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TEEN BOOKED FOR TAKING FOOD CARD BY FORCE FROM GRANDMA

• A 17-year-old Centralia boy was arrested after throwing a temper tantrum and allegedly assaulting his grandmother in trying to get an EBT card yesterday. Police were called about 1:20 p.m. to the home on the 1100 block of South Tower Avenue where they were told he threw a coffee table breaking it after his grandma told him he couldn’t have the card, and shoved her to the ground to get her purse, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officer John Panco said the teen took the large wooden table leg and swung it at her, and then slammed it to the floor next to head. He used the leg to hit the TV screen on his way out the door, taking a chunk out of it, Panco said. “The grandma did not know much more than he just wanted the food card,” Panco said. Officers found the 17-year-old near Burger King and booked him into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for second-degree robbery and second-degree assault, according to police.

GREEN HILL ASSAULT

• Chehalis police yesterday took a report from an individual from Green Hill School about an inmate-student swinging a dust mop handle at a staff member several days earlier. The 38-year-old man was able to block the blows with a mattress, according to the Chehalis Police Department. It involved a different staff member but the same suspect as the incident in which an employee got urine thrown on him, according to a police department spokesperson.

BACKYARD BREAK-IN

• Someone went into a backyard on the 2000 block of Lynn Road in Centralia and left with a pressure washer, according to a report made to police yesterday afternoon.

BUSINESS BURGLARY

• Police were called about 8:10 a.m. yesterday about  break-in to a business on the 100 block of West Walnut Street in Centralia.

THEFT OF WIRING

• Centralia police were called just before 5 p.m. yesterday about the theft of wire from the 1500 block of South Gold Street. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT OF FLAG

• An American flag was stolen from its pole at the cemetery on the 1800 block of Van Wormer Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Chehalis police were called yesterday by a rural Chehalis resident after the discovery of the possible theft of items from her motorhome while it was being repaired at the 900 block of Northwest Maryland Avenue in Chehalis.

• Centralia police were called about 9:20 a.m. yesterday regarding a vehicle prowl at the 2000 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia. Taken was a purse, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WRECK

• A 23-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for driving under the influence following a head-on collision last night at Reynolds Avenue and Johnson Road in Centralia. Officers responding after the approximately 8:50 p.m. call report that two individuals sustained minor injuries. Katie L. Wright was also booked for driving with a suspended license and reckless driving, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, violation of no contact order, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving with suspended license; responses for dispute, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, fake $20 bill passed at a convenience store, request for assistance with unruly teenagers … and more.

Updated at 5:24 p.m.

DEATH FOLLOWS FIGHT

• Deputies and aid were called to the 1700 block of Ferrier Road outside Winlock on Saturday morning after one of two men involved in a fight over a toolbox lost consciousness, and subsequently died, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office indicates the subject appeared to be in medical duress – not from wounds sustained during the altercation – but authorities will know more after an autopsy. The two are both from Winlock and in their mid to late 40s, according to the sheriff’s office.

OUT-OF-CONTROL

• Deputies were called to Randle just before 8 p.m. on Saturday about a shirtless man running through yards and into the street near the highway screaming he was going to shoot everyone. The subject found in the middle of Miller Road was arrested for harassment, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. William J. Coe, 35, of Chehalis, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office. The case was also referred for a possible charge of disorderly conduct, according to the sheriff’s office. No mention was made by a sheriff’s office spokesperson if he actually had a gun, but he reportedly swung a gallon-sized jug full of something at traffic causing one vehicle to swerve.

• Chehalis police were called over to Green Hill School on Friday about a staff member getting urine thrown on him four days earlier. Police are looking into it, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AUTO THEFT

• Chehalis police called about 4 a.m. on Saturday about a car stolen from Northeast Washington Avenue found it later in the day abandoned at the other end of town, on Southeast Evergreen Drive.

THEFT

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that someone got into a travel trailer at the 100 block of Faunrae Lane outside Chehalis and stole a pink quilt with red roses as well as a 24-inch Sony television and a portable 10-inch Sylvania TV with a DVD player sometime between Thursday and Friday,

• Centralia police were called about noon on Friday to the 1400 block of South Gold Street regarding money stolen from a business. Further details were not readily available.

• A 34-year-old homeless person arrested for a warrant on Friday night at West Third Street and North Tower Avenue in Centralia was also booked for second-degree possession of stolen property based on a credit card found on her person. Sara M. Culp was booked into the Lewis County Jail, but has been released with no charges filed pending further investigation.

• Centralia police yesterday took a report from the 1400 block of Jensen Street about a license plate stolen during the night. The missing plate reads B91960K, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Someone broke out the driver’s side window of a Honda car parked on South Market Boulevard in Chehalis, according to a report made to police on Saturday morning.

WRECKS

• A 36-year-old Onalaska man was arrested after his car collided with a vehicle parked on the 900 block of Alder Street in Centralia about 2 o’clock yesterday morning. Responding firefighters noted heavy damage to his car and light damage to sport utility vehicle. The driver had no signs of injury and declined aid, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Kevin W Harris was booked into the Lewis County Jail for driving under the influence, according to police.

• A 52-year-old Centralia man was reportedly unhurt when his car struck the back end of a poorly-lit motorcycle on U.S. Highway 12 about one miles east of Montesano early on Saturday morning. Troopers called about 2:10 a.m. report both vehicles were westbound in foggy conditions and the rear tire of the Kawasaki KZ650 became embedded beneath the front end of the car. Timothy A. Reed, 56, from Hoquiam, was tossed from his motorcycle onto the road and transported by aid with unspecified injuries to the hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol. Paul R. Creel’s 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage was towed, according to the state patrol.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, probation violation, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, driving with no license, allowing unauthorized person to drive; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft, collisions on city streets, a noisy bachelorette party, someone attempting to break into a food bank … and more.