Lewis County Sirens.com

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ON THE ROAD

• A 35-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for driving under the influence last night after allegedly knocking out power to the north end of Centralia when he wrecked his truck. Officers called about 10:10 p.m. to a report a white Chevrolet pickup knocked over a utility pole at First and J streets soon learned witnesses who couldn’t get the driver to stop followed him all the way to the 2500 block of North Pearl Street, according to the Centralia Police Department. The truck reportedly struck another power pole and became disabled, according to police. The driver walked or ran away and was subsequently located on foot on state Route 507, police report. Bradley W. Bell was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

• A 37-year-old Chehalis woman totaled her car last night and was booked into the Lewis County Jail for driving under the influence. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports Debra K. Ward was eastbound about 10:40 p.m. at the 900 block of Coal Creek Road outside of Chehalis when her Kia Rio hit a ditch, rolled and landed on its top. Ward suffered minor scrapes, according to the sheriff’s office. Her car was towed.

POLICE CUT WHILE DETAINING BOY

• Police were called to a Chehalis home last night where a 14-year-old boy had allegedly broken a plate and threatened to kill himself and his parents. Because an officer’s fingers were cut trying to take the plate from the boy, the teenager was arrested for third-degree assault, according to the Chehalis Police Department. He was taken to the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center, according to police.

CAR PROWL

• Somebody broke a vehicle window and stole a purse and wallet at the 300 block of Southwest 13th Street in Chehalis yesterday.

GARBAGE WHERE IT DOESN’T BELONG

• Centralia police were called to the 800 block of South Pearl Street at about 11:40 a.m. yesterday because somebody filled somebody else’s dumpster with trash.

GRAFFITI

• Centralia police took a report yesterday morning regarding graffiti left overnight on a building at the 300 block of South Tower Avenue.

• Buildings and a dumpster in Chehalis were discovered tagged yesterday with spray paint, at the 600 block of South Market Boulevard and the 300 block of Southwest Third Avenue as well as the parking lot at Rite Aid, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 45-year-old homeless man with no headlight on his bicycle was contacted about 7:25 p.m. at the 900 block of Long Road in Centralia and found to have a warrant as well as suspected methamphetamine on him, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Timothy P. McCann was was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

LOST AND FOUND

• An officer was called to Wal-Mart at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue about 10:40 p.m. yesterday to retrieve a small baggie of suspected meth that had been found on the floor.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, hit and run; responses for alarm, dispute, vandalism, shoplifting, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street and various unfounded reports … and more.

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AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 6:30 p.m. yesterday regarding a green 1996 Honda Accord stolen from the parking lot at Safeway, on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue.

• Another green 1996 Honda Accord, stolen out of Thurston County, was recovered last night when the driver jumped out of the still-moving car as a police officer tried to pull him over. It was about 10:50 p.m. and the two were traveling along the 2000 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. The officer chased the suspect on foot down a driveway and deployed his K9, according to police. But the suspect managed to escape.

MISSING MEDS

• Police were called about 8:40 a.m. yesterday to the 1500 block of Delaware Avenue in Centralia about the theft of medication from a home.

CAR PROWL

• Two bottles of vitamins were the proceeds of a car prowl at the 1200 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday. The vehicle had been left unlocked, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• An officer was called about 8:30 a.m. yesterday about an overnight vehicle prowl at the 300 block of Southwest 16th Street in Chehalis in which an iPod and some change were among the items stolen.

DRUGS

• A 23-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of heroin after contact with police at about 3:30 p.m. yesterday at the 500 block of South Tower Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department. Matthew M. Morris was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police. A case for third-degree theft is also being referred to prosecutors, according to police.

• A 32-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for possession of heroin after contact with police at about 12:20 a.m. today at the 100 block of West Roanoke Street, according to the Centralia Police Department. Robbie D. Aumiller Jr., was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

LOST AND FOUND

• A backpack discovered yesterday morning in some bushes net to a home on the 300 block of Southwest Third Street was turned in to the Chehalis Police Department. It contained clothing and personal items but no identification, according to police.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor theft, protection order violation; responses for vandalism, receipt of a counterfeit bill … and more.

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ATTEMPTED BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• A resident returned home to find that their door had been pried at the 1500 block of Jensen Avenue in Centralia yesterday afternoon, according to the Centralia Police Department.

GARDEN TOOL TAKEN

• Someone stole a weed eater from a yard at the 800 block of North Pearl Street, according to a report made to police just before 5 p.m. yesterday.

MONEY MISSING CENTRALIA

• Police were called about 1:45 p.m. yesterday to the 1500 block of Harrison Avenue about the theft of cash over a period of time.

DRUGS

• An officer was called to W.F. West High School in Chehalis yesterday for a student suspected to be under the influence and in possession of marijuana and a pipe, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The 15-year-old boy was released to a parent, and the case is being forwarded to juvenile prosecutors, according to police.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespass, misdemeanor theft, failure to register as sex offender; responses for alarm, dispute, indecent exposure, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more.