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CHEHALIS MAN LOSES $1,500 TO PHONE SCAM

• Chehalis police were contacted by an 86-year-old resident on Saturday who wanted to report being tricked into wiring $1,500 to someone, purportedly to get his grandson out of jail in Peru. The victim got suspicious when he got a second phone call, asking for more money supposedly for attorney fees, according to the Chehalis Police Department. He called the mother of his grandson and was told the young man was home in bed, according to police. He reported it in hopes that no one else falls for it, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said.

UNPLANNED OVERNIGHT IN FOREST

• A search and rescue team was being prepared to look for a missing mushroom hunter in the woods southeast of Packwood yesterday morning, when the target of the operation exited the woods, following an unplanned overnight stay outdoors. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office was advised just before 9 p.m. on Saturday that the 48-year-old Tacoma man hadn’t been seen since 3:30 p.m. that day, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies used their PA system, lights and sirens in the area of the Forest Service Road 4610 in an attempt to contact him, but finally decided to return in the morning with more help, according to the sheriff’s office. It was about 10 a.m. when the man walked out, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. The man said he’d become trapped by darkness and although he heard the sirens, didn’t want to take a chance on hiking in the dark, Breen said.

URBAN CAMPFIRE

• A 29-year-old Centralia resident was arrested about 8 p.m. yesterday after police discovered trash from an outdoor can piled up by the door to the Centralia Police Department and lit on fire. It did not damage the building, on the 100 block of West Maple Street, according to police. Kayleigh S McDaniel was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree reckless burning.

BURGLARY SALKUM

• Someone broke into a storage container at the 2100 block of Spencer Road in Salkum and stole a generator, a tent, a canopy and LED light, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. A deputy investigating just before 8 p.m. on Saturday was told by a neighbor of tire tracks and a broken lock, according to the sheriff’s office. Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said it happened during the daytime on Thursday.

THEFT AND FRAUD

• Chehalis police were notified about 11:30 a.m. yesterday by the victim that a stolen credit card was used to purchase a $200 gift card at Wal-Mart.

• Chehalis police were called about 1:15 p.m. on Saturday by an individual who said their debit card has been used by someone else at a location on Northwest Louisiana Avenue. The case is under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Police were called about 6:25 p.m. on Friday after an individual lost a wallet outside a store on the 1700 block of North National Avenue in Chehalis and someone else claimed it. An employee found it next to a truck and pair of individuals nearby said it was theirs, took it and left, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

FUNNY MONEY

• Police were called about 10:35 a.m. yesterday to a store on the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia where two counterfeit $20 bills had been accepted.

CAR PROWL

• A 36-year-old Centralia man was arrested after police were called to the 1300 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue just after 10 p.m. yesterday and told he had stolen a $25 can of paint from behind a business and been seen trying the doors on vehicles there. A security person confronted the suspect in front of the business, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Joel A. Towne was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree trespassing, third-degree theft and vehicle prowl, according to police.

• Police were called about 12:45 p.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowl at the 1000 block of North Scheuber Road in Centralia. Paperwork was missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called about 11:30 p.m. on Friday to the 300 block of James Street where someone removed a Sony carbon fiber CD stereo from a car. A witness had seen a suspect, described as a person wearing a cowboy hat and a long black trench coat, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

WARRANT PLUS OBSTRUCTING

• A 37-year-old Winlock man was arrested for obstruction and making a false statement for allegedly giving a deputy a name other than his own when contacted about 11:30 a.m. on Friday about a possible burglary at the 400 block of Hawkins Road. Wayne M. Hedgers was found to have an outstanding warrant and was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

DRUGS

• A deputy checking on a trespassing complaint at the 900 block of state Route 507 outside Centralia early this morning contacted a 31-year-old Centralia resident who turned out to have a warrant and subsequently found suspected drugs in his pocket. Two baggies containing a crystal substance field tested positive for amphetamine at about 3:30 a.m. and Bradley G. Rader was booked into the Lewis County Jail for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act and the Department of Corrections warrant, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

UNDERAGE DRINKING

• Chehalis police were called by school officials at W.F. West High School about 10:45 p.m. on Saturday about six students who had either been drinking or were in possession of alcohol. A whiskey bottle was found, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Cases are being referred to juvenile prosecutors for the three boys and three girls ages 14 and 15, according to police.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 25-year-old Winlock resident was arrested after his Ford F350 allegedly destroyed several hundred feet of fence and a mailbox at the 200 block of Jones Road in Winlock yesterday. A deputy called about 6:10 p.m. spoke to a witness who described the truck and found remnants of the vehicle at the scene, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The deputy was led to Joshua L. Hazlett, 25, who allegedly had been in physical control of a vehicle while intoxicated, according to the sheriff’ office. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail also for hit and run, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, hit and run, third-degree theft, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, shoplifting, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances … and more among 135 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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HITCHHIKER NAMED JESSICA SLIPS AWAY WITH CASH

• Centralia police were called just before 9 p.m. yesterday by a man who reported he gave a ride to a hitchhiker who stole his phone and money. The 65-year-old who asked to be contacted at Summa and Pearl streets said he’d brought the female from Thurston County to Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. A short time after the woman known only as “Jessica” departed, he realized his cell phone was gone, as was a couple hundred dollars from his wallet, according to police.

MONEY MISSING

• Centralia police were called about 8:35 p.m. yesterday to the 400 block of North Tower Avenue regarding a theft of money. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

COCAINE

• A 23-year-old Rochester resident who allegedly gave a false name during a traffic stop was subsequently arrested for possession of cocaine.  Ignacio Maldonado Cervantes was booked into the Lewis County Jail following contact with an officer about 1:25 p.m. yesterday at the 100 block of West Maple Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, failure to transfer title, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue,  misdemeanor domestic assault, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more among 139 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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DRUGS, DRUGS, DRUGS

• A 21-year-old Winlock resident was arrested last night at the 200 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia for outstanding warrants and possession of heroin. Nakisha J. Richardson was booked into the Lewis County Jail after contact with police at about 11:55 p.m., according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 45-year-old man arrested at his workplace in Centralia with two loaded handguns allegedly inside his truck was charged yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court with possession methamphetamine with intent to deliver and also two counts of second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. Drug detectives had contacted Donald E. Cheney Jr. at his workplace on Thursday after searching his Seminary Hill Road home with a warrant, according to court documents. They had allegedly located approximately 27 gram of meth, a digital scale and packaging, plus a rifle and two pistols there, according to charging documents. A detective noted Cheney had at least two previous felony convictions and could not find Cheney had his firearms rights restored, the document relate. Cheney was booked into the Lewis County Jail and then released following a court hearing yesterday afternoon.

• A 26-year-old woman arrested for outstanding warrants on Wednesday was charged yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court with possession of a controlled substance based on six oxycodone pills allegedly found inside her purse. Briana L. Carrothers was visited at an address on Silver Street in Centralia – where she had been staying – by drug detectives, according to court documents. Because she is a drug court participant, there was a contract allowing her property to be searched to ensure compliance, according to charging documents. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail. Court documents show she resides in Rochester.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 47-year-old Centralia man who allegedly crashed his vehicle into a fence and left the scene was arrested for driving under the influence yesterday evening. Police called just before 8 p.m. to the 1700 block of Cooks Hill Road ended up booking Ernesto M. Garcia-Munoz into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A man from Yelm was fatally injured when he and a Centralia man were outside their vehicles following a three-vehicle wreck on Interstate 5 and a fourth car struck his Ford Explorer, shoving it him and then a Ford pickup. Troopers were called about 2:15 a.m. yesterday to the scene in Pierce County near state Route 512, according to the Washington State Patrol. A GMC Acadia sport utility vehicle, the Ford Explorer and Tony M. Abbott’s Ford F350 pickup had been involved in a collision in the southbound left lane, according to the state patrol. Abbott, 27, from Centralia and Jason A. Ley, 46, of Yelm, were both outside their vehicles when a  southbound 2016 Toyota Corolla hit the Explorer, according to the state patrol. The Corolla was totaled and its driver, 22-year-old Dillon Z. Nash, from Fort Lewis, was booked into the Pierce County Jail, the investigating trooper reports. Ley, was transported to Madigan Hospital where he died, the trooper reports. Abbott was reportedly unhurt.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, protection order violation, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more among 152 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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PRESCRIPTION MEDS

• A 23-year-old was arrested yesterday evening for allegedly using a fake prescription to obtain medications at the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia, using a fake New Jersey driver’s license.  Dae’Janique T. Berry, of Mercer Island, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• An officer was called to W.F. West High School yesterday afternoon and told two female students allegedly took a pill given to them by a male student. Police took two prescription pills into evidence and are forwarding the case for review to juvenile prosecutors, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The girls showed no adverse affects but were taken to the hospital as a precaution, according to police.

INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING REPORTED

• Centralia police reported this morning they began investigating, yesterday, a report of possible inappropriate sexual touching of a child. The case is currently under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, disorderly person, third-degree theft, phone scam attempt, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, person sleeping inside parked vehicle … and more among 126 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.