Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

April 13th, 2016
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AUTO THEFT, NOT HONDA

• Centralia police were called about 9:25 a.m. yesterday following the discovery a 2002 Cadillac Escalade was missing from the 500 block of East Maple Street. The owner had gotten a call from his cousin asking if he’d taken the Escalade for the day because it was gone, according to the Centralia Police Department. The owner got home and saw it was indeed not there, according to police. The tan colored vehicle has a license plate of ARV 7793, according to police.

• Just before 9:30 a.m. yesterday, Centralia police were called about a car stolen from the 200 block of Harrison Avenue. The missing 2014 Toyota Scion is white with pink accents and has a license plate of AWS 6756,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

OTHER THEFT

• A Washington license plate reading AXH 7940, was reported stolen about 10:45 a.m. yesterday from the 1200 block of West Main Street in Centralia.

• Fuel was reported stolen from a vehicle at the 1800 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia yesterday evening.

FRAUD

• Centralia police yesterday got a report that an individual’s account number had been used to make unauthorized purchases at several stores. Police are investigating the case, associated with a location on the 100 block of West High Street in Centralia.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, civil problem, vandalism, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, runaway juvenile, collision on city street, two loose dogs going to the bathroom everywhere they want … and more, among 136 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

Court documents detail Winlock domestic assault with knife

April 12th, 2016
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Gregory L. Trujillo is being held in the Lewis County Jail on $500,000 bail.

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – A 58-year-old man accused of beating a woman and attacking her with a knife at her Winlock home will get his chance to make his plea in Lewis County Superior Court on Thursday morning.

Gregory L. Trujillo is being held on $500,000 bail following his arrest last week for the incident.

He is charged with first-degree assault.

The Toledo area man appeared before a judge in a wheel chair last week. Defense attorney Joely O’Rourke noted he worked as a longshoreman, is a longtime area resident and has lots of family ties to the community.

Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor Kevin Nelson told the judge Trujillo had July 2012 convictions for second-degree assault with a deadly weapon and felony harassment.

Trujillo was picked up by police the night before at a Chehalis motel after his release from Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Toledo Police Department Chief John Brockmueller said the night it happened, Trujillo sustained wounds to his abdomen and the woman had lacerations to her upper extremities. She declined an ambulance and was going to the hospital with a friend.

Police were still working the following Monday to figure out who did what.

Charging documents in the case don’t offer any clues about a disagreement between the two before the assault.

They give the following account of the emergency response about 9:30 p.m. on April 1 to the 300 block of Cedar Court in Winlock.

Police documented blood smears and splatters at various locations throughout the woman’s house. They were unable to locate the weapon, but were told it was a small-bladed knife.

The woman had multiple bruises on different parts of her body, a black eye swollen shut. She sustained a large deep gash from the palm of her hand near her ring finger to the outer portion of her hand near her wrist.

She was located at a neighbors. Trujillo was still inside the house.

Officers surrounded the residence and made multiple attempts to contact him with no response and finally made entry and found him in a bedroom, with what appeared to be stab wounds to his belly.

No information is included regarding a police interview with Trujillo.

The woman however, spoke to police.

She said the two had been in an intimate relationship for a couple of months, and on that date, he found her at a neighbor’s and asked if he could speak with her at her house. She agreed.

“As the victim walked into her house, the defendant began beating her with his closed fists,” Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor Sheila Weirth wrote. “The victim tried to get away by moving toward the back of the house, while the defendant kept on hitting her, kicking her and even biting her.”

She said he pulled out a knife with a black handle and began attacking her. She used her hands to try to protect herself.

She managed to get back to the living room and as she moved to escape out the front door, Trujillo yelled, “You’re not leaving here alive, Bitch!”

At that point the neighbor knocked, the victim opened the door and the two fled.

Judge Richard Brosey last Thursday afternoon appointed Centralia attorney Don Blair to represent Trujillo. A no-contact order was also put into place.

Trujillo’s arraignment is Thursday morning.
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For background, read “News brief: One booked for Winlock knife incident” from for Thursday April 7, 2016, here

Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

April 12th, 2016
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THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• Chehalis police were called yesterday about theft from a garage on Southeast Washington Avenue. An officer is following up on it today, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 9:20 a.m. yesterday to the 900 block of L Street regarding the theft of a chainsaw, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called just before 10 a.m. yesterday to investigate a possible theft at the 300 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue. Further details are not yet available, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Mail was reported stolen from the 900 block of K Street in Centralia yesterday afternoon.

VANDALISM

• Police were called at 10:45 a.m. yesterday to the 2600 block of Eureka Avenue in Centralia where a window was damaged by a BB, according to the Centralia Police Department.

LOST AND FOUND

• A bag of meth was reportedly found in the lobby of the Lewis County Law and Justice Center yesterday.  It was “taken care of,” according to authorities.

• An individual called police yesterday evening with a bag of marijuana located in a family member’s room on North National Avenue in Chehalis, wanting to get rid of it, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Morton police reported yesterday one person was injured and taken to Morton General Hospital when a car struck a building just before 1 p.m. on Saturday at the 300 block of Second Street. The driver of the vehicle accidentally got her foot stuck in between the brake and gas pedal when she was attempting to park her car, according to the Morton Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, civil problem, hit and run, suspicious circumstances, third-degree theft, collision on city street … and more, among 122 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:50 a.m. today.

Packwood loot found at Snoqualmie antique merchant

April 11th, 2016

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – A couple whose Packwood cabin was broken into the week before last managed to track down what they were missing the most: three hand-carved Native American masks.

The objects would be worth hundreds of dollar apiece in a gallery, but have sentimental value for Bob Cartano.

He got them years ago when he was working with native bands in Alaska and Canada developing timber, he said.

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Shaman mask

The Seattle residents were contemplating offering a reward for the return of the artwork and this morning, he was checking eBay to find monetary values for the masks. The insurance company had given him a lot forms to fill out, he said.

He got lucky.

“He saw them along with antique snowshoes for sale by a shop in downtown Snoqualmie,” Maureen Cartano said in an email message this afternoon. “We drove out, contacted local police, and the shop owner gave them back.”

The Cartanos lost many other valuables in the break-in, mostly tools. Today, besides the masks, he got back his ski shoes and their snowshoes. All were listed for sale on eBay.

One of the masks was broke in half and glued already, presumably from falling off the wall from high up, when the thief or thieves used a ski pole to pull them off their hooks, he said.

Bob Cartano said he has quite a collection of masks, but it was his three favorite he kept at the cabin.

He was feeling so good about his sleuthing skills today, he was sort of hoping he could get designated an honorary deputy.

For the week, he said.

Three others property owners were victimized in the same gated neighborhood on Teal Drive in Packwood during the same time frame, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called to the area on April 2, a Saturday, determined they were hit sometime since the Tuesday evening prior.

The initial total loss was with more than $4,000.

The shop owner in Snoqualmie told the officer who spoke with him he had purchased the masks from three people whose black SUV was “full of stuff.”

Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

April 11th, 2016
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Updated at 12:30 p.m.

AUTO THEFT, NOT HONDA

• Centralia police were called for a car theft at 3:45 p.m. yesterday from the 2000 block of North Pearl Street. Taken was a Ford Taurus, according to the Centralia Police Department. It was subsequently found without a driver in Federal Way, according to police.

INDOOR GARDEN RAIDED

• Chehalis police were called at 7 a.m. yesterday to the 200 block of Southwest 10th Street following the discovery someone broke into a building used to grow marijuana. Missing were 12 plants the victim said was for medical marijuana, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

OTHER KINDS OF THEFT

• Centralia police took a report on Saturday regarding the fraudulent use of a credit card at the 1300 block of Lum Road.

• Centralia police were contacted on Saturday morning to take a report of the passing of several counterfeit $100 bills at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue.

• Chehalis police were called to the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue about 10:45 p.m. on Friday where an individual was attempting to buy pre-paid cards with two counterfeit $100 bills. He said he’d got the money from selling a phone to a guy in Portland and didn’t know it was fake, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• A cooler, a welding mask and a scanner were stolen from a vehicle at the 200 block of Tacoma Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 6:30 p.m. yesterday. The thief gained entry  by smashing a window, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called yesterday evening by an individual who indicated someone else was using their debit card which may have been stolen from their vehicle the day before. Police are awaiting more information from the victim, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called about 11:25 a.m. yesterday following a vehicle prowl in a business’s parking lot on the 700 block of South Market Boulevard. Someone broke a window and stole a stereo, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• An individual called police about 5:20 a.m. yesterday after hearing his neighbor’s car alarm on the 200 block of Southwest First Street in Chehalis, seeing someone remove an item into their vehicle and drive away, according to the Chehalis Police Department. He drove after them but they were not located, according to police. Stolen was a a pair of silver 12-inch Pioneer speakers mounted in a black carpeted box, police said.

DRUGS

• A 32-year-old woman from Kalama who is seven months pregnant and 36-year-old Winlock woman who had been listed as missing were both arrested for third-degree theft following a suspected shoplifting incident on the 400 block of North Market Boulevard in Chehalis on Friday afternoon. Police contacted them at the Twin City Town Center and found both had outstanding warrants, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The 32-year-old was allegedly in possession of heroin and methamphetamine but not booked for those offenses because of her condition, according to police. She was turned over to the state Department of Corrections because of their warrant, Chehalis Police Department spokesperson Linda Bailey said this morning. The 36-year-old was booked for her warrant, Bailey said.

• A 38-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine when he was searched following his arrest on an outstanding warrant from the state Department of Corrections. A deputy got information Dennis A. Johnston was staying in a motor home at the 1600 block of Windsor Avenue in Centralia and contacted him there at about noon on Friday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called about 10:45 a.m. on Saturday to the 1200 block of B Street because someone had broken a window on a parked vehicle during the night.

STRUCTURE FIRE

• The Chehalis Fire Department burned down a house yesterday, on purpose, on Ohio Avenue in Chehalis. The donated house was ignited for training purposes, and it went well, Firefighter Pennie McCarty said.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, third-degree theft, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, suspicious circumstances, protection order violation, collision on city street … and more, among 117 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:20 a.m. today.

Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

April 9th, 2016
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MORNING HONDA THEFT REPORT

• Centralia police were called about 6:25 a.m. today after a Honda Accord was discovered missing from the 1100 block of Alder Street. The green 1996 model was taken during the night, according to the Centralia Police Department.

PROSECUTORS: WOMAN FORCES COMPANION TO LET HER DRIVE

• Molly E. Moulton, 22, was arrested after she allegedly took the keys from the driver of the car in which she was a passenger and drove them from the Morton area to the Centralia area to a house, and then back to Morton. The female whose car it was said she had told Moulton no, and that on the way back, when she tried to re-claim the keys by turning off the vehicle, Moulton began hitting her and told she was going to crash the car and kill them both, according to court documents. Once Moulton parked at her parent’s home in Morton and fell asleep, the female got her keys back, prosecutors stated. The female reported the incident to police on Thursday, and said it they had been out and about driving since the afternoon before. When a Morton police officer went to the parent’s home where Moulton was staying, her father asked him to search her room and suspected methamphetamine was found, according to prosecutors. Moulton, whose court documents show she resides in Long Beach, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for taking a motor vehicle without permission. Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor Kevin Nelson charged her yesterday with possession of meth and first-degree theft and told the judge the events were somewhere between second-degree robbery and theft. Her bail was set at $10,000.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police responded to a 9:30 p.m. call yesterday of a second-degree burglary at a residence on the 1500 block of Winterwood Drive in Centralia.  Jewelry and a drill were stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.

SECOND-DEGREE THEFT

• A backpack and cash were among the items stolen from the 1200 block of Mellen Street, according to a report made to police about 5:45 p.m. yesterday.

CAR PROWL

• Police called to the 1000 block of Elm Street in Centralia yesterday took a report of multiple items stolen in a vehicle prowl during the night.

• Centralia police were called about 3:30 p.m. yesterday for a vehicle prowl at the 500 block of North Rock Street. Wheel locks were stolen during the night, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police were called to the 700 block of H Street in Centralia about 8:25 a.m. yesterday for a vehicle prowl. A purse was missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 52-year-old Centralia resident was charged yesterday with two counts of delivery of methamphetamine, allegedly selling meth twice since March 1 to an informant working with the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team. The incidents occurred in Lewis County, according to court documents. Sam W. Currier, 52, on Wednesday was seen by a detective driving and was then contacted at or near his home in Centralia and booked into the Lewis County Jail. A judge yesterday afternoon set his bail at $20,000.

CRIME STOPPERS WANTS TIPS ABOUT BREAK-IN

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office is looking for information about a burglary from March 22 at a home on the 200 block of Holcomb Road south of Chehalis in which one of the stolen valuables was a 22 caliber rifle with scope. The brand is CZ and the model is 512, according to according to Lewis County Crime Stoppers. The value of the property taken was $5,000 and included also cash, jewelry and medications. Crime Stoppers pays up to $1,000 for information leading to the clearance of crimes. Anonymous calls can be made to 1-800-748-6422 or information may be shared online at www.lewiscountycrimestoppers.org They accept tips by text now as well.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarm, dispute, vandalism, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more, among 172 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:30 a.m. today.

News brief: Firefighters practice burn south of Chehalis

April 9th, 2016

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – Firefighters are conducting live fire training today at a house in the area of 2325 Jackson Highway.

The practice burn is expected to go until 7 p.m., according to Lewis County Fire District 6.