Lewis County Sirens.com

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ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Centralia police chased three suspects in a black Honda suspected of shoplifting at the 1300 block of Lum Road up Interstate 5 until the driver of the fleeing vehicle began to drive in such an unsafe manner that it was deemed necessary to discontinue the pursuit on Saturday morning. It tuned out the license plates on the car were stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police arrested a 18-year-old Centralia resident for driving under the influence after he ran in to two parked vehicles at the 300 block of South Market Boulevard about 6 a.m. on Saturday. Cristian Ramirez-Dado was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• A pair of Rochester residents were arrested for third-degree theft on Saturday after they allegedly shoplifted a $399 drill set from Home Depot in Chehalis, were chased by civilians in a pickup truck and ended up wrecking near Rice and Rogers road just before 1 p.m. on Saturday. Police were told the suspects threw the loot into the river, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Cody D. McAdam, 25, and James M. Hamilton, were cited and then released pending a court date, according to police.

TRESPASSING

• Police were called about 9:50 a.m. yesterday to a business on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia where sometime during the night someone entered unlawfully and rummaged around. Nothing was taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.

EXPOSED

• Ryan L. Patterson, 36, of Chehalis was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for indecent exposure after he was allegedly witnessed flashing his genitalia on the 800 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia at about 12:20 p.m. yesterday, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FUNNY MONEY

• Chehalis police were called to a coffee stand on Northwest Arkansas Way about 6:25 p.m. on Thursday after they had accepted a counterfeit $50 bill from a customer. It was placed into evidence, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called about 9:30 p.m. yesterday to the 2400 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia for a vehicle prowl in which a male suspect was seen running from the scene. A cell phone was taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called for a vehicle prowl about 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at the 1000 block of Harrison Avenue.

• A car stereo was reported stolen from a vehicle at the 200 block of North Buckner Street in Centralia at about 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.

• Police were called about 12:15 p.m. on Saturday for a vehicle prowl on the 700 block of Allen Avenue in Centralia. A Cannon Rebel T5i camera was missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant,  misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence; responses for  dispute, civil issue, hit and run, harassment, unfounded report, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances … and more among 237 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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BURGLARY

• Centralia police were called to the 900 block of West Chestnut Street about 2:30 p.m. yesterday for a break-in to a shed in which a chainsaw, a weed eater and a chop saw were stolen.

AUTO THEFT

• A tan-colored 1991 Honda Accord was reported stolen about 8:20 a.m. on Thursday from the 1400 block of Johnson Road in Centralia. The four-door car has a license plate reading 034 YJN, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called for a vehicle prowl at about 3:10 yesterday at the 2000 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia. A male suspect was observed entering an unsecured vehicle and stealing cash, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FENCE DOWN

• Gregory L. Johnson, 60, of Utah was cited for hit and run after the tractor trailer he was driving ran over a fence and continued on without stopping after the collision at West Cherry and South Pearl streets at about 1:45 p.m. yesterday, according to the Centralia Police Department.

PEW, PEW, PEW

• Centralia police investigated a report of multiple gunshots heard in the area of the 900 block of Long Road at about 6:45 a.m. today and found duck hunters. They were just west of that location and on private property outside Centralia city limits, according to the Centralia Police Department. What they were doing was lawful, but it is illegal to discharge a firearm within the city limits, police indicated.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant,  misdemeanor assault, probation violation, failure to transfer vehicle title, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, trespassing, civil issue, hit and run, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, complaint of two people sleeping inside a parked truck … and more among 304 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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Updated at 6:16 p.m.

KIDNAP ARREST

• A 38-year-old man was arrested in Centralia for kidnapping yesterday morning in connection with an incident last month in which he allegedly forced a 23-year-old woman he was dating into her truck outside the movie theater on Hampe Way in Chehalis and made her drive to Tacoma. It happened the night of Oct. 8 and Shawn M. Joyner, of Centralia, was just picked up yesterday, according to the Chehalis Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police. A charge of fourth-degree assault is being referred to prosecutors as well in connection with the event, a department spokesperson said. A white crystal substance confiscated when he was booked will be sent out to be tested, police said. He was charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with second-degree kidnapping, possession of methamphetamine and fourth-degree assault. Bail was set at $50,000 today when he appeared before a judge.

BREAK-IN

• Centralia police were called about 7 o’clock this morning for a residential burglary at the 1200 block of Windsor Avenue. It happened during the night, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Someone broke into a garage on the 1000 block of Southeast Adams Street in Chehalis and stole a 1985 Honda moped and a vintage 1970 half-cap helmet, according to a report made to police about 4:15 p.m. yesterday.

• Police were called to a home on the 1000 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia just before 2 p.m. yesterday about a burglary. Among the missing items were toiletries, a large amount of clothing, an iPad computer, and four cameras, one of which was a GoPro, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A break-in to a business on the 1000 block of Centralia College Boulevard was reported about 8:45 a.m. yesterday in which the stolen property included toilet paper, soap and paper towels.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Centralia police arrested two suspects last night following an approximately 9 a.m. call to the 2000 block of Borst Avenue for a car prowl in which a purse was taken. Two of the victim’s credit cards were used at local businesses, according to the Centralia Police Department. They found their suspects sleeping inside a closed business at the 1100 block of View Avenue about 11 p.m. and booked them into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree theft and unlawful factoring of transactions, according to police. The arrested were Daniel M. Alexander, 25, of Belfair and Ada M. Sohm, 19, of Skokomish, according to police. Sohm was also arrested for possession of methamphetamine, police indicated this morning.

• An officer was called just before 8 a.m. yesterday following the discovery someone had broken into a work van parked at the 1200 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue and removed numerous tools.

• Chehalis police were called about 7:45 a.m. yesterday to a loading dock at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue where someone had stolen keys and a flashlight from a semi truck parked there.

MORE THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 11:45 p.m. yesterday regarding bank fraud in a case associated with the 600 block of Bengal Court. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FROM THE COURTHOUSE

• Zachary M. Riihimaki, 18, of Lacey, was booked yesterday on a $50,000 warrant for his arrest in connection with a June burglary at a home on the 400 block of Coal Creek Road in Chehalis in which several guns were stolen. Riihimaki and Chase L. Flores, 31, from Shelton, allegedly went with their buddy Conner J. McClain to the home where McClain had previously lived with his then-girlfriend on June 15 and broke into a home, a shop and an travel trailer, according to court documents. Riihimaki is charged in Lewis County Superior Court with residential burglary, theft of a firearm and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. A judge this afternoon left his bail at $50,000.

DRINKING IN PUBLIC

• A 45-year-old man approached by police while he was sitting in the alcove of a closed business with an open can of beer reportedly charged the officer telling him to shoot but was threatened with a Taser and eventually laid down on the ground in response to repeated orders to do so. It happened about 7:25 p.m. yesterday at the 800 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. Charon O. Jones, 45, of Redwood City, California, allegedly pulled away as officers were trying to handcuff him and subsequently was arrested for obstructing a public servant and resisting arrest and was issued a notice of infraction for the beer, before being booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, obstructing, resisting arrest, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, trespassing, civil issue, hit and run, suspicious circumstances, complaint of two people sleeping inside a parked truck … and more among 116 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

GASOLINE HEIST

• A deputy was called yesterday to a gas station in Packwood following the discovery someone had made access through an unsecured port to an underground tank and stole 100 gallons of motor vehicle fuel. The person reporting the incident had a printout that showed the theft occurred between 12:01 a.m. and 12:47 a.m. on Monday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened at the 12000 block of U.S. Highway 12, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. The case is under investigation.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called just before 7 p.m. yesterday for a vehicle prowl at the 2000 block of Haviland Street in Centralia. The victim said someone stole food and cigarettes during a 20-minute period while he was shopping inside a store, according to the Centralia Police Department.

UNWELCOME VISITOR

• A 39-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for second-degree burglary and third-degree malicious mischief as well as violation of a no-contact order just after noon yesterday when police responded to a location on the 300 block of Yew Street in Centralia. Ranier P. Wagner was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

UNLAWFUL CROP

• A 68-year-old man is charged with growing marijuana at his rural Winlock home. Steven L. Cook was summonsed to appear before a Lewis County Superior Court judge today, following a visit by drug detectives at the end of September where they say they found 69 plants on the property. Cook said he and his roommate had authorizations to grow the marijuana, however, he was only allowed to grow 15 plants and his roommate 6, according to court documents. The charge is manufacture of marijuana and the judge signed an order allowing him to remain free pending trial on a $5,000 unsecured bond.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 64-year-old woman was arrested for driving under the influence yesterday after allegedly shearing off a fire hydrant with her mini van at Washington and Northeast North Street in Chehalis. An officer called just before 1 p.m. located Kristyn D. Andrews of Chehalis and she was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, probation violation, drinking in public, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, trespassing, civil issue, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, graffiti to a building … and more among 188 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.