Lewis County Sirens.com

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PERSON FOUND IN PASTURE BOOKED FOR STOLEN TRUCK

• A 36-year-old Olympia man was arrested this morning after he allegedly wrecked a truck into a utility pole along Cooks Hill Road in Centralia. The vehicle was stolen out of Thurston County, police said.  Officers responding about 6 a.m. were pointed in the direction the suspected driver had headed on foot, according to the Centralia Police Department. A police dog conducted a track and found 36-year-old Richie L. Sreap hiding in a cow pasture near Swanson Drive, according to police. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of stolen property, according to Sgt. Kurt Reichert.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

• A 49-year-old Chehalis area man was arrested after allegedly loading a shotgun with two shells in the bedroom with his wife while they were arguing, and then turning and pointing the weapon at her. Deputies called to the home on Literal Road east of Chehalis at 12:03 a.m. yesterday booked Robert G. Ernst into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree assault, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

FAKE BILL

• Police were contacted by a convenience store at the 600 block of South Tower Avenue overnight about a counterfeit $5 bill received.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called just before 11 p.m. yesterday after an individual on the 800 block of Northwest West Street watched a vehicle pull up by their vehicle and break out the window. No suspect was found, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Centralia police took a report yesterday afternoon that an unknown person broke a window with a rock at the 200 block of North Washington Street.

• Someone put graffiti on a garage on the 700 block of H Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police on Saturday.

• AND, FROM MORTON

• A juvenile reported the theft of his bicycle from the 200 block of Main Avenue in Morton, the evening of June 12. A responding officer discovered his parents had taken the bike because he was not being responsible for its care, according to the Morton Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, disorderly conduct, misdemeanor assault, malicious mischief, drinking in public, protection order violation, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, vandalism, hit and run, misdemeanor theft, injured deer on roadway, collision on city street, collision on county road, child left alone in a parked car, dog left alone in parked vehicle; complaints of tall grass at neighboring vacant house, someone lighting off fireworks … and more.

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WRECKS

• A 55-year-old man riding a motorcycle was injured this morning east of Packwood when he traveled off the roadway and hit several rocks in a ditch. Gregory P. Kessel, of Olympia, was headed east when he wrecked near milepost 139 of U.S. Highway 12, according to the Washington State Patrol. Troopers responding at 8:30 a.m. found his 2012 Yamaha XVS was totaled, according to the state patrol. Kessel was transported to Morton General Hospital, the investigating trooper reports.

• The Washington State Patrol reported yesterday a Centralia man has died following a June 11 two-vehicle collision on Interstate 5 near the Nisqually Bridge. Louis G. Moore, 81, was transported to Tacoma General Hospital after the early morning wreck in which his car rear-ended a GMC Terrain, according to the state patrol.

FRAUD

• Centralia police were called yesterday afternoon to the 800 block of Sunrise Lane about an identity theft. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

SHOPLIFTING

• Centralia police were called at 2:07 p.m. yesterday after a female pushed a cart full of groceries through the self checkout line and out the door at Safeway without paying. She was seen loading them into a turquoise colored Saturn – driven by a male with a beard – which fled the area of the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called yesterday afternoon by an individual who said their vehicle was prowled on the 100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia a week earlier.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, misdemeanor assault, protection order violation, driving under the influence, protection order violation, driving with suspended license; responses for collision on city street … and more.

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Updated at 4:15 p.m.

BOOM

• The state fire marshal advises that sales of consumer fireworks from state-licensed stands begins June 28 at noon and ends on July 5 at 9 pm.  Also reminding the public that  purchasing fireworks over the internet is illegal. As usual, the office suggests that attending a public display is a safe and fun way to enjoy fireworks. To learn about a community fireworks display in your area, visit their website.

EUUUUW

• A Chehalis officer was called over to Green Hill School yesterday afternoon after a 16-year-old student-inmate allegedly threw a milk carton of urine at two staff members. The case will be referred to prosecutors for two charges of custodial assault, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, protection order violation, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, misdemeanor assault, shoplifting suspicious circumstances … and more.