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South Tower Avenue, this morning. / Courtesy photo by Riverside Fire Authority

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Police and firefighters called about 4:20 a.m. today to the 200 block of South Tower Avenue found a suspected drowsy driver with minor injuries and his truck damaged from striking a fire hydrant, the side of a building and a utility pole. The 18-year-old Centralia man was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

VANDALISM

• Police called about 9:45 p.m. on Friday after an individual broke out windows on a car at the 300 block of East Pine Street learned the suspect had left the scene but are referring the case for a charge of third-degree malicious mischief, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• Centralia police say when they assisted the Department of Corrections in picking up a 38-year-old man at the 1100 block of Woodland Avenue in Centralia on Friday, they found suspected drugs on him. Jake A. Ruble was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

OOPS

• Nathaniel E. Norris, 37, was issued a citation for driving with a suspended license after an officer saw him drive himself to the Centralia Police Department for a probation appointment on Friday morning, according to police.

AND MORE

• And as usual,  other incidents such as arrests for third-degree theft, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, trespassing, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more, among the 139 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:30 a.m. today.

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Updated at 6:11 p.m.

BREAK-IN VADER

• A pump-action shotgun, two diamond rings and approximately 40 tablets of Oxycodone are among the items missing following a residential burglary at the 100 block of Enchantment Lane in Vader. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning it occurred sometime since Tuesday. Also taken was heart medication, according to the sheriff’s office. The loss is estimated at $2,700.

BREAK-IN PACKWOOD

• A deputy was called to the Packwood Community Center on the 12000 block of U.S. Highway 12 about 4 p.m. yesterday following the discovery that someone had stolen a box of hamburgers valued at $100 sometime during the previous week. An interior door was found damaged as well, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police yesterday morning arrested two people for second-degree burglary in a case associated with the 1100 block of West First Street. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Amber L. Boehm, 21, of Vancouver and Justin W. Cameron, 20, of Washougal, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officers called at about 8:25 a.m. regarding intruders at the Church of the Nazarene learned the two had come in through an unlocked door the night before – while there were people in the gym – spent the night in the nursery and each drank a bottle of juice they found on the counter, according to charging papers. The detective found them hiding in a basement bathroom, the documents state. Each wrote a letter of apology and after the church administrator consulted with the church elder who indicated they wanted to press charges, the detective arrested them and they were charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with the class B felony. The maximum penalty is 10 years in prison. Bail was set at $10,000.

AUTO THEFT

• Chehalis police were called about 12:50 p.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue by an individual who said he observed two people in his vehicle attempting to start it. He told them to get out and two suspects were subsequently arrested for vehicle theft, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Nathan A. Cheney, 22, and Christine M. Rahnert, 43, both from Centralia, according to police. Cheney’s defense attorney this afternoon told the judge he believed he was just getting a ride. The pair were each charged in Lewis County Superior Court with attempted motor vehicle theft and allowed release on $20,000 unsecured bonds.

• Centralia police yesterday began investigating a vehicle theft associated with the 300 block of North Diamond Street. The victim received a notice of impound on her vehicle and learned it was no longer in storage, according to the Centralia Police Department. She reports that the vehicle was last seen in December and she learned it had been stolen when she received the impound notice, according to police.

FATHER’S ITEMS PAWNED

• A 28-year-old man was booked into the Lewis County Jail this morning, based on a warrant issued when charges were filed on Dec. 30 for first-degree trafficking in stolen property. According to charging documents, a Lewis County resident on Sept. 23 reported the theft of “items” he had noticed were missing from his garage. The victim told a deputy he learned a pawn shop in Olympia sent a letter to his ex-wife indicating his son Shane M. Randall had pawned “items” and not repaid the loan, according to the court documents. The unidentified items were retrieved, according to the documents. Randall’s bail was set this afternoon in Lewis County Superior Court at $10,000.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called to the 1400 block of Johnson Road in Centralia at about 10:45 a.m. yesterday for a vehicle prowl. Sometime during the night someone stole a headlamp, paperwork and CDs from an unlocked vehicle,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

MISSING MONEY

• Centralia police were called to the 300 block of Spruce Street about 1:25 p.m. yesterday regarding the theft of cash from the home owner’s wallet. A person of interest has been identified, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• Centralia police were called about 8:50 a.m. yesterday to take a report of the theft of narcotic medications at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road.

SHERIFF’S OFFICE: STUDENT SHOVES TEACHER

• A deputy was called to Winlock Middle School yesterday morning after an 11-year-old boy reportedly became upset and pushed a teacher. The case is being referred to prosecutors for a possible charge of fourth-degree assault, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, misdemeanor theft, trespassing, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street; complaint an individual appears to be living in vehicle in parking lot and going to the bathroom outdoors … and more, among the 130 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:30 a.m. today.

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BURGLARY MINERAL

• A deputy was called yesterday afternoon to a residential burglary at the 500 block of Mineral Hill Road in Mineral. Missing were cords and adaptors as well as vaping supplies and an Xbox controller, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

VEHICLE THEFT

• A 1998 Chevrolet S10 pickup was reported stolen yesterday evening from the 2900 block of U.S. Highway 12 in Silver Creek, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is less than $1,500, according to the sheriff’s office.

DINE AND DASH WITH A TWIST

• Centralia police were called about 2:15 p.m. yesterday to the 1000 block of West Main Street after a couple left a pre-paid credit card as payment for their meal and while the restaurant tried to confirm there were funds available, got up and walked out. They were described as in their late teens to early 20s and both carrying backpacks, according to the Centralia Police Department.

APARTMENT ARSON

• Firefighters were called about 5:25 p.m. yesterday to an apartment building on the 300 block of Northeast First Street in Winlock where someone had set a shoebox on fire in a hallway just inside the front door. Whoever it was had then rung doorbells and ran off, according to Lewis County Fire District 15. The box contained shoes and T-shirts, which tenants extinguished and put outside, Assistant Chief Kevin Anderson said. Police are investigating, he said.

GRAND MOUND SWAT

• The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office reported about 10:45 p.m. yesterday their event involving a SWAT team in Grand Mound ended peacefully, with their suspect in custody and nobody injured. KOMOnews.com reported 25-year-old Kyle Bachman barricaded himself inside his home in the area of Highway 99 and 183rd Avenue at about 2:30 p.m. with his girlfriend and their infant child when a deputy arrived to arrest him for violating a court order.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 26-year-old Chehalis man was hospitalized because of back pain after his car hit a ditch and went airborne yesterday evening near milepost 15 of Jackson Highway in Toledo. A deputy responding to the approximately 6:10 p.m. wreck reported the 2000 Ford Focus sustained major damage and cited the driver for wheels off the roadway and no insurance, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

AND MORE

• And as usual,  other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, misdemeanor theft, possible fraud, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more, among the 146 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:30 a.m. today

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Updated at 4:12 p.m.

ASSAULT ON OFFICER

• A 32-year-old who allegedly scratched an officer’s arms while trying to break free as she was being detained for a warrant was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree assault last night. It was about 8:15 p.m. at the 1200 block of Mellen Street in Centralia when Jacqueline M. Kilmer was contacted by police, according to the Centralia Police Department. Kilmer, a Chehalis resident, was subsequently booked without further incident, according to police.

AUTO THEFT

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office yesterday evening recovered a stolen and burnt car near milepost 6 of the 3000 Line off Lincoln Creek Road. The red 2007 Ford Mustang belonging to a 21-year-old Bucoda resident had been taken from where it was parked at  Schaeffer Park in Centralia between Feb. 2 and on Feb. 3, according to the sheriff’s office. Someone abandoned it and set a fire inside, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning.

OTHER THEFT

• An officer took a report of the theft of cash from a briefcase while it was unattended at the 1400 block of Kresky Avenue in Centralia yesterday morning.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called yesterday by a motorist who said while his vehicle was at the park and ride lot –  in the area off Main Street near Liberty Place – someone stole a Helly Hanson jacket, a Black and Decker drill and a Craftsman socket set. It happened between 8 p.m. on Monday and 10 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 7:50 a.m. yesterday to the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue where an individual reported their purse-wallet was taken out of an unlocked vehicle while it was left unattended in a parking stall.

DRUGS

• Briana A Carrouthers, 32, of Chehalis was arrested and booked for outstanding warrants and possession of heroin after contact with an officer about 7:50 p.m. yesterday at the 1200 block of Mellen Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.  Prosecutors declined to file the felony drug charge today.

VANDALISM

• An officer was contacted just after noon yesterday at the Centralia Police Department to take a complaint that an individual’s vehicle was spray painted while it was parked unattended in Centralia. The owner wasn’t sure where it had occurred, according to the Centralia Police Department.

UNWELCOME MESSAGES

• Chehalis police were called about 6:40 p.m. yesterday by an individual on Northwest New York Avenue who reported being harassed on Facebook by someone. The complaint was handled with a phone call, according to a spokesperson for the Chehalis Police Department.

• The Lewis County Coroner’s Office alerted Chehalis police yesterday morning they had received a death threat via voice mail message a week earlier. The victim said it sounded almost mechanical or even computer generated, according to the Chehalis Police Department. An officer discovered the phone number it came from appeared to belong to a landline near Baghdad, Iraq, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said. The message essentially warned, “be careful, someone’s going to kill you,” Bailey said. A report was taken for informational purposes, according to police.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Police and aid responded to an approximately 3:30 a.m. wreck today where a big rig hauling lumber northbound on Interstate 5 at Chehalis left the freeway and came to rest in a swampy area near Northwest Maryland Avenue. The driver was uninjured, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. The semi took out several feet of fencing and spilled lumber, according to the Washington State Patrol. The driver, a 42-year-old resident of Camas, was cited for wheels off roadway and the inspection showed a brake on the trailer was out of adjustment, according to Trooper Will Finn.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, misdemeanor theft, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, receipt of counterfeit $20 bill … and more, among the 166 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6 a.m. today