Lewis County Sirens.com

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BREAK-IN CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called to the 100 block of North Market Boulevard at 8:15 a.m. yesterday for a burglary to a business in which the back door was broken out and money stolen from the till.

ATTEMPTED BURGLARY CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called to the 400 block of Harrison Avenue just before noon yesterday following the discovery a lock to a shed had been broken at some point during the night. It appeared that entry was not gained, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT

• A tablet was stolen from the 1200 block of B Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 3:10 p.m. yesterday.

• Police were called to the 500 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia about 10:20 a.m. yesterday where an individual reported the theft of gasoline from their vehicle.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called to the 700 block of Northwest Liberty Place in about 8:10 a.m. yesterday for a vehicle prowl in which a window was broken out.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called to the 2300 block of North Pearl Street about 6:10 a.m. today where windows had been broken out of a building.

• Centralia police were called to the 700 block of Harrison Avenue about 7:50 p.m. yesterday for a report that a man had punched out a window of a business. The suspect, a 39-year-old Centralia resident, fled the scene and wasn’t located but a summons was issued for him for third-degree malicious mischief and sent to the city attorney, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• An unknown person broke an exterior faucet on the side of a house at the 500 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 10:45 a.m. yesterday.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, trespassing, driving with suspended license, protection order violation; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, civil issue, vehicle collision, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft, misdemeanor domestic assault … and more among 159 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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KNIFE FIGHT

• A 67-year-old Chehalis woman who allegedly waved a knife in front of her former roommate at the 1800 block of Bishop Road last night was arrested for second-degree assault. A deputy called about 9:45 p.m. was told Susan M. King made statements to the effect that she was going to kill the 46-year-old victim in the incident which was witnessed by another person, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. King was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

BURGLARY

• A deputy responded to the 600 block of Curtis Hill Road about 2:30 p.m. yesterday where someone had kicked in a back door and stolen an Xbox 360 and a blue comforter. Missing from the shed was a pressure washer, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened sometime since June 1, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Chehalis police were called to the 600 block of Northwest St. Helen’s Avenue about 3:45 p.m. yesterday after the discovery someone had entered a locked garage and made off with about $1,000 worth of items.

AUTO THEFT

• Two 15-year-old Tacoma girls were arrested about 2:30 a.m. today after a sheriff’s deputy ran the registration of the car they occupied in a business parking lot and then subsequently pulled them over on southbound Interstate 5 near milepost 72. The 2006 Crown Victoria had been reported stolen yesterday to the Kent Police Department, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The teens were booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for possession of a stolen vehicle, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. The car was impounded.

VEHICLE PROWL

• A $3,300 electronic device was removed from a vehicle parked at the 700 block of Northwest Liberty Place in Chehalis, according to a report made to police about 5:50 a.m. today. The item was described as a black ultrasonic wear indicator, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

LIQUOR HEIST

• Centralia police were called to the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue about 9:34 p.m. yesterday after a male entered Safeway and stole $200 worth of alcohol.  Photos were taken of the suspect, according to the Centralia Police Department. The case is under investigation.

RETAIL HEIST

• Centralia police were called just after noon yesterday to the 1400 block of Lum Road and then about 40 minutes later to the 100 block of West High Street on reports that two white females and two black males entered stores, stole armfuls of merchandise and fled.

ARROW LANDS IN YARD

• A Chehalis resident called police about 5 p.m. yesterday to report finding an arrow on his back deck at the 1400 block of Southwest Mills Avenue.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were contacted just after 1 p.m. yesterday by a property owner from the 700 block of Southwest 20th Street who reported that an estimated $2,000 worth of damage had been done to her fence since December, including holes which may have been made with rocks.

ZOOM, ZOOM

• A 35-year-old Oregon man was arrested for felony eluding after a deputy on routine patrol was passed by a black Volvo estimated to be traveling at 90 to 100 mph on northbound Interstate 5 in Centralia yesterday evening. The deputy activated emergency equipment just after 7 p.m. and pursued the car which was driving recklessly and passing vehicles on the shoulder, but lost sight of it at the milepost 88 interchange, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A witness reported the car turned southbound on the freeway and it was pulled over in front of businesses on Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis, according to the sheriff’s office. The woman in the driver’s seat and a passenger said they had let the driver out along Interstate 5 in Centralia, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. Law enforcement was able to locate their suspect, Justin B. Wall, and booked him into the Lewis County Jail, Breen said. He had an outstanding warrant and had been driving with a suspended license, according to Breen.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vehicle collision, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft … and more among 173 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

RFA conducts aerial attack on fire at Sierra Pacific Industries in Centralia / Courtesy photo by Riverside Fire Authority

FIRE DOUSED AT SAWMILL

• Three fire departments responding to an approximately 1:30 p.m. call yesterday for a fire at a Centralia sawmill arrived to find personnel on site already applying water and a sprinkler system activated. Units from Riverside Fire Authority sprayed water into the top of the bag house, according to RFA. The fire at Sierra Pacific Industries on the 3000 block of Kuper Road was contained to the bag house and the damage was moderate, Capt. Erik Olson stated. It was likely caused by a spark from internal machinery, according to Olson. Nobody was injured.

VANDALISM

• It appeared the cause of six broken windows in a building at the 200 block of East Oakview Avenue in Centralia reported about 7:40 a.m. yesterday was someone throwing rocks, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police were called to the 300 block of South King Street in Centralia at 8:50 a.m. yesterday where an individual reported that during the night someone had cut a fuel line on their vehicle and drained it of gasoline.

OFFICERS CALLED TO GET TRAVELER OFF TRAIN

• Centralia police requested just before 9 p.m. yesterday to remove a man from a train because he was reportedly causing a disturbance responded to the 200 block of North Railroad Avenue where the 29-year-old  Longview resident had locked himself inside a bathroom. Officers removed Keith A. Byman and then booked him into the Lewis County Jail for an outstanding warrant, according to the Centralia Police Department.

HARASSMENT

• Chehalis police were called about 11:45 a.m. yesterday to the 300 block of West Main Street by an attorney who said a man was yelling at her and harassing her outside a courtroom.

BANK CARD SHARING

• Chehalis police were called about 2:40 p.m. yesterday for a complaint of possible fraudulent use of a bank card in a case associated with the 500 block of Southeast Washington Avenue determined there was no criminal activity but it was instead a civil matter, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, driving under the influence, fourth-degree domestic assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, trespass, hit and run, shoplifting, vehicle collision, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances … and more among 148 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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‘DRIVE-BY PEPPER SPRAYING’

• Chehalis police were called when a 24-year-old man said an elderly driver in a black Mercedes yelled at him about how he was parked and then sprayed him with mace at the 500 block of North Market Boulevard in Chehalis just before 7 p.m. on Friday. The suspect  – described as an old white man with a white beard – left and no arrest was made, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• An individual at the 1600 block of North Scheuber Road in Centralia reported just after 8 a.m. on Sunday that his cell phone and $5 were stolen.

• Chehalis police were called about 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and told a white 2000 Nissan Altima was missing from the 10 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue. The owner contacted police the next day to say it vanished during the previous couple of days, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• A ring was misplaced at a tanning bed business on the 1600 block of South Gold Street and believed to be stolen, according to a report made to police about 1:20 p.m. on Saturday.

• A person of interest has been identified in a case in which a package was stolen from the front porch of a home on the 800 block of K Street in Centralia and reported to police about 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.

• An electronic tablet was reported stolen from the 1400 block of Oxford Avenue in Centralia, according to a report to police about 7:30 p.m. on Friday. A person of interest was identified by the victim and officers are still investigating the case, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A package was stolen from the front porch of a residence on the 800 block of K Street in Centralia and reported to police at about 6:20 p.m. on Friday.

• Chehalis police called about 4 p.m. on Friday for a theft from a retail store in progress at the 700 block of South Market Boulevard did not locate the suspect but the next afternoon were called to investigate an incident that might be related, connected to a gift card-type transaction, at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DOMESTIC INCIDENTS

• A 26-year-old Centralia woman was arrested after police were called just before 1 a.m. on Sunday to the 100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia because she had allegedly caused over $750 worth of damages to another’s property in a domestic-type incident. Vanessa M. Gomez was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree malicious mischief, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Braden K. Burnett, 30, of Centralia, was arrested for allegedly violating a no contact order after being contacted by police in a wooded encampment near a residence on the 900 block of Dickey Road in Centralia at about 9 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Centralia Police Department. Burnett was also arrested for resisting arrest and obstructing a law enforcement officer after he allegedly attempted to flee from officers on foot, according to police. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

DRUGS

• Centralia police found two people squatting in a vacant house about 6 p.m. on Sunday at the 300 block of South Iron Street and booked one of them – Tony A. McClain, 35 – into the Lewis County Jail for possession of methamphetamine, heroin and stolen property, according to the Centralia Police Department. His companion, Christina D. Lozano, 35, was arrested for first-degree criminal trespassing and then released pending a court hearing, according to police. Both are from Spokane.

• A 41-year-old Centralia man was arrested for  possession of methamphetamine after being contacted about 9 p.m. on Saturday in a wooded encampment near a residence on the 1100 block of Dickey Road in Centralia.  David C Rahnert was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A hit and run collision was reported about 11:20 a.m. on Friday after a bicyclist collided with the side of a vehicle, causing damage to the vehicle and then fled the scene at West Main Street and Tower Avenue in Centralia.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, driving under the influence, fourth-degree domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, trespass, hit and run, shoplifting, vehicle collision, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances … and more among 393 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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SWAT TEAM RESPONDS FOR PROTECTION ORDER VIOLATION

• A 41-year-old Ethel man was arrested after a woman reported he was barricaded inside a residence with three children early this morning, drawing a response from the SWAT team to the 100 block of Oyler Road. The woman was arrested also, for false reporting and making false statements. Deputies were told just after midnight there was a dispute and that Jeromie S. Holmes was inside the home with the kids, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. After several hours, law enforcement was able to remove the youngsters from the residence and eventually found Holmes hiding in a crawl space, according to the sheriff’s office. A subsequent investigation showed the account of a hostage situation was untrue, so Krista M. Deel, 37, from Ethel, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. Holmes was booked for three counts of felony violation of a no contact order, according to Breen.

SEXUAL MISCONDUCT

• A deputy responded to a report from Mossyrock High School about 11:15 a.m. yesterday that an 18-year-old male had possibly engaged in sex with juvenile girls and a subsequent investigation turned up an incident from March involving a now-14-year-old girl, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Justin E. Gootgeld, of Mossyrock, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree rape of a child, according to the sheriff’s office.

FRAUD

• Chehalis police were notified about 12:45 p.m. yesterday of a possible identity theft associated with the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police called to the 1700 block of Northeast Kresky Avenue just before 8 a.m. yesterday for three vehicles with their windows broken out, which had been rummaged through.

DRUGS

• Chehalis police called for a possible drug violation about 5:30 p.m. yesterday at the 100 block of Northeast Hampe Way involving a juvenile are referring a case to prosecutors for evaluation of charges, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, trespass, harassment, disorderly person, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 159 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.