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CENTRALIA DRUG DEAL UNDER SURVEILLANCE ENDS WITH ARRESTS

• Drug detectives arrested three people early yesterday morning in Centralia after an alleged exchange of $2,100 for a quarter pound of methamphetamine. Fifty-four-year-old Richard F. Kelly was followed from his home to the Jackpot Mart on Main and Yew streets, under surveillance because he’d been the target of so-called controlled buys of marijuana and meth, according to authorities. Police watched a man get into his vehicle and then watched the vehicle travel to Kentucky Fried Chicken where the man got out, and got into a black vehicle driven by a woman identified in court papers as Lori McNeal. Charging papers filed today state both vehicles were followed by law enforcement, with Kelly getting pulled over at the intersection of Summa and Kresky Avenue. Kelly allegedly allowed a search of his vehicle where the meth he had bought was located, according to the documents. Another officer stopped the black vehicle and arrested Conrad J. Perry, 32, of Centralia.  McNeal was also arrested but was released pending further investigation, according to the Lewis County Prosecutor’s office. Perry was charged today with delivery of methamphetamine and Kelly was charged with possession of meth with intent to deliver. When Perry appeared before a judge this afternoon, the judge was told Perry is currently in Lewis County Drug Court and working, but if he was kept in jail he’d likely lose his job. The judge order his bail set at $25,000. Kelly, who lives in Onalaska, is unemployed. His bail was set at $100,000 because he is also newly charged in a separate case involving an alleged incident of sexual contact with a child from back in 2013.

THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• Chehalis police were called to the 1800 block of Northeast Kresky Avenue about 10:15 .m. yesterday regarding a possible burglary. Further details were not yet available today.

• Police were called to the 300 block of Courtland Street in Centralia yesterday morning about the theft of an engine hoist and an electric grinder.

• Centralia police responded about 11:50 a.m. yesterday yesterday to the 1300 block of Lum Road and subsequently arrested two individuals; Brian J. Olsen, 33, of Longview, was arrested for organized retail theft and possession of methamphetamine and heroin, according to the Centralia Police Department. William E. Leahy, 42 of Longview, was arrested or obstructing a police officer and resisting arrest., according to police. Both were booked into the Lewis County Jail.

• Centralia police were called about 10:20 a.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowl in which someone took a large red suitcase from the 800 block of Hamilton Road. Officers recovered it later in the day at a residence in the 800 block of South Pearl Street and returned it to the owner, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• Chehalis police were called to the home of a 19-year-old on Northeast Franklin Avenue about missing pain pills last night. Chase M. Onstot was subsequently arrested for possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, according to the Chehalis Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

UNFOUNDED COMPLAINT

• At 1:24 p.m. yesterday, police received a report complaining a man in a wheelchair was panhandling and masturbating at the onramp at milepost 77 of Interstate 5. The report was unfounded, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

COLLISION

• Centralia police took note about 3:35 p.m. yesterday that a bicyclist was involved in collision with a vehicle when he failed to yield the right of way to the vehicle and collided with the side of it. The bicyclist received minor injuries, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants,  driving with a suspended license; responses for alarm, hit and run, misdemeanor assault, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, dog alone in parked vehicle appearing in distress, small dog on sidewalk just barking at the air … and more.

Fire burns a half acre and three travel trailers. / Courtesy photo by West Thurston Regional Fire Authority

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BRUSH FIRE DESTROYS ONE HOME

• Three travel trailers, including one which was someone’s home, were lost when a brush fire broke out north of Littlerock today. Nobody was injured, according to West Thurston Regional Fire Authority. Multiple agencies responded to the approximately 12:30 p.m. call to the 2900 block 85th Avenue, according to Lt. Lanette Dyer. The fast moving fire was made more difficult by shifting winds, dense vegetation, car bodies and building supplies on the property, Dyer indicated. It was confined to a half acre, she said.

GRASS NEXT TO FREEWAY CATCHES FIRE

• Chehalis firefighters were called about 9:30 a.m. yesterday to a “relatively” small grass fire in between the southbound onramp at Main Street and Interstate 5. Fire Capt. Ted McCarty said when they arrived, a crew with the Department of Transportation had a garden hose on it, from their truck. It was stopped at roughly 50 feet by 100 feet, McCarty said. He said he couldn’t say for sure what sparked the fire, but the area was littered with cigarette butts. The ticket for tossing a lit cigarette out of a vehicle is $1,025.

FRAUD

• Chehalis police were contacted by a person from Northeast Kresky Avenue yesterday who discovered someone using their account information to write bad checks. The case is under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

ZOOM, ZOOM

• A high-speed police pursuit down Interstate 5 ended with a wreck at Centralia and the arrest of two individuals last night near Mellen Street at around 11:40 p.m. The accident is being investigated by troopers and the pair were turned over to the Tacoma Police Department, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving with a suspended license, allowing an unauthorized person to drive; responses for alarm, dispute, disorderly person, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, possible car prowler in a parking lot … and more.

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CORRECTION: This has been updated to reflect the fire in Littlerock happened today, not yesterday.

Police detain two people after their car wrecks on Interstate 5. / Courtesy photo by Chandra Shilley

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CANNABIS CANDY FOR KIDS

• Centralia police responded to a report just after 11 p.m. yesterday of a 17-year-old boy allegedly handing out marijuana-laced candy to juveniles in his neighborhood. The case is associated with an address on the 1000 block of Scammon Creek Road. Police say that when confronted, the boy’s mother refused to allow him to talk with police.

AUTO THEFT IN MINIATURE

• Someone stole a battery-operated child’s car from a yard on the 100 block of Collar Avenue in Morton last week, but the vehicle was recovered the following day at the 100 block of Wood Avenue, according to the Morton Police Department. It was damaged and its battery had been removed, according to police.

NOT VEHICLE THEFT

• Chehalis police were called about 11:40 a.m. on Monday about the theft of a motorized pedal bike from Southeast Washington Avenue, but shortly after were called back and told the person repairing it had taken it for a test drive.

HOMELESS PERSON STEALS $20 WORTH MATERIAL FROM EMPTY BARN

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday a 29-year-old was arrested the day before for allegedly stripping approximately $20 worth of wiring from a vacant barn on the 200 block of North Military Road in Winlock. A deputy notified at mid-day a woman with a warrant was seen entering the barn subsequently found her hitchhiking, according to the sheriff’s office. The wiring was found on her person and Joanna M. Withrow, described as transient, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for her warrant and for second-degree burglary, Cmdr. Dusty Breen said.

FRAUD

• Centralia police were called about 11:10 a.m. on Monday to the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue regarding the unauthorized use of a debit card.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called about 3:30 p.m. yesterday about a car inside a garage that was prowled on the 2600 block of Howard Avenue in Centralia.

• Chehalis police were called about 12:45 p.m. yesterday to the 1500 block of Southwest Johnson Avenue where they were told someone opened the door of an unlocked vehicle overnight and took change out of the ashtray.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took a report yesterday evening from an individual at the 900 block of South Pearl Street who said someone had poured sugar in their gas tank overnight.

AND FROM MORTON

• Morton police last Thursday received a report of someone puncturing car tires in the 400 block of Main Avenue, and also along the 100 block of Jastad Drive earlier in the week. The incidents are under investigation, according to the Morton Police Department.

• Police said yesterday they are investigating a suspicious fire, originating at the rear of an apartment complex on the 100 block of Engle Drive in Mossyrock. It was reported about 8 p.m. last Thursday. Nobody was hurt and the damage was limited to the outside of the building, according to Police Chief Dan Mortensen.

WRECK

• A 20-year-old Oakville woman was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital after her car hit a culvert, went airborne and rolled early yesterday morning.  Troopers responding about 6:20 a.m. to the 400 block of Howanut Road on the Chehalis Reservation found the 2014 Chevrolet Sonic was totaled, according to the Washington State Patrol. The driver, Jordan D. Merriman, had been wearing a seat belt, the investigating trooper reports.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor theft, driving with a suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, misdemeanor assault, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street theft of items out of a boat that turned out to have just been misplaced … and more.