Lewis County Sirens.com

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Updated at 4:12 p.m.

ATTEMPTED ESCAPE FROM THE LAW BRINGS SEARCH PLANE

• A 35-year-old Centralia man wanted for absconding from probation drew a large police response after he allegedly rammed two law enforcement vehicles that tried to hem him in yesterday at the 2200 block of Cooks Hill Road in Centralia. Members of the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team in conjunction with a community response unit from the state Department of Corrections were conducting surveillance around 10:30 a.m. at a location they believed Guadalupe J. Aguirre to be and after he left the residence, tried to stop him by blocking him in with their vehicles, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He reportedly rammed two of the vehicles and drove off. The sheriff’s office said Aguirre departed from his vehicle at the 500 block of Lincoln Creek Road and fled on foot. Other members of the sheriff’s office, the state patrol and the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, along with a fixed-wing aircraft from WSP responded to track him, according to sheriff’s Cmdr. Dusty Breen. K-9 Axel responded as well and at about 12:45 p.m., Aguirre was located. Breen said the subject began resisting and he and the dog ended up rolling down a hill together. The K-9’s contact with Aguirre resulted in bites in three locations, Breen said. He was cleared medically and subsequently booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault as well as the felony warrant from DOC for escape from community custody, according to Breen. One of the deputies whose vehicle was hit was checked at the scene for neck, back and shoulder pain, according to the sheriff’s office.

WANTED FELON LOSES FIREARM TO POLICE

• A 30-year-old man was arrested yesterday morning for felon in possession of a firearm and booked into the Lewis County Jail. Just before 11 a.m., officers saw Gregory S. Schroeder at an apartment on the 1500 block of Lewis Street in Centralia with a female they knew to have a protection order against him, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police detained Schroeder for that, as well as an outstanding misdemeanor warrant, and ended up finding he had a gun on him, according to police.

CAR PROWL

• A deputy was called just before 4 o’clock this morning after the discovery of a vehicle prowl at the 3500 block of Cooks Hill Road in Centralia. Sometime after 1 p.m. yesterday, someone broke into a truck and stole a laptop computer and FAA identification, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Police were called about 10:10 p.m. yesterday for a vehicle prowl at the 2700 block of Colonial Drive in Centralia and learned a laptop computer and a purse were taken.

• Fishing gear was stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked at the 600 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 10:30 a.m. yesterday.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police responded to a 10:30 p.m. call yesterday to a report a window on the 400 block of Downing Road in Centralia was damaged by a BB gun from someone in a passing vehicle. Officers were provided a description of the suspect vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department.

KNOCK, KNOCK: HAND OVER YOUR POT PLANTS PLEASE

• A Lewis County man has been charged with growing marijuana after deputies knocked on his front door and asked about it. Joshua K. Lewis, 41, said he’d intended to get a medical marijuana authorization the very next day, but law enforcement confiscated the 180 plants they found anyway, according to charging documents. The visit to the residence on the 5000 block of Jackson Highway took place in February, and last month prosecutors mailed a summons to Lewis telling him to appear in Lewis County Superior Court yesterday afternoon on the felony charge. He didn’t show up for the hearing. The letter was sent to his last known address, but it came back, so Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor Kevin Nelson got a judge to sign a $5,000 arrest warrant. There were a few larger plants, among those in various states of growth, the documents state. The charge of manufacturing marijuana has a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000, for someone with no previous drug convictions. Court documents say the two deputies at Lewis’s door on Feb. 24 were acting on a tip.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Lewis County Fire District 6 responded to a vehicle that collided with a tree in the 300 block of Chilvers Road in Adna at 1:30 p.m. today. The first arriving engine found the sole occupant already out of the car – with only minor injuries from a seat belt worn at the time of the collision, according to District 6 spokesperson DJ Hammer. Airbags had deployed. The driver was assessed by personnel with American Medical Response (AMR) and then released, according to Hammer.

•  Officers responded to a report of one vehicle into a pole traffic collision at Marion and Royal streets in Centralia about 9:50 a.m. yesterday. At about 10:15 a.m., they were called to the 500 block of North Tower Avenue for a report of a car into a building. Nobody was injured in either incident, according to the Centralia Police Department. Firefighters reported there was no damage to the building.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute,  disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, third-degree theft, collision on city street, possible suicidal person … and more, among 137 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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Chilvers Road in Adna today. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Fire District 6

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Updated at 1:31 p.m.

AUTO THEFT

• Officers called at 6:35 a.m. today took a report that sometime within the hour, someone stole a red Honda Civic from the 200 block of Virginia Drive in Centralia. The car has smiley face and Magpul stickers on the rear window and a license plate reading ABE 5790, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WEEK-OLD ROBBERY INVESTIGATION ONGOING

• Morton police notified the news media yesterday they need help from the community to identify two suspects in an armed robbery that took place near the boat ramp on the east side of Gus Backstrom Park a week earlier. Officers called about 10:50 p.m. on March 28, learned the two victims were forced to the ground at gunpoint, punched in the stomach and robbed of some of their belongings. Each of the assailants carried a pistol in their right hand, according to the Morton Police Department. The suspects are described this way: Both white males, with the first one around 240 pounds, medium blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing round glasses, blue pants, brown sweatshirt and the second one with a smaller build, possible 5-feet 11-inches tall, brown eyes, blue ripped jeans, black and white bandana, according to police. “This type of activity will not be tolerated in our community and our department will be actively pursuing these suspects,” the department posted on its Facebook page on Friday afternoon. “We thank you in advance for your much needed and appreciated support and assistance.” They ask anyone with information to please contact the Lewis County dispatch center and ask to speak with an officer or feel free to call the Morton Police Department directly and leave a message and they will respond as soon as possible.

ASSAULT REPORT

• Chehalis police were called yesterday about 10:30 a.m. to take a report of an alleged custodial assault Green Hill School on Southwest 11th Street that occurred earlier in the day.

TRESPASSING

• Centralia police responded to an approximately 12:25 p.m. report yesterday of trespassers at a residence that was supposed to be vacant at the 1100 block of Mellen Street. They found two individuals there who were wanted on outstanding warrants, according to the Centralia Police Department. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Daryl P. McCrory, 26 and Terry R. Strong, 47, according to police.

VANDALISM

• Police took a report yesterday afternoon that a victim’s motor home windows were broken out while it was parked on private property at Mellen and Yew streets in Centralia.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A tired driver was injured when her westbound Jeep Cherokee left the roadway and rolled along state Route 6 about four miles east of Pe Ell last night. Troopers called about 10:50 p.m. report Crystal J. Seay, from Raymond, had been fatigued and lost control of her vehicle. It was described as totaled. She was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital as a precautionary measure, according to the Washington State Patrol. A possible citation is pending, according to the state patrol.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, protection order violation, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, Safe and Sober probation violation; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, third-degree theft, collision on city street, possible suicidal person, teenager throwing tantrum, person reporting they saw somebody take somebody else’s bicycle and the owner retrieving it  … and more, among 142 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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UNKNOWN INTRUDER CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called about 11:15 a.m. yesterday after a woman in a tanning bed inside what was an other-wise unoccupied building heard someone jiggle the door and then found the front door lock had been damaged by a heavy object. She said she yelled and heard someone leave and that the individual possibly drove away in a van, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Arriving officers checked the building at the 1000 block of Northwest State Avenue and put out an “attempt to locate” on a suspect vehicle, according to police.

ASSAULT WITH VAN

• A 29-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for second-degree assault after a run-in with another woman at Estep Road in Napavine on Friday night. Police were called and told she was possibly intoxicated in a parking lot and repeatedly speeding up toward another vehicle and then braking, and at one point hitting the rear corner panel and causing minor damage, according to charging documents. The occupant of the other other vehicle, Jennifer Hedge, told a Napavine police officer she opened the passenger side door of the Chehalis woman’s blue van, removed the keys and threw them, because she thought she was intoxicated, the documents state. Christina Palomares allegedly got out and began punching Hedge and when she got back in her van, turned the wheels to the right, causing Hedge to fall and roll away. Palomares reportedly drove away and was pulled over by a sheriff’s deputy. As he attempted to place her under arrest, she struggled, according to the documents. Palomares reportedly yelled, kicked at the patrol vehicle and began hitting her head against against the partition threatening to harm un-named individuals. At the jail she was cooperative and was booked. She was charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with second-degree assault, fourth-degree assault and resisting arrest. Defense attorney Joely O’Rourke told the judge her client was employed there at the gas station at exit 71, until this incident. O’Rourke also noted Palomares is a protected person in a second-degree assault case, somehow related to Friday’s events, and it appeared the facts might come out somewhat differently in this case. Bail was set at $10,000.

MULTIPLE BREAK-INS PACKWOOD

• Numerous cabins, storage shed and recreational vehicles inside a gated neighborhood in Packwood were burglarized, with more than $4,000 in valuables stolen. A deputy called on Saturday to Teal Drive learned thieves somehow got around the gate but then forced entry into the various locations, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Lists of the losses are still being complied but included chainsaws and even artwork, according to the sheriff’s office. It happened sometime between last Tuesday evening and 6 p.m. on Friday, Cmdr. Dusty Breen said. The victims are from Tacoma, Puyallup and Seattle, Breen said.

“ITEMS” STOLEN CENTRALIA

• An officers took a report at 2:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon from the 200 block of South Pearl Street that person(s) unknown entered a display case sometime within the previous hour and removed items, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BAD BIG BILL

• Police were called yesterday morning to a business at the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia where the previous day, someone had passed a counterfeit $100 bill.

CAR PROWL

• Police called at 10:15 a.m. on Saturday to a report from a woman an unknown person was inside her car at the 1600 block of South Market Boulevard ended up arresting a 25-year-old man from Connell for trespassing, second-degree vehicle prowl and also for malicious mischief in connection with damage to a fence. Tire chains had been removed from the vehicle, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Booked into the Lewis County Jail was Jonathan A. Leschinsky, according to police.

• An amplifier was reported stolen from a pickup truck at the 600 block of Southeast Dobson Court in Chehalis at about 1 p.m. on Friday.

• Chehalis police took a report from the 1300 block of Northwest Maryland Avenue of a vehicle prowl in which a window was broken and a purse stolen on Friday morning.

FLATTENED TIRES

• Four tires on a pickup were slashed at the 100 block of East Hanson Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police at 8 o’clock last night.

REPORT: CAR SHOT WITH PAINT GUN

• Chehalis police were called to the 100 block of Hampe Way about 2:15 p.m. on Friday, told a couple came out of Lewis County Mall and shot paint balls at a car and then left. No report was written for any further details or confirming the report, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

NOT FEELING THE ‘BERN’

• Chehalis police were called to the 100 block of Northeast Washington Avenue where they were told someone came onto the property and spray painted their Bernie Sanders campaign sign as well as the neighbor’s sign. The report was made first thing on Friday morning.

WOMAN CITED FOR LEAVING CHILD IN CAR

• Chehalis police were called at 2:15 p.m. yesterday to the Twin City Town Center regarding a crying baby alone inside a vehicle parked in front of a store. An arriving officer found the windows were rolled down, the child was in a car seat and several people were standing around, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Shortly thereafter, a woman with two small children arrived and the officer explained that one cannot leave a child unattended in a vehicle, and issued a citation for the same, according to police. Cited was Magda E. Reyes-Sanchez, 21, of Centralia, according to police.

BURNING CAR DOUSED

• Firefighters were called about 5:40 p.m. yesterday to a vehicle fire on southbound Interstate 5 near Labree Road south of Chehalis. Nobody was injured, according to Newaukum Valley Fire and Rescue.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 21-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for driving under the influence yesterday after her vehicle wrecked along the 1100 block of Highway 603 west of Chehalis. A deputy called about 3:30 p.m. was told by witnesses the vehicle traveled off the road, through a ditch, over a driveway and struck a mailbox before coming to rest at a second driveway, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Montana Magnan smelled of intoxicants and after a field sobriety test was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Centralia resident parks their vehicle on the street in front of their home. At some point yesterday before 4:20 p.m., another motorist drives their vehicle into the victim’s vehicle and then drives away. According to the hubcap left behind at the scene at Washington Avenue and Cherry Street, the fleeing vehicle was a Dodge pick-up, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, third-degree theft, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, harassment, disorderly person, civil issue, suspicious circumstances, out-of-control teen; for report that turned out to be unfounded; complaint of barking dog, male locked in a porta-potty, person sleeping in the men’s room stall … and more