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CAR OWNER ENCOUNTERS PROWLER IN ALLEY

• Chehalis police were called about 10 p.m. yesterday when a woman went to retrieve something from her car and discovered a man in the driver’s seat. The subject pushed her away and fled,  according to the Chehalis Police Department. Missing from the vehicle which had been parked in an alley off the 400 block of Southeast Washington Avenue was $200, according to police. Officers, with the help of a K-9 track, ended up finding their suspect hiding in a garage on the 500 block of South Market Boulevard, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said. Timothy M. Arms was booked into the Lewis County Jail for robbery.

OLD GROWTH LUMBER STOLEN

• Someone stole an estimated $2,000 worth of old growth fir split rails from a business on the 4600 block of Jackson Highway outside Winlock, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. The owner told a deputy the theft took place sometime during the past two months, according to the sheriff’s office. About 100 of them are missing, according to the sheriff’s office.

BREAK-IN CHEHALIS

• An individual yesterday reported to police that someone broke into their shed on the 800 block of Folsom Street in Chehalis in February. Taken were lawn tools, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

SCUFFLE AT WAL-MART

• A 33-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested at Wal-Mart yesterday evening after allegedly hiding merchandise on his person, including women’s panties, men’s briefs, batteries and playing cards. Jesse J. Wheeler reportedly resisted arrest and was taken to be checked out for knee pain and then booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Wheeler was booked for burglary instead of shoplifting because he had previously been “trespassed” from the retail store, police said. Police are also asking prosecutors to evaluate the case for a charge of resisting arrest and possession of a dangerous weapon, brass knuckles, according to a department spokesperson. The value of the items was $387, according to police.

DOMESTIC ASSAULT

• A 43-year-old man was arrested yesterday after he allegedly broke his girlfriend’s front tooth and split her lip when he struck her with a coffee mug. A deputy called to the emergency room at Providence Centralia Hospital around 3 a.m. yesterday learned she had grabbed a coffee cup from a night stand to defend herself when he started hitting her because she’d asked about another woman’s name on his cell phone, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The victim needed stitches for her lip, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. Deputies later located Melvin A. Kimbrel at his home west of Centralia and booked him into the Lewis County Jail for for second-degree assault, Brown said.

DRIVER FLEES TRAFFIC STOP

• A 29-year-old Chehalis man was arrested after he allegedly was pulled over by a police officer in Centralia, and then took off after the officer got out their car yesterday afternoon. It happened around 1:20 p.m. in the area of North Gold Street and Ham Hill Road, according to the Centralia Police Department. The officer didn’t pursue the vehicle, but tracked down the suspect later at a residence on Marion Street, according to police. David B. Beatty was booked into the Lewis County Jail for attempting to elude, according to police.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, protection order violation; responses for alarm, disputes, runaway child, customer using a “bad” check, misdemeanor theft, misdemeanor assault at juvenile detention center, collisions on city streets … and more.

ELDERLY GLENOMA RESIDENT VICTIMIZED BY BURGLAR

• Someone stole a substantial amount of cash, 10 handguns and other valuables including an antique stethoscope when they burglarized the Glenoma home of an 82-year-old man sometime between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Sunday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responding yesterday to the residence on the 8300 block of U.S. Highway 12 found an unknown person had entered through an unsecured door, according to the sheriff’s office. Also missing are four wrist watches, four knives, 20 silver dollars and jewelry, Cmdr. Dusty Breen said. The loss is estimated at $14,000. Breen is hoping anyone with information about the break-in will contact authorities.

MASS VANDALISM DOWNTOWN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police yesterday morning took a report of a rock thrown through a window of a building on the 200 block of West Maple Street and before the day ended, learned of windows broken at the 200 block of East Maple Street and at the 300 block of North Tower Avenue. At the 500 block of North Gold Street, they took a report of a broken window on a vehicle as well,  according to the Centralia Police Department. On Sunday night, an officer was called when someone threw a rock through a window at the 400 block of North Tower Avenue.

TOOLS TAKEN CENTRALIA

• Somebody got into a shed on the 900 block of G Street in Centralia and stole a radio as well as various hand and power tools, according to a report made to police yesterday evening.

AUTO THEFT

• Chehalis police were called about 2:45 p.m. yesterday when a 1997 Honda Civic was stolen from the 200 block of South Market Boulevard. The vehicle was spotted later on U.S. Highway 12 and a Chehalis police officer subsequently located it parked at the Best Western on Interstate Avenue, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

MAIL THEFT

• Chehalis police were called yesterday and asked for extra patrol in the area of Southwest 18th Street, where someone has been stealing out of mailboxes.

RACING

• Police say Emmanuel Torrez-Ramirez, 20 of Centralia, and Jorge I. Garcia-Ambriz, 19 of Winlock, were were caught racing about 3:40 a.m. today in Centralia in the area of Cherry and South Pearl streets. They were cited for reckless driving and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 38-year-old Centralia resident was arrested yesterday afternoon for possession of methamphetamine after contact with an officer at the 2100 block of North National Avenue. Nativadad N. Luna-Morale  was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 35-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for possession of heroin following a suspected shoplifting incident at Wal-Mart in Chehalis on Friday night. Police called about 7:45 p.m. located a suspect vehicle in a nearby parking and subsequently booked Dawn M. Morningstar Barnett into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

OUTBUILDING CATCHES FIRE

• A pump-house that doubled as a storage building was damaged by fire yesterday afternoon, as was a pickup truck parked next to it on the 100 block of Brier Road east of Centralia. Firefighters called about 2 p.m. report a large portion of the small outbuilding was already destroyed by flames when they arrived. The cause was under investigation, but the fire was not suspicious, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarms, disputes, disorderly person, irate customer, harassment, misdemeanor theft, collisions on city streets … and more.

FIREARMS TAKEN FROM PARKED VEHICLE

• Centralia police took a report about 9 o’clock yesterday morning after the discovery several guns had been stolen from a vehicle the night before at the 100 block of South Railroad Avenue. The case is currently under investigation and officers are attempting to identify the suspect, according to the Centralia Police Department.

MORE CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called on Friday regarding an overnight vehicle prowl on Southeast Adams Avenue.

VANDALISM

• Someone broke all the windows and lights out of a vehicle at the 1000 block of H Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday. Police have possible suspect information, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 48-year-old driver, wanted on a warrant for driving with a suspended license, and allegedly carrying methamphetamine in his jacket pocket, was pulled over for speeding on Saturday evening, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Anthony L. Nutter, from LaCenter, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, after the traffic stop on the 400 block of state Route 506 near Toledo, the sheriff’s office reported this morning.

NOT WELCOME

• Two Centralia residents were arrested for criminal trespassing in an abandoned house last night at the 2200 block of ninth Street in Centralia. Cited and then released were Rose A. Blanchett, 33, and Shawn E. Adams 43, according to the Centralia Police Department. Blanchett subsequently was booked into the Lewis County Jail for violation of a protection order, according to police.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, drug possession, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarms, shoplifting, vandalism, harassment, runaway child, jail inmate breaks sprinkler head, suspected heroin left behind by a customer, barking dogs … and more.