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CENTRALIA POULTRY FIRE

• Nobody was injured and the damage was minimal but many chicks perished yesterday upstairs at a Centralia home when a heat lamp keeping them warm ignited nearby combustible material, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Firefighters called at 1:30 p.m. to the house on the 500 block of South Rock Street saw light smoke coming out of a second-story window, according to the fire department. The occupants had gotten themselves out, Assistant Chief Rick Mack stated. Firefighters quickly put out the fire with a fire extinguisher and exhausted the smoke with a power fan, according to Mack. The damage was limited to the small area on the floor and the chicks’ container.

MORE FIRE

• Firefighters called at 6:10 p.m. yesterday about smoke coming from a vacant residence on the 1000 block of Long Road in Centralia found a small stove inside causing the smoke. It was taken outside and fans were used to evacuate the smoke, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The area contained some sleeping bags and other belongings, according to Fire Capt. Erik Olson.

• Firefighters were called at 7:30 p.m. yesterday to a vehicle fire at the 2300 block of Sirrka Avenue in Centralia found a 1995 Ford Explorer parked in the driveway fully involved in flames. A resident there had been working on it earlier and it’s suspected a short in a shop vac sparked the fire, according to Riverside Fire Authority. A second vehicle parked nearby sustained minor radiant heat damage, according to Fire Capt. Erik Olson.

ASSAULT CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called at noon on Thursday to the Gospel Mission on Southwest Chehalis Avenue where a man showed up and said he’d been beat up and possibly had broken ribs. The 39-year-old victim didn’t want to press charges and was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called about 11:20 a.m. yesterday to the 700 block of North Washington Avenue where someone had broken in to a vehicle and stolen the stereo faceplate. A window was broken, according to the Centralia Police Department.

ANOTHER LICENSE PLATE STOLEN

• Police were called just after 11 a.m. yesterday to the 500 block of East Pear Street to take a report that someone removed the rear license plate from a vehicle. The plate reads AWA 0628, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 32-year-old Chehalis woman, Rochelle M. McAllister, was arrested early yesterday morning at Wal-Mart for suspected shoplifting was found to be in possession of suspected methamphetamine when she was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Chehalis police on Thursday arrested a 49-year-old Chehalis man for possession of a controlled substance for allegedly taking his recently deceased roommate’s prescription medication, Suboxone. Steven S. Knittle, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called just after 10 p.m. on Thursday to the 1700 block of South Market Boulevard following the discovery that fuel lines on a vehicle had been cut.

FROM THE COURTHOUSE

• A 23-year-old Chehalis man who turned himself in was allowed release yesterday on a $10,000 unsecured bond on a charge of second-degree assault from an incident last fall. Warrants and charges were filed on Monday in Lewis County Superior Court in the case in which a 46-year-old Chehalis man was beaten in front of his home early on Sept. 20. Charging documents state that following an altercation at a birthday gathering elsewhere, Edu Adsilva Leal, 23, and Gustavo Casmiro-Gomez, 31, showed up at the 1300 block of Southwest Mills Avenue in Chehalis and jumped out of a car. Leal allegedly punched his cousin in the head and when his cousin’s father tried to intervene, Casmiro-Gomez knocked the older man to the ground, according to one witness. The victim was kicked in the face and head repeatedly and viciously and subsequently hospitalized, according to charging documents. Defense attorney Joely O’Rourke told the judge yesterday afternoon that when Leal learned he had a warrant, he called police and showed up of his own accord to court. Judge James Lawler said the fact that Leal was present in court showed him he could allow him to remain free on the unsecured bond. Casmiro-Gomez was arrested on Monday. Arraignments for both men are scheduled for Thursday.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, possession of liquor by minor; responses for alarm, dispute, vandalism, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more, among than 152 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:45 a.m. today.

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MOTOR VEHICLE MISHAP

• A woman was pinned into some shopping carts when her car suddenly lurched forward while she was looking into its engine compartment yesterday evening at the 500 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Firefighters called about 6:20 p.m. report she had parked in front of Halls Drug Center and was trying to fix an engine problem. The woman was able to free herself prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel, according to Capt. Scott Weinert. The victim, who was around 30 years old, was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital in stable condition, according to Weinert. There was no damage to the building, he indicated.

STUFF STOLEN FROM RESIDENCE

• Centralia police were called just after 5 p.m. yesterday regarding a theft of multiple items from a home on the 1100 block of Long Road. Among the missing property are a tablet computer, speakers and an unspecified amount of money, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRIVEWAY PROWLED

• Police were called to the 1300 block of Rhobina Street in Centralia about 2:40 p.m. yesterday where they were told that someone had removed the back license plate from a vehicle sometime during the previous two days while it was parked in a driveway. The plate number is AXH 9071, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Centralia police were called about 7:40 a.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of South Tower Avenue where sometime during the night, someone stole a 2002 Yamaha YZ250 motorcycle from the bed of a pick-up truck.

DRUGS

• Police called just before 8 a.m. yesterday regarding possible squatters at the 500 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia found unspecified drugs in a backpack belonging to an individual with an outstanding warrant. Guy A. Johnson, 41, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of a controlled substance, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Twenty-two-year-old Jared A Heminger was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and heroin when he was detained for an outstanding warrant at the 2000 block of Borst Park Avenue around 9:20 p.m. yesterday, according to the Centralia Police Department. Heminger was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

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PLAN TO KILL, THREAT TO SHOOT WITH BOW AND ARROW  INVESTIGATED

• A 45-year-old Salkum man was arrested yesterday and his residence searched in connection with an incident in which he allegedly pointed a bow and arrow at his 24-year-old niece. Deputies learned that back on Feb. 7, Carl E. Griffith had told someone about what he did that day at his residence on the 2100 block of Spencer Road near Salkum. The un-named reporting person said Griffith spoke of an altercation, threatening to kill the young woman with the weapon if she did not leave and then grabbing her by the hair and pulling her out of the house, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said this morning. Griffith also allegedly said he was going to kill his niece the next time he saw her, going into great detail, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. Deputies contacted the Toledo woman and witnesses, corroborated Griffith’s story and obtained a search warrant for his home, Brown said. Yesterday deputies gathered  unspecified evidence there on Spencer Road and also arrested Griffith at the 900 block of Peters Road in Randle, according to Brown. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail yesterday for first-degree assault and also for harassment, Brown said.

SHOPLIFTING LEADS TO FELONY CHARGE

• A 32-year-old Centralia man who reportedly fought with store security when they tried to detain him for allegedly taking items without paying was arrested for second-degree robbery yesterday. Officers were called to the 500 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia at about 4:50 p.m. for a report of theft and subsequently booked Nathan A. Karl into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

SHOPLIFTING LEADS TO DRUG CHARGE

• A 21-year-old arrested for shoplifting about 2 p.m. yesterday at the 500 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia was found to have unspecified controlled substances in a bag he was carrying, according to the Centralia Police Department. Dakota W. Davidson was arrested for unlawful possession of a controlled substance and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called at 10 a.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowl associated with the 200 block of Southwest Lewis Street.

AND MORE

• And as usual,  other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, protection order violation; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft, collision on city street, various complaints in which reports taken down for informational purposes only  … and more, among the 158 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:45 a.m. today.