Lewis County Sirens.com

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Updated at 5:12 p.m.

SMASH AND GRAB CHEHALIS

• Police responding to a burglary alarm about 4:20 a.m. yesterday at a Chehalis convenience store on the 600 block of North National Avenue found the front glass door broken, but no suspect. Cash in an unspecified amount appears to be all that was stolen, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

BURGLARY SILVER CREEK

• Almost $2,000 worth of chainsaws, tools and other property were stolen from the 200 block of Huntting Road in Silver Creek, according to a report made on Saturday to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Among the items missing are also ratchet sets, socket sets and wrenches, according to the sheriff’s office.

BREAKFAST FRAUD

• A 27-year-old Glenoma resident contacted authorities after finding someone used her bank card to spend $114.94 at IHOP in Tukwila. The victim said all her cards were accounted for, but deputies have some evidence they are following up on, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning.

OTHER THEFT

• A sign board was reported stolen from in front of a business on the 100 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia on Saturday afternoon.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Police were called about 3 p.m. yesterday to a car prowl at the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia. An officer was told a male who looked like a transient broke out a window and stole a backpack, according to the Centralia Police Department.

SPOOKY VANDALS

• Centralia police responded to an approximately 4:20 a.m. call on Sunday at the 500 block of South Pearl Street in which two hoody-wearing males came up to the victim’ window, yelled and broke the window with a hammer before fleeing. No arrest was immediately made, according to the Centralia Police Department.

MORE GLASS BREAKING

• Centralia police late Friday night took a report of a large window which had been smashed at the 100 block of West Pine Street.

DRUGS

• It was speeding that caught the attention of a Chehalis police officer about 9 a.m. yesterday at Fourth Street and Market Boulevard but it was the black substance that field-tested positive for heroin that got a 25-year-old Chehalis resident arrested for a drug violation. Zacharey J. Hanley was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

POLICE: OFFICER INJURED BY UNRULY BAR PATRON

• A 26-year-old Winlock resident who allegedly kicked a police officer in the face was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree assault early on Saturday morning. Jason L. Cothren was contacted by Toledo-Winlock police who responded to an approximately 12:25 a.m. call about a physical dispute at Franks Hideaway in Winlock, according to authorities. Police were told he had assaulted an employee but left and they subsequently found him at The Club, appearing to be intoxicated, according to court documents. Charging documents report Cothren was uncooperative and while enroute to the jail, was kicking at the rear window of the patrol vehicle, prompting the officer to pull over. When backup arrived and officers pulled Cothren out of the vehicle, he allegedly tried to kick Officer Randy Pennington in the groin and succeeded in kicking him in the mouth, according to charging documents. He was charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with the same offense and a judge ordered him held on $10,000 bail. The court papers indicate Pennington suffered minor injuries.

FIRE CALL AT LUMBER MILL

• Firefighters responding to an alarm just after 1 p.m. on Friday at the 100 block of Ribelin Road in Chehalis found flames in the fire suppression sprinkler room at Cascade Hardwoods, according to Lewis County Fire District 6. The fire was knocked down within 10 minutes and no injuries were reported, according to District spokesperson DJ Hammer.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, disorderly conduct, misdemeanor theft, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, runaway juvenile, protection order violation, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street; complaint of trains and helicopters impeding citizen’s sleep … and more.

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INVESTIGATION AT CHEHALIS SCHOOL ONGOING

• Police were called to W.F. West High School yesterday in reference to a “bottle being ignited” inside the school, according to the Chehalis Police Department. An officer is continuing the investigation and no further details were available this morning, according to department spokesperson Linda Bailey.

THEFT

• Centralia police were called to the 1300 block of Alexander Street about 9:20 p.m. yesterday to take a report that checks had been stolen.

• An individual was arrested yesterday morning in connection with the truck taken for a test drive the day before and never returned to a car dealer on the 200 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia. It was spotted by an off-duty officer in Grand Mound and Joseph T. Light, 54, from Rainier, was taken into custody by the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

LOST AND FOUND

• A found wedding-style ring was turned in to the Chehalis Police Department yesterday.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 23-year-old Winlock woman was hospitalized after she failed to negotiate a left turn at the 100 block of Larmon Road, drove off the roadway and wedged her truck in between some trees last night. Deputies called about 11:10 p.m. concluded she was traveling faster than she should have been and that her pickup truck was totaled, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She sustained scrapes from broken glass, according to the sheriff’s office, and will be mailed an infraction for speeds too fast for conditions.

• A motorist was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital after his car left the roadway and sheared off a utility pole at its base this morning in north Centralia. Firefighters called about 9 a.m. to the 1300 block of North Pearl Street report the approximately 25-year-old man had gotten himself out of his vehicle before they arrived and appeared to have suffered only minor injuries, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting; responses for alarm, dispute, vandalism, out-of-control child, possibly fraudulent check, collision on city street … and more.

North Pearl Street / Courtesy photo by Riverside Fire Authority