Lewis County Sirens.com

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Updated at 3:11 p.m.

ON THE ROAD

• Two teenagers were uninjured but their pickup truck was totaled when it rear-ended a van in Onalaska yesterday morning which was carrying six children. The 62-year-old Onalaska woman driving the 2006 Honda Odyssey van was the only person hurt, taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with severe neck pain, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She had stopped at the intersection at Leonard Road and state Route 508 when her van was hit from behind, according to the sheriff’s office. A deputy called just before 8 a.m. found that all the youngsters, from ages 2 to age 16, were buckled in, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. The 19-year-old driver of the 1987 Nissan pickup was cited for defective tires, no insurance and speed too fast for conditions, Brown said. The van was drivable, with about $3,000 worth of damage, Brown said.

• A 21-year-old motorist was reportedly not seriously hurt but was arrested for driving under the influence after his pickup truck landed in China Creek in Centralia overnight. Officers responding just before 1 a.m. to the area near the 1100 block of West Pear Street found Kody J. Foster had scratches from climbing out of the area, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

• A 22-year-old woman was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital after a car in which she was a passenger car hit a fence and came to rest in a ditch along the 2300 block of Little Hanaford Road outside Centralia lat night. Firefighters called at 11:50 p.m. report she was to be evaluated for possible shoulder and back injuries, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

PHONE FIGHT

• Police were called to an apartment complex on the 1600 block of Johnson Road in Centralia just after 11 o’clock yesterday morning where they were told by a 57-year-old woman that after an argument with a 56-year-old man, he took her cell phone away from her. Police located the suspect, Ricky M Langley, and booked him into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree robbery, according to the Centralia Police Department. Prosecutors declined to file that charge.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• An officer was called about 9:50 a.m. yesterday to the 2900 block of Mount Vista Road in Centralia following the discovery by a resident that someone forced open his apartment’s front door. Nothing appeared to be missing though, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office took a report from a woman living at the 3300 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia that someone forced their way through her back door on Saturday and stole a tupperware container holding her medications. Taken between 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. that day were 45 Valium, 45, morphine and 80 oxycodone tablets, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is about $75, according to the sheriff’s office.

BREAK-IN ETHEL

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that someone walked in to an Ethel man’s motor home on Saturday and left with an Xbox 360, more than 20 games and a tablet, according to the sheriff’s office. It happened between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. while he was at his mother’s house some 50 feet away, according to the sheriff’s office. It happened at the 100 block of Oyler Road, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. He had left his door open, she said.

AFTER DARK

• Police were called just before 3 o’clock this morning after a man thought he saw someone trying to break in to a car along Southwest Chehalis Avenue in Chehalis. The individual said he heard a car door handle then saw a male looking into a vehicle, according to the Chehalis Police Department. When they both looked at each other, the possible prowler ran off, and rode away on a bicycle, police said. A responding officer didn’t locate anyone.

VANDALISM

• Someone painted the viaduct and also the tailgate belonging to a person living near there at the 800 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to  report made to police yesterday afternoon.

FIRE ON PORCH

• Discarded smoking materials are suspected of causing a porch fire in Centralia yesterday afternoon. Firefighters called at 3 p.m. to the 1300 block of Harrison Avenue found individuals extinguishing the flames with a garden hose, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The residents were not at home, Fire Capt. Scott Weinert indicated. Firefighters removed decking materials from the porch to ensure the fire had not spread beneath the home, according to Weinert. The damage is estimated at about $5,000.

FIRE IN GARAGE

• The sheriff’s office is investigating to find out who was burning inside a detached garage of a vacant property in foreclosure in Centralia. A deputy was requested by the fire department yesterday afternoon to respond to the 1100 block of Pacific Avenue, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It appeared to have been started using garbage cardboard and tin cans sometime during the previous three days and extinguished already, according to the sheriff’s office. Neighbors said they’d seen transients in the area of the house, although not in the last week, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. A door had been forced open several times in the past, Brown said. The damage to the sheetrock, framing and exterior paint is estimated to be several thousand dollars, Brown said.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, protection order violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, harassment, runaway teenager, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more.

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Updated at 7:15 p.m.

THEFT INVESTIGATION

• Centralia police were contacted yesterday by a local business about suspected embezzlement by an employee. The case was sent over to detectives to investigate, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• A pair of teenagers taking photographs for a class project at Schaeffer Park off state Route 507 north of Centralia yesterday evening returned to their vehicle to find a window broken out and both of their purses stolen, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Chehalis police were called about 3:20 p.m. yesterday about the theft of a puppy from inside a car parked behind Safeway on the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard. Its owner said she had locked the doors but left the windows cracked, according to the Chehalis Police Department. An officer got a phone call  few hours later from the victim who said her boyfriend recovered the dog from an individual in Centralia after seeing the dog on the Internet,  according to police. The male claimed he bought the puppy from another person, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said.

• Chehalis police were called about 3:20 p.m. yesterday by a teenage girl who discovered someone had got into her car and stolen a backpack containing among other items, school supplies and an iPhone. It happened while she was parked outside a business on the east side of the the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis, according to the Chehalis Police Department. She had left her passenger window down, according to police.

• Centralia police were called about 11:45 a.m. yesterday to the 200 block of North Washington Avenue where approximately 50 CDs were stolen from a vehicle.

DRUGS

• A 42-year-old Centralia woman was booked into the Lewis County Jail yesterday for allegedly being caught by drug detectives with a pouch containing plastic packaging, a scale, more than $200 cash and a small bag plus a larger bag of a crystal substance that field-tested positive for methamphetamine. Janet L. Gleason is charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver – in a school zone – and went before a judge this afternoon in Lewis County Superior Court. Her bail was set at $20,000. Charging documents indicate law enforcement began investigating Gleason sometime between May and August of this year and that she was pulled over by a detective, admitted she was on her way to Borst Park to sell 10 grams of and granted him permission to search her car. Jail records show she was booked at about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The affidavit of probable cause does not specify where or even what day she was pulled over, but the information charging her states the alleged offense occurred on or about Sept. 17.

• A 36-year-old Packwood resident charged with allegedly growing 24 marijuana plants in his backyard this summer was summonsed to appear in Lewis County Superior Court this afternoon. James M. Miller is charged with manufacture of marijuana, a class C felony with a maximum penalty of five years in prison. A judge agreed to a $10,000 unsecured bond so he could stay out of jail while his case proceeds. Before his hearing, Miller said he has permits but didn’t give them to the sheriff’s office because he didn’t want to get harassed. Charging papers state two deputies went to his home on the 100 block of Rainbow Lane on June 28 to speak with him on another matter, and noticed the marijuana growing in his fenced backyard when a female answered the door and said Miller was not there. The officers reportedly obtained a telephonic search warrant and collected 24 plants in various stages of growth and told the female that if Miller was a medical marijuana patient, he needed to provide the paperwork to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Twenty-four is beyond the 15 plants allowed for a medical marijuana patient. On Aug. 4, when a detective spoke with Miller in the jail, Miller said he had the authorization posted on his fence, but it was stolen, charging documents indicate. Miller’s arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 8. He is the same James Miller indicted in federal court with theft and damaging government property, as one of the three alleged timber cutters involved in illegally harvesting Big Leaf Maple from the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, which was allegedly sold by a Winlock man to out of state companies for more than $800,000.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, obstructing, shoplifting, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, harassment, misdemeanor assault, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, violation of anti-harassment order … and more.

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Updated at 6:08 p.m.

BURGLARY CLUES: PANTIES, KID’S SHIRT

• A 63-year-old Toledo area man called the sheriff’s office yesterday after discovering someone had broken into his detached garage and stolen some equipment as well as frozen meat from his freezer but left behind a pair of women’s underwear, a child-sized T-shirt and a hair dryer. Missing is an Onan generator and a Karcher pressure washer, plus other items, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said the burglary at the 800 block of Spencer Road occurred sometime since Sept. 2, while the victim and his fifth-wheel were away from the property. It appeared someone used a card to open the lock on a side door and then reached in to push the garage door opener button, Brown said.

CUSTOMER’S RV VANISHES FROM LOT

• Police were called by the owner of a 2015 Cruise Light travel trailer who dropped it off at a Chehalis business Saturday evening to be serviced and then returned yesterday to check on the progress and learned nobody knew where it was. An officer responding to the RV sales and repair store at the 1000 block of Southwest Interstate Avenue noted it was taken through the gate when it was left there, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The loss is about $25,000, according to police. It was entered into the system as a stolen vehicle, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said.

MISSING MONEY

• Centralia police were called about 11 a.m. yesterday regarding the suspected theft of cash from a business on the 100 block of South Tower Avenue. The business owner will try to resolve the issue prior to police taking enforcement action, according to the Centralia Police Department.

TRESPASSING CASE

• Centralia police are continuing to investigate a trespassing incident, reported yesterday from the 1400 block of South Tower Avenue. Police say video captured images of a female entering into a fenced compound of a closed business.

FIREARM VIOLATION

• An individual pulled over for a routine traffic stop at U.S. Highway 12 and Second Street in Morton at about 10 p.m. on Saturday was issued a citation for having a loaded handgun in the vehicle without possessing a concealed weapon permit, according to the Morton Police Department. The gun was given back after its ammunition was separated from the weapon, according to police.

VANDALISM

• Somebody spray painted graffiti onto a shed at the 2800 block of Russell Road in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday afternoon.

• Centralia police were called to the 1200 block of Ward Street yesterday where graffiti was spray painted onto a garage.

ON THE ROAD

• A Morton police officer assisted a trooper with an investigation in which a driver exited a vehicle, but left it running and in gear, and it rolled across a street into a building at the 200 block of Second Street in Morton last Thursday afternoon, according to the Morton Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarm, shoplifting, harassment, vicious dog, suspicious circumstances, violation of anti-harassment order … and more.