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Updated at 6:40 p.m.
MYSTERY CRASH
• Authorities are hoping someone can help them find the driver of a pickup truck found wrecked overnight, since there was blood in the truck but nobody around. There is suspected injury, however, the registration for the vehicle is expired and its owner unknown, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responded about 1 a.m. to the 4300 block of Jackson Highway south of U.S. Highway 12 and found the 1980 Ford F250 flatbed that appeared to be totaled, according to the sheriff’s office. Anyone who has information about its owner or the driver is asked to contact the sheriff’s office, Cmdr. Dusty Breen said this morning.
BLOOD AND DAMAGED VEHICLES
• A deputy called about 10:10 p.m. yesterday regarding a possible vehicle prowl at the 3300 block of Harrison Avenue outside Centralia found the windows broken on two vehicles and blood smeared on the vehicles. The owner said she’d been having problems with her ex, and that he might be responsible, leading to an unsuccessful search of the area, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. However, a short time later, a deputy was advised of a possible burglary in progress in the same area and suspecting the ex may be involved, a police dog was called in, Cmdr. Dusty Breen said. Centralia Police Department Officer Ruben Ramirez and his partner Lobo tracked down George F. Jones, 49, of Rochester, in a briar patch along the 2900 block of Harrison Avenue, according to police. Jones was apprehended by the dog and subsequently booked into the Lewis County Jail for two counts of second-degree malicious mischief, according to Breen. Breen said the victim of the possible burglary could not be located. The damage to the windows is listed at about $1,000.
K-9 APPREHENDS SHOPLIFTING SUSPECT
• A 16-year-old Chehalis boy was pulled out from under a recreational vehicle in a backyard by a police dog after he bolted as he was being placed in the back of a patrol car for allegedly shoplifting beef jerky. Police called about 4:25 a.m. on Sunday about the incident at a convenience store on the 600 block of West Main Street detained the teen, but he took off running, handcuffed, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Citizens pointed officers in the direction of the suspect and he was found hiding at the 300 block of Southwest Chehalis Avenue, according to police. The youngster was arrested for third-degree theft, escape and for minor in possession and/or consumption of alcohol because he had allegedly been drinking, police said. He was taken to the hospital to be treated for the dog bite, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said.
ELECTRICIAN’S WORK DESTROYED
• Someone raided an Interstate 5 construction site and made off with about $1,200 worth of copper wiring. Centralia police called about 11:30 a.m. yesterday to the area of the exit 81 northbound offramp found someone had unscrewed the top of an electrical box and pulled out about 2500 feet of eight-gauge wire, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• Centralia police reported this morning that a 37-year-old man was arrested yesterday afternoon for a warrant from the state Department of Corrections and possession of methamphetamine. Lance J. Myhre was contacted by police after 4 p.m. at the 1000 block of Roosevelt Avenue, according to police. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
HUFFING SPREE INTERRUPTED
• Chehalis police were called this morning to Walgreens on Louisiana Avenue for a woman found unconscious in the restroom who had apparently taken something off a shelf and was inhaling it. The same woman was arrested yesterday afternoon after an officer responded to a report a woman was “huffing” a can of aerosol at a bus stop near Wal-Mart, according to the Chehalis Police Department. And on Saturday morning, the same individual, 31-year-old Maria E. Hazzard, was found in the woman’s bathroom at Rite Aid on South Market Boulevard allegedly sniffing on something similar, police said. Each time, aid was called and the Chehalis woman was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, issued her citations for inhaling toxic fumes, given a court date and then released, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, protection order violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, tagging, hit and run, possible assault, parking complaint, telephone harassment, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, concern that as the weather changes people might begin taking up camp inside old busses and motorhomes parked behind a storage business … and more.
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