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As much as an acre of property off Ferrier Road is left charred. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Fire District 15.

CAUSE OF FIRE ON WINLOCK PROPERTY UNKNOWN

• Local firefighters spent approximately three hours extinguishing a brush fire that spread through tall grass on property at the 1700 block of Ferrier Road south of Winlock. Crews dispatched at 11:05 a.m. on Wednesday found  homeowners using garden hoses and an area burning of roughly 200 feet by 200 feet, according to Lewis County Fire District 15. Assistant Fire Chief Kevin Anderson said he didn’t know what ignited it, but noted that probably nine out of 10 such fires on this side of the mountains are caused by some kind of human activity. It was the fifth brush fire in District 15 in the past month, Anderson said. One unit stayed on the scene until about 4:30 p.m., he said.

SMOLDERING SMOKES DROP ONTO AWNING

• Firefighters called yesterday afternoon to a report of a fire atop the awning of a downtown Centralia business discovered a smoldering small pile of cigarettes from an ashtray that had fallen from the window of a second-story apartment earlier in the day. Crews responding about 3:20 p.m. to the 300 block of North Tower Avenue made sure it was extinguished, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The metal-covered awning was undamaged, according to Capt. Scott Weinert. RFA took the opportunity to remind smokers of some fire prevention tips, such as, put cigarettes out, all the way, in an ashtray or in a bucket with sand.

PLAYING WITH FIRE

• Chehalis police were called yesterday about kids allegedly starting fires the night before in the area of Northeast Adams Avenue. A warning was given, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

LOST AND FOUND

• A savings bond was turned over to the Chehalis Police Department yesterday, after it was dropped off at a local bank by someone who said it was found in their rental house. The name on the bond is James Waltz, and if anyone has any information on that person, they are asked to call the police department.

THEFT

• Centralia police this morning reported that an officer was called at 3:42 p.m. yesterday about cash stolen from a deposit bag associated with an address on the 1000 block of Eckerson Road.

• An individual called Chehalis police yesterday from the 300 block of Southwest Fifth Street about a vehicle prowl in which someone broke into a window sometime during the previous two weeks.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, resisting arrest, misdemeanor assault, protection order violation, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, disorderly person, suspicious person, possible theft of cell phones, dispute involving a pellet gun, complaint of dog pooping in someone else’s yard … and more.

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MACE IN FACE LANDS GROWN SON IN JAIL

• A 41-year-old Winlock man was arrested overnight after he allegedly pulled a can of mace from his pocket and sprayed his 70-year-old father in the face. According to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, it was just before midnight when Tobiah N. Graham was reportedly being too noisy and he and his dad got into a dispute. Deputies arriving to the 1300 block of Ferrier Road arrested Graham for fourth-degree assault and booked him into the Lewis County Jail according to the sheriff’s office.

AUTO THEFT

• A blue BMW was reported stolen from the 1100 block of South Gold Street in Centralia yesterday morning,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

OTHER THEFT

• Centralia police were called to the 100 block of Jalyn Street about 11:30 p.m. yesterday about the theft of medication.

VANDALISM

• A 30-year-old Centralia man was arrested for third-degree malicious mischief yesterday after allegedly damaging a window at the 200 block of West Reynolds Street in Centralia. Jason R. Ferris was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

COLLISIONS

• Police responded to an 8:45 p.m. call yesterday of a hit and run, involving a building at the 1200 block of Belmont Avenue.

• Centralia police were called just before noon yesterday for a collision involving a vehicle and a bicycle at Harrison and View avenues.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting; responses for dispute, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more.

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MISSING STOLEN PROPERTY FOUND ON CENTRALIA TRAIL

• A stolen motorcycle and a stolen ATV were found in tall grass along a trail north of the viaduct and Delaware Avenue in Centralia yesterday evening after the owner of the ATV called 911 to say she saw her ATV near the railroad tracks behind Schaefer Park. Deputies and Centralia police surrounded the area and a detective subsequently saw two people with a similar description of the suspects who had been seen on it, according to the  Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested for possession of stolen vehicles were Ronald A. Yeager, 24, from Bucoda, and Qierstin Ramsay, 19, from Chehalis, according to the sheriff’s office. They were booked into the Lewis County Jail. Recovered and returned to their owners were a 1988 Yamaha XT350 and the 2005 Honda TRX90 ATV, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said.

BURGLARY AT CENTRALIA BUSINESS

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday that someone forced their way into a business on the 2000 block of Gallagher Road in Centralia and stole five steel-bladed knives with elk horn handles as well as a cash drawer, a camera and a scanner. The loss to Centralia Fur and Hide is estimated at $975, according to the sheriff’s office. Chief Deputy Stay Brown said it happened between 9:30 a.m. on Saturday and 8:30 a.m. on Sunday.

MORE THEFT IN CENTRALIA

• Someone stole tools at a garage sale on the 1000 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday.

• Centralia police were called just before 8 o’clock yesterday to the 700 block of South Pearl Street regarding the theft of lawn maintenance chemicals and decorative lights.

• A four-wheeled ATV was reported stolen from a shed on Monday at the 2400 block of Eureka Avenue in Centralia.

• A 34-year-old was arrested for first-degree burglary by Centralia police on Monday night in a case associated with the 1200 block of Mellen Street in Centralia. Ryan A. McCarter, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. Prosecutors declined to file criminal charges and he was released from jail yesterday.

FRAUD IN CENTRALIA

• Police were called about 10 o’clock yesterday morning to the 200 block of West Magnolia Avenue in Centralia regarding identity theft. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called to the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue on Monday afternoon about a fraudulent check.

• Centralia police took a report on Monday morning from an individual who said someone else was using their social security number.

JAIL OFFICERS THREATENED

• Wellington M. Waggener, 26, of Centralia, was arrested at the Lewis County Jail yesterday for two counts of harassment as he allegedly told a corrections officer he wanted to see her head explode and that he would kill her  if he saw her outside the jail. The Centralia man was booked into the jail on Friday night in connection with an incident a local motel for which he has been charged with a felony. The inmate allegedly also, early yesterday morning, told a jail sergeant that he wanted to slit his throat and that when he was released, he would do so, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

BRUSH CATCHES FIRE

• Firefighters were called twice yesterday to small brush fires that broke out at the 2200 block of Centralia-Alpha Road east of Chehalis at the Thousand Trails Campground. The first was just after 1 p.m. and the second was reported about 3:40 p.m. in a different area of the property, according to Lewis County Fire District 6. Firefighter Kyle Eiswald said personnel from the state Department of Natural Resources responded to take over.

• Fire broke out in tall grass along railroad tracks on South King Street in Centralia shortly after a locomotive passed through the area, prompting citizens to try to put it out with buckets on Monday evening. Firefighters called at 5:30 p.m. finished extinguishing the fire that burned a small section of fence as well as an area estimated to be 60 feet long by 30 feet wide, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Responders also put a second fire against the tracks just north of there, the fire department reports.

• Another fire broke out at TransAlta coal mine’s South Field, drawing firefighters from two fire departments and the state Department of Natural Resources. It was about 10 p.m. on Monday when an employee at the mine advised that vegetation was burning an area estimated to be less than three acres, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The crews were assisted by heavy equipment from the mine and the main fire was contained by midnight, according to Riverside. It was about a mile from the wildfire eight days earlier also on property owned by TransAlta, according to Fire Chief Mike Kytta.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, hit and run, probation violation, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, hit and run, misdemeanor theft, assault, barking neighbor dog, suspicious circumstances, a male falling asleep in the hallway of a hotel … and more.