Lewis County Sirens.com

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WORKPLACE DISPUTE

• A female went into the Centralia Police Department yesterday just before 1 p.m. to report being assaulted by a co-worker. The alleged incident appeared to involve grabbing or pushing and is still under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• Chehalis police were called about 3 p.m. yesterday to a business on the 100 block of Southwest Interstate Avenue regarding the repeated theft of their open/closed sign.

• Police were called just before noon yesterday to the 1000 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia about stolen medications.

• A backpack containing credit cards and a person’s identification was reported stolen from the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia yesterday morning.

• Chehalis police were called about 8:30 p.m. yesterday to a business at the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue regarding a suspected fraudulent check.

• Police were called to the 800 block of Park Way in Centralia at about 9:40 p.m. yesterday regarding a license plate stolen off a truck.

• A license plate was stolen from a utility trailer at the 600 block of M Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday morning. The plate number is 6995WS, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Someone put graffiti on a building at the 500 block of West First Street in Centralia, according to a report taken by police yesterday.

ON THE ROAD

• Responders were called about 2:15 a.m. today for a rollover accident on state Route 508 east of Onalaska. It was a work truck with buckets of oil that spilled onto the roadway near Centralia-Alpha Road, according to Lewis County Fire District 1. The driver, an adult male, was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, possibly with the intention of being transferred to a Vancouver hospital, according to Assistant Fire Chief Rhonda Volk.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for trespass, disorderly conduct, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, collision in parking lot, complaint of two subjects engaged in intimate encounter inside a parked vehicle … and more.

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MULTIPLE FIREARMS AMONG STOLEN PROPERTY

• Deputies were called yesterday afternoon to the home of a 75-year-old Centralia area man after the discovery of a burglary in which some $3,000 worth of valuables were stolen. Sometime yesterday after 8:30 a.m. and before 3:20 p.m., someone broke into the residence on the 1900 block of Little Hanaford Road and made off with six rifles, a shotgun, a pistol, jewelry and alcohol, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Also missing was a small black utility trailer, a string trimmer, a tiller and possibly other items as yet unknown, according to the sheriff’s office. There is no suspect information, Cmdr. Dusty Breen said this morning.

OTHER THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 7:30 a.m. yesterday after an individual saw a male on a bicycle grab a drill from a residence that is being remodeled at the 400 block of West Center Street and and then leave the area with it.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called just before 6 o’clock this morning to the 2300 block of Eureka Avenue where a wallet had been stolen from a vehicle.

• A stereo was stolen from a vehicle parked at the 1400 block of Windsor Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday morning.

MAN GETS TICKET FOR BEGGING

• Chehalis police issued what is probably their first ticket for panhandling yesterday. An officer was called about 12:40 p.m. to the 400 block of North Market Boulevard where a customer had complained to a business they were asked for money near an ATM, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The individual, a homeless man who has previously been warned about sitting on the city-owned bench on the sidewalk outside the bank and panhandling, was issued a civil infraction, which will cost him $250, according to police. It’s not a crime, but a civil infraction, so no report was written and details were not readily available, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said. The new ordinance went into effect three weeks ago. Further offenses by the same individual could prompt the issuance of a citation for a criminal misdemeanor. That would mean a mandatory appearance before a judge and, if convicted, a fine of up to $1,000 and as long as 90 days in jail.

ON THE ROAD

• A car stopped on U.S. Highway 12 to turn left into a private driveway a half mile east of Salkum this morning was rear-ended by another car injuring both drivers. Troopers called just after 8 a.m. blamed the wreck on Nicole L. Ray, 23, of Winlock, following too closely. She was hurt, but not transported to the hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol. Her 2007 Ford Taurus was towed, the state patrol reports. The other driver, William R. Brown, 78, from Salkum, was taken to Morton General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to responders. His 2013 Ford Focus was still drivable, the investigating trooper reports.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, possibly suicidal person, collision on city street … and more.

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Updated at 6:35 p.m.

INTERRUPTED BURGLARY MINERAL

• The owner of the Mineral Grocery store was summoned to his business on the 100 block of Front Street about 3 a.m. today by an alarm and caught a skinny young man inside stealing cigarettes, but the subject ran out the back door, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 67-year-old chased the intruder down an alley, but lost him when he turned just past the bar, according to the sheriff’s office. The suspect is described as maybe 5-feet 9-inches tall with a scruffy little beard and in his late teens or early 20s. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

BURGLARY CENTRALIA

• Someone pried open a back door at a second-hand store on the 500 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia and stole an unknown amount of money, according to the Centralia Police Department. An officer responded about 3:30 a.m. today and the investigation continues, according to police.

• Centralia police were called to the 400 block of West Center Street at about 4:50 p.m. yesterday following the discovery someone had stolen tools from inside a home that is being remodeled. There were no signs of forced entry and no suspect information at this time, according to the Centralia Police Department.

POSSIBLE CAR PROWLER

• Chehalis police were called about 4 p.m. yesterday to the 500 block of Southeast Washington Avenue where someone had broken the passenger door window to a car in the parking lot. Nothing appeared to be missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

FRAUD

• Chehalis police were contacted yesterday by a 26-year-old resident who discovered a couple of thousand dollars worth of expenditures made on her credit card in multiple southern states by someone unknown. She had just returned to the area and it’s not clear where her card may have been compromised, according to the Chehalis Police Department. An officer took a report.

DOMESTIC ASSAULT

• A 48-year-old Randle man was arrested for second-degree assault and third-degree malicious mischief after a series of events reported by his girlfriend at about 1:30 p.m. yesterday. A deputy was summoned to the Randle fire station where the woman said the night before he had choked her and given her a black eye, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She said she didn’t report it at the time because he threatened to take her dogs away, but as she was loading her truck and trying to leave, he allegedly jumped into the bed of the pickup and began throwing items out of it, according to the sheriff’s office. He also allegedly smashed her truck’s rear window. David R. LaChance and booked in to the Lewis County Jail, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. Prosecutors declined to file the felony charge, but LaChance is scheduled to go before a judge today in Lewis County District Court instead.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

• Chehalis police responded just after 5 p.m. yesterday because someone called 911 to say they saw a male walking up McFadden Avenue from Southwest 11th Street swinging an ax around and whipping a bull whip. No such person could be found, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AND FROM MORTON

• Morton police indicated on Monday they are still investigating incidents of four slashed tires on a vehicle from Sept. 15 at the 200 block of Jastad Road and another on Sept. 17 at the 100 block of Fourth Street. Also last week, an officer removed a marijuana plant found growing in a pot along the Tilton River.

ON THE ROAD

• A 67-year-old woman was arrested after allegedly backing up for an unknown reason at a stop light and hitting a vehicle, driving away and then striking another vehicle in a parking lot yesterday in Centralia. The first incident occurred about 1:30 p.m. at Harrison and Belmont avenues and the next at the 100 block of High Street by the Centralia Outlets, according to the Centralia Police Department. The license plate number of the suspect truck led to the registered owner’s residence, according to police. Judy M. Tokstad, 67, of Centralia, said she didn’t recall hitting any vehicles but was issued citations for hit and run, Officer John Panco said. She was then released.

• A 27-year-old Chehalis man is in satisfactory condition today at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after his car crossed into the oncoming lanes of a divided highway about three and a half miles south of Shelton yesterday. Troopers called at 1:20 p.m. to U.S. Highway 101 found that Caleb L. Simons’ 1984 Chevrolet Caprice had been northbound but drifted to the left, hit the cable barrier and continued through the median and struck the driver’s side of a southbound car, according to the Washington State Patrol. The Toyota Corolla was knocked about 30 feet down an embankment. Its driver, James E. Spear, 60, of Bellingham was wearing a seat belt and reportedly not injured but it’s unknown if Simons was wearing his seat belt, according to the state patrol. Simons was airlifted to the Seattle hospital. The cause of the collision remains under investigation, according to the patrol.

• A 19-year-old is in fair condition today after he wrecked a borrowed motorcycle yesterday afternoon at the 700 block of Highway 603 west of Chehalis. David Serrano Mosso was northbound traveling much faster than the 40 mph posted speed limit when he left the roadway at a curve going airborne, bouncing once, striking a fence post and landing about 100 feet off the roadway into a wire fence, according to responders. Aid and deputies responding to the approximately 2:45 p.m. call found him unconscious, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. The Centralia resident was wearing a helmet but it showed it took a severe blow, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 1995 Kawasaki XZ 1100 was totaled, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. Mosso was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital and is to be cited for several offenses including not having a motorcycle endorsement, driving with a suspended license and not using an ignition interlock device, according to Brown.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, child custody disagreement, collision on city street, report that a male carrying a gas can in a parking lot near Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis asked somebody for money, report that guys with sleeping rolls on their backs have been seen going into the woods around the Chehalis sewer plant and could even be cooking meth down there … and more.