmed the fire was extinguished and the occupant was uninjured, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, shoplifting, probation violation, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, harassment, counterfeit bill passed, third-degree theft, third-degree malicious mischief, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street  … and more among 246 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 48-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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PURSUIT STOPS AT DEAD END

• A 21-year-old Centralia resident who accelerated away from a police officer, made a couple of quick turns and ended up in a cul-de-sac at the end of Pear Street yesterday was arrested, for an outstanding warrant, second-degree driving with a suspended license, possession of heroin and felony eluding, according to the Centralia Police Department. Tavryn L. Lindsey was booked into the Lewis County Jail after the approximately 10:30 a.m. incident, according to police.

UNRULY CUSTOMER

• Police were called about 8:40 a.m. yesterday to a store the 400 block of West Main Street in Centralia where a male had allegedly assaulted a clerk when he was asked to leave. The case is being investigated as a fourth-degree assault, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called to the 1300 block of Lum Road abut 6:10 p.m. yesterday for a vehicle prowl. A window was broken and a purse and shoes were stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police were called just after 5 p.m. yesterday to the 1400 block of Lum Road in Centralia where someone had broken the window out of a parked car.  It’s unknown if anything was taken., according to the Centralia Police Department.

MINI WARRANT SWEEP

• Centralia police arrested six people wanted for outstanding warrants at the 200 block of South Buckner Street at about 9 p.m. yesterday. Three of them were booked into the Lewis County Jail and three of them were given a court date and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrant, trespassing, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, harassment, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances … and more among 155 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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Updated at 5:43 p.m.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called about 9:20 p.m. yesterday after someone threw a plant through the window of a residence on the 700 block of South Gold Street in Centralia.

THEFT

• Someone stole a flag from a front porch at the 700 block of West First Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday afternoon.

• Centralia police were called about 2:50 p.m. yesterday to a home on the 1900 block of Honeysuckle Lane to take a report of the theft of items unspecified which would amount to second-degree theft.

DRUGS

• Centralia police arrested a 28-year-old man for possession of methamphetamine at about 9:15 p.m. yesterday at the 200 block of East Main Street in Centralia. Constantino Barro-Reyes was booked into the Lewis County Jail but prosecutors declined to file the felony charge today.

• Two people arrested on outstanding warrants in Centralia on Monday were charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with possession of heroin. Sabrina L. Towne and Cornelio T. Delarosa, both 23 years old and both from Centralia, were contacted by drug detectives in the parking lot of a motel and a search of a purse and a backpack turned up a brown substance, some brown residue and pen parts commonly used to smoke heroin, according to charging documents. When they went before a judge this afternoon the judge set Towne’s bail at $5,000 and Delarosa’s bail at $10,000.

• Lewis County prosecutors charged a 38-year-old Centralia man being held on a kidnapping charge with delivery of methamphetamine in connection with allegedly selling the drug to a confidential police informant this summer. Shawn M. Joyner was jailed two weeks ago for an incident that allegedly occurred in early October, involving a woman he was dating. Charging documents in the new case allege that an informant with the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team met with Joyner sometime during July or August to purchase meth. Joyner is being held on $50,000 bail in the one case and a Lewis County Superior Court judge this afternoon set his bail in the drug case at $50,000.

LOST AND FOUND

• Chehalis police were called to the 300 block of Southwest Third Street about 12:20 p.m. yesterday after a toddler was found outside alone without pants on. The two and half year old girl was cleaned up, clothed and police took custody of her, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Parents were located in the area looking for her and were told the little girl would be in the custody of Child Protective Services, according to police.

• A 34-year-old woman contacted Chehalis police from Providence Centralia Hospital about 1:45 p.m. yesterday to report an individual she’d been staying with in a van on Northwest Louisiana Avenue gave her some Vicodin that left her unconscious and then vanished, with her belongings, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Police are following up to find the man who has an Aberdeen address, according to police.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 24-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for driving under the influence following a single-vehicle collision at North Gold Street and Ham Hill Road in Centralia about 1:45 a.m. today. Kyle M. Coulter was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrant, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, fraud, civil issue, harassment, suspicious circumstances, lost or stolen wallet, collision on city street … and more among 157 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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Updated at 5:58 p.m.

BURGLARY CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called about 7:30 a.m. yesterday after a worker at a business on the 1500 block of Lum Road came in to find someone rummaging through employee lockers. A K-9 track was initiated but another officer spotted a suspect running and stopped him before the dog caught up to him, according to the Centralia Police Department.  Christopher L. Wessels, 32, a homeless person was arrested for second-degree burglary and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

HIDDEN FIREARM

• Chehalis police were called to Wal-Mart just before 2 p.m. yesterday because a customer came in and asked if the store could hold onto his gun. He was told no and to go outside and when an officer arrived, the 55-year-old Glenoma resident reportedly had the handgun in his interior jacket pocket, but didn’t have a concealed pistol license, according to the Chehalis Police Department. David W. Peterson was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon without a permit and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police. A department spokesperson said she did not know the reason for his request to the employee at the store.

OTHER THEFT

• Centralia police were called to a home on the 2000 block of Borst Avenue about 3:45 p.m. yesterday to take a report that jewelry had been stolen. Possible suspect information was provided by the victim, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FROM THE COURTHOUSE

• A 58-year-old rural Chehalis man who allegedly shot a deer with two pistols in a neighbor’s field, out of season – and asked the property owner not to report him – was allowed to remain free pending trial with a $10,000 unsecured bond when he went before a judge today in Lewis County Superior Court. Peter P. Petta is charged with the class C felony of witness tampering, a misdemeanor and two gross misdemeanors for his alleged actions off the 3000 block of Jackson Highway last month. Charging documents state the neighbor called 911 on Oct. 11 after finding Petta in his field standing next to the dead buck; on property posted “No Hunting.” Petta reportedly told officers with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife he was inside his trailer when he saw three to four deer in the field, grabbed his 9 mm and his 22 and shot the buck. He is also charged with second-degree unlawful hunting of big game, hunting wildlife on the property of another and hunting with a firearm with a barrel of less than four inches. He was summonsed to court and when he appeared before Judge James Lawler this afternoon, asked for a court-appointed lawyer. Lawler told him his household earned too much to qualify and told him to return for his arraignment on Dec. 1.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, third-degree malicious mischief; responses for alarm, dispute, fraud, civil issue, shoplifting, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, unconscious person laying on a curb … and more among 144 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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Updated at 5:25 p.m.

AUTO THEFT

• Police were called at 5:21 a.m. today about a car stolen from in front of a house on the 1600 block of North Pearl Street. The owner had left the gold 2002 Audi A6 Quattro running to warm it up, according to the Centralia Police Department. The car has has blue LED lights in the grill that are always illuminated and a license plate that reads AOP 0647, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called just before 8 p.m. yesterday about a white 1997 Ford Explorer getting stolen from the 100 block of South Tower Avenue. The owner had asked the suspect to drive him somewhere, but the suspect took off while the owner was outside the vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department. The vehicle did not have license plates but had a temporary registration taped to the back window, according to police.

• Chehalis police were called about 4:50 p.m. yesterday to the 2500 block of Kresky Avenue where a car had been parked for a couple of days and found it had been stolen from Raymond. It was missing its front license plate and the steering column was damaged, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Chehalis police came across a stolen vehicle about 9:30 p.m. on Saturday at Southwest 16th Street and Thomsen Avenue and learned the 20-year-old man who said it belonged to him had a title and a bill of sale. He said he purchased the pickup truck from an individual in Monroe in September, but it turned out it had been stolen in Marysville from its actual owner, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The Toyota Tacoma truck was impounded so it could be returned, according to police.

• Two people were arrested about 4 p.m. on Friday for possession of a stolen vehicle after a 2017 Chevrolet Cruise belonging to an Olympia business was located via its OnStar system at the 1600 block of South Scheuber Avenue in Centralia. Burton C.B. Brown, 51, of Centralia, and Courtney R. Blurton, 29, from Chehalis, said they’d gotten the car earlier in the day from someone at Wal-Mart, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Both had outstanding warrants and were  booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office. Prosecutors declined to file the felony charges today.

• Centralia police were called about 9:40 a.m. on Saturday to the 1900 block of Honeysuckle Lane where a man’s car had been stolen during the night. The Saturn was found later in Thurston County, according to the Centralia Police Department. The victim suspected his roommate had taken it and allegedly broke into the roommate’s room, took his belongings out and damaged them, according to police. When police were called back to Jason T. Atchley,’s home about 3:40 p.m., they arrested the 41-year-old and booked him into the Lewis County Jail, according to Sgt. Dave Clary.

BURGLARY CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called just before 6 p.m. on Saturday to the 200 block of West Hanson Street where an individual reported someone had forced open a door and left with collectible coins. The victim was in the process of moving, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police were called on Saturday morning to the 1300 block of West Main Street in Centralia where sometime during the previous week someone broke into the home and stole construction tools.

• Centralia police were called just after 3 p.m. on Friday for a burglary to a garage at the 700 block of South Pearl Street. A television was taken,according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called about 1:15 p.m. on Saturday to the 100 block of Jayln Street where two electric grease guns had been stolen out of a vehicle.

• Chehalis police were called to the Lewis County Mail about 7:40 a.m. on Saturday following the discovery someone had trashed the inside of a vehicle and stole a backpack containing a wallet and laptop computer. The stereo was torn out as well, according to the Chehalis Police Department. its owner had parked it only 45 minutes earlier, according to police.

• Three cars and a travel trailer were broken into at the 1300 block of Eckerson Road in Centralia, according to a report made to Centralia police about 6:30 a.m. on Saturday. Survival items and vehicle registrations were stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.

OTHER CRIMES

• A 33-year-old Hoquiam man was arrested for second-degree robbery after allegedly threatening to use force against security personnel who contacted him about consuming “items” in a store at the 500 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia without paying on Saturday night. Police called at 10 p.m. were told the individual had fled but he was located later that night across town causing more issues and was detained, according to the Centralia Police Department. A search incident to his arrest arrest revealed Robert O. Bray had in his possession property stolen in a recent vehicle prowl in Chehalis, according to police. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail also for second-degree possession of stolen property and an outstanding warrant, according to police.

• Chehalis police were called about 8:25 p.m. on Saturday to Green Hill School where a 16-year-old student-inmate allegedly had thrown playing cards at a staff member. The case is being forwarded to prosecutors for a possible charge of third-degree assault, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

FRAUD

• Centralia police were contacted on Saturday by an individual at the 300 block of Denny Way to take a report someone else had opened a bank account in their name

• Centralia police were called on Saturday morning by a person at the 400 block of Downing Road about a credit card discovered to have been fraudulently used on the Internet.

DRUGS

• A 20-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and an outstanding warrant when contacted by police at the 100 block of Eckerson Road in Centralia just before 3 a.m. yesterday. David W. Grace was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 32-year-old inmate at the Lewis County Jail was arrested for a new offense on Friday of possession of a controlled substance. A deputy arriving to the facility about 9:50 p.m. was told by Melissa A. McAllister she had forgotten she had it when she was first booked in to the jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The suspected heroin was retrieved from the Centralia woman’s housing area, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A 23-year-old Rochester woman was arrested for possession of methamphetamine when police picked her up on a warrant about 9:30 a.m. on Friday at the 500 block of Southwest Pacific Avenue in Chehalis. Kyrstin R. Daarud was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called to the 2000 block of Cooks Hill Road about 1:25 p.m. yesterday where at least one mailbox was damaged, possibly by a baseball bat.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 53-year-old Onalaska woman was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital yesterday to be checked out following a rollover accident about 6:45 p.m. at the 900 block of Brown Road West in rural Chehalis. She couldn’t recall what had occurred to cause her to wreck her Jeep Grand Cherokee, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The vehicle was described as totaled.

• Two vehicles sustained major damage when they collided on Friday afternoon at Jackson Highway at Zandecki Road south of Chehalis. Both were southbound and the 48-year-old Toledo woman went to pass the 36-year-old Chehalis man as he attempted to turn left, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responding just after 4 p.m. found that her Chevrolet 3500 T-boned his Nissan Frontier, shoving it into a ditch – causing it to roll – and coming to rest on top of it, according to the sheriff’s office. The woman said he had his right blinker on; he said he had his left blinker on, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. Breen did not say if anyone was injured, but noted no citations have been issued at this time.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrant, trespassing, shoplifting, probation violation, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, noisy neighbor party … and more among 387 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.