Lewis County Sirens.com

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GARAGE FIRE UNDER INVESTIGATION

• Firefighters were called to the 900 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue in Chehalis about 6 p.m. yesterday when flames were seen on the outside corner of a detached garage. Nobody was home and it’s not known how it started, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. The fire was quickly extinguished by members of Lewis County Fire District 6 who responded to assist and arrived on scene first, Fire Capt. Casey Beck said.

POSSIBLE METH-MAKING UNCOVERED

• Chehalis police were called yesterday by an individual who found what she thought were remnants of a meth lab when she was cleaning out a deceased relative’s apartment at the 200 block of Southeast Washington Avenue. An officer was to make contact with the Washington State Patrol and further information is not yet available, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

SPREADING NAKED PICTURES

• A teenage girl reported to her probation officer yesterday in Chehalis that nude photos of her were being distributed around by others. An officer is investigating, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

BURGLARY AND THEFT

• A coat and a cell phone were listed as missing following a residential burglary at the 500 block of South Ash Street in Centralia last night, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police were called about 12:20 p.m. yesterday to the 700 block of South Gold Street in Centralia about the theft of a firearm from a residence, according to the Centralia Police Department.

STOLEN CAR

• Centralia police were called just after 11 a.m. yesterday about the theft of a 1994 Honda Accord from the 1700 block of Providence Lane sometime in the previous two days, according to the Centralia Police Department.

LOTS OF DRUGS

• Acting on an anonymous tip, drug detectives joined with community corrections officers and paid a visit yesterday to an individual on active supervision they suspected may have recently received a “shipment” of methamphetamine on Gish Road in Onalaska. Scott E. Ridgley, 55, was arrested after he allegedly failed a UA and a community corrections officer opened a safe in his bedroom and located approximately three ounces of meth, 135 oxycodone pills, about $20,000 and other items, according to charging documents. While there, members of the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team contacted Larry E. Ridgley, 38, who reportedly arrived riding a dirt bike without a helmet, placed him under arrest for driving with a suspended license and found about an ounce of meth when they searched him, according to the court documents. Larry Ridgley said he found the meth while out looking for rocks. He was charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with possession of meth. He was allowed release on a $10,000 signature bond. Scott E. Ridgley was charged with possession of meth with intent to deliver, possession of oxycodone with intent to deliver and possession of hydromorphone. His bail was set at $20,000. Charging papers indicate that during a search of the home, law enforcement found about 17 ounces of dried marijuana.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 39-year-old Winlock man escaped serious injury in a rollover collision last night along the 600 block of Winlock-Vader Road. Deputies called about 11 p.m. noted Clayton F. Gish had contusions and after he was examined at the hospital, he was booked into the Lewis County Jail for driving under the influence, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. His 2005 Jeep Liberty was totaled, according to the sheriff’ office.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants; responses for alarm, dispute, vandalism, civil issue, shoplifting, hit and run, runaway teen, suicidal person, suspicious circumstances … and more, among 154 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 5:45 a.m. today.

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CHILD ASSAULT

• A 32-year-old mother was arrested on Saturday for third-degree child assault after a deputy followed up on a referral by Child Protective Services of a 9-year-old boy with large bruises on his middle back an upper arm in Toledo. Finola B. Erickson, of Chehalis, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She also had an outstanding warrant for fourth-degree domestic assault for which she was booked, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning.

MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 7:35 p.m. on Saturday about the theft of a white 1994 Geo Metro from the 300 block of South Tower Avenue. It has a license plate of AQA 6560, according to the Centralia Police Department.

SHOPLIFTING

• Chehalis police were called about 10:45 a.m. on Friday to the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue where they were told someone tried to return merchandise and was unable to and then allegedly left, came back, picked a beard trimmer kit from the shelf, put it in a bag and tried to return that with a receipt dated April 14. Two people were arrested for return of a stolen item, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Brent A. Harner and Morgan I. Hite, both 26 years old and from Centralia, according to police. Lewis County prosecutors declined to file the felony charges and advised to forward the cases for Chehalis Municipal Court for charges of third-degree theft, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said.

SHERIFF’S OFFICE: NEAR TRAGEDY

• Nobody saw it happen but a 12-year-old boy was found laying face down in a field after crashing an ATV on Saturday. A deputy responding to the 5:09 p.m. call to assist at the 100 block of Highland Valley Road in Morton found the boy could not feel his touch when he checked his arms and legs, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The child said he had pain in his back. The sheriff’s office later learned the child regained feeling and movement after he was loaded into an ambulance and was discharged about 11 p.m., Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. Brown said the boy was riding a 2001 Suzuki King Quad 300, an ATV which the manufacturer recommends not be ridden by anyone younger than 16 years old.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, vandalism, civil issue, hit and run, misdemeanor theft, disorderly persons, suicidal person, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street  … and more, among 115 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.