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PROWLING INTERCEPTION LEADS TO FIGHT

• Centralia police are investigating a second-degree assault after the victim of a vehicle prowl confronted the perpetrators and a physical altercation ensued at Fourth and G streets in Centralia last night. Police were called just before 12:30 a.m. but the suspects had already fled, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officers learned from the 23-year-old victim that two males in a light blue Honda pulled up and the passenger tried to steal a chainsaw from his truck, but the victim struggled with him and got it back, according to police. The driver then backed the car up striking both of them, and got out with a beer bottle, according to Sgt. Jim Shannon. The victim let go and the two left, according to Shannon. Police located the car and have identified their suspects, according to Shannon.

CAMPAIGN SIGN DESTRUCTION

• A deputy was dispatched about 2:05 a.m. yesterday when individuals hired to keep an eye out observed someone vandalize a campaign sign posted on undeveloped land at Scheuber Road and state Route 6 in Chehalis. The 4-foot by 8-foot sign belonging to Lewis County Commissioner candidate Bob Bozarth, valued at $375, was sliced, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The witnesses gave chase and later, the deputy gained information on a person of interest, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. The victim had asked others to watch the sign because it had been damaged by vandals previously, according to Breen.

BREAK-IN CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called to the 1000 block of Southeast Evergreen Drive in Chehalis just after 9 p.m. yesterday following the discovery a downstairs door had been kicked in. Two chainsaws were stolen, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AUTO THEFT

• A black 1995 Honda Civic was stolen from the 1800 block of Collision Street in Centralia sometime yesterday before about 3:40 p.m.,  according to the Centralia Police Department. It has a license plate reading 475 ZMO, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police were called about 10:40 a.m. yesterday about a vehicle which had been stolen during the night and then found by the owner several blocks away in the area of the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia. Some items inside were missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• An officer was called for a stolen car about 9:35 a.m. yesterday at the 600 block of E Street in Centralia. Taken during the night was a black 1997 Honda CRV with a license plate reading 454 YTY, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called about 7:30 a.m. yesterday for a vehicle prowl at the 2800 block of Mount Vista Road in Centralia. A backpack with school items stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.

TRESPASS

• Two people were arrested just after 11 a.m. yesterday for trespassing when they were found sleeping in a vacant residence on the 2700 block of Mount Vista Road in Centralia. Theresa M. Clark, 45, and Travis L. Gray, 36, both from Centralia, were cited and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• Chehalis police on Friday referred a case from July to prosecutors after lab results came back positive for methamphetamine and heroin in a case involving a 28-year-old Onalaska resident arrested for shoplifting at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, trespassing, third-degree theft, civil issue, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, request for a police dog to sniff around a recovered stolen vehicle in case of any residual left behind from drug paraphernalia found inside  … and more among 170 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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BURGLARY CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called about 3:30 p.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of North Washington Avenue to take a report of a break-in at a house under renovation. It is unknown if anything was taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT CENTRALIA

• Police were called to a wedding reception on the 200 block of South Tower Avenue twice last night following the discovery that an individual’s checkbook, cash and car key were stolen and another person’s watch was stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VEHICLE THEFT

• A stolen U-Haul truck was discovered in the 2600 block of Cooks Hill Road in Centralia at about 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FRAUD

• Chehalis police were called about 5:20 p.m. yesterday by a victim whose debit card was stolen from their vehicle in Tumwater and then someone attempted multiple times to use it at a business on the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis.

• Police were called on Friday by a Winlock woman whose checkbook was stolen from her purse at one of two businesses in Chehalis and someone subsequently wrote $1,137.64 worth of checks locally and out of state. The case is under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called about a vehicle prowl at the 1400 block of Lum Road about 10:15 a.m. on Saturday. The window was broken and two backpacks stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called just before 8 a.m. on Saturday about a vehicle prowl at the 2100 block of Southwest Olympic Drive. A laptop computer was removed from an unlocked vehicle, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 35-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine yesterday following a traffic stop about 1:35 p.m. at the 400 block of Bunker Creek Road in which a deputy discovered an outstanding warrant and then a small plastic baggie with a crystalized substance in a pocket. Edmond M. Ferry II was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Centralia police were called to an apartment complex at 5 p.m. yesterday where a 4-year-old boy ran into the parking lot and was struck by a slow moving vehicle. It happened a the 2800 block of Russell Road, according to the Centralia Police Department. Neither the child nor the driver saw the other, according to police. The little boy was conscious and alert and didn’t appear to be seriously injured, but was taken to the hospital to be examined, according to police.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrant, misdemeanor assault, shoplifting, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, failure to transfer title, third-degree domestic malicious mischief; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, third-degree theft, civil issue, suspicious circumstances … and more among 274 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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ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Two young people were transported to Providence Centralia Hospital yesterday after a rollover accident caused by a tire blowing out on Interstate 5 in Chehalis. Troopers called just after 4 p.m. to the northbound lanes just beyond the West Street overpass found the driver, 18-year-old Rio P. Arriaga was traveling in the left lane but lost control of his Isuzu Rodeo, which came to rest in the right lane, according to the Washington State Patrol. The Chehalis teen was unhurt, according to the state patrol. Arriaga and his two passengers Crystian T. Bean, 14 and Madalyn N. Bean, 11, also of Chehalis, had all been wearing their seat belts, according to the state patrol.

FOOTWEAR LIFTED FROM PORCH

• Police were called about 10:30 a.m. yesterday to the 1300 block of Central Boulevard where someone had stolen a pair of shoes and a small carpet from a porch.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called about 12:50 p.m. yesterday to the 500 block of Woodland Avenue to take a report of a vehicle prowl. Missing was a cell phone from an unlocked vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, protection order violation, civil issue, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more among 133 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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THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 7:20 p.m. yesterday about the theft of a pressure washer from a locked shed at the 200 block of West Oakview Avenue.

• Police were called to the 200 block of Centralia College Boulevard in Centralia just before 11 a.m. yesterday where a check was missing from a mailbox.

• Police were called about 12:30 p.m. yesterday when an individual reported someone tried to use his social security number to gain access to his credit and make purchases. The case is associated with an address on the 700 block of F Street, according to the Centralia Police Department.

TRESPASSING

• Chehalis police were called about 11 a.m. yesterday to a business on the 1000 block of Southwest Interstate Avenue where someone had gained entry into two trailers. It was not immediately apparent if anything was missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A person at the 600 block of Northwest Ohio Avenue in Chehalis called police about 1 p.m. yesterday about a pair of chickens wandering on the sidewalk and in the road at West Street, with “leashes” attached to their feet. The neighbor took them home and their owner was given a warning about roaming poultry, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• A 32-year-old man was arrested for driving under the influence after his truck collided with a utility pole at the 300 block of Mossyrock  Road East about 12:30 p.m. yesterday. Witnesses told a deputy the 2009 Ford F150 swerved off the road and hit the pole, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Ronald J. Allen Jr., of Mossyrock, 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, shoplifting, protection order violation, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances … and more among 154 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.