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HOSPITAL ASSAULT

• A 35-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested yesterday evening after she allegedly punched a nurse at Providence Centralia Hospital. An officer called just after 6 p.m. arrested Judith M. Fenning for third-degree assault and booked her into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. A department spokesperson said he thought Fenning was a patient, but wasn’t sure of the details that led to her upset.

BREAK-IN DOOR OF HOME

• Video surveillance images led to an arrest yesterday after someone damaged a door at a home on the 700 block of Salzer Valley Road in Centralia. A deputy called to the residence after the victim arrived home found footprints in the snow and saw security images of a red sedan, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. An investigation led to the boyfriend of the car’s owner, who was located working on the car on Nix Lane, according to the sheriff’s office. The deputy recognized Jefferey A. Petrich as the person in the video, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Petrich was arrested for malicious mischief and residential burglary and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to Brown. Nothing was stolen but the damage amounted to about $400, Brown said.

BROKEN WINDOW AT HOTEL

• A deputy was called to the Packwood Inn about 11:30 p.m. last night where the manager said she heard glass breaking and discovered someone had busted out the front door window. The repairs at the business on the 13000 block of U.S. Highway 12 will cost about $900, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

DRIVING MISHAP

• Nobody was hurt when a 101-year-old driver ran into a building yesterday on the 2500 block of Northeast Kresky Avenue in Chehalis. Detective Sgt. Gary WIlson said he understood the damage at Dels Farm Supply was not too severe.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took a report about 9:30 a.m. yesterday regarding someone throwing a rock through a back window of a business on the 500 block of South Tower Avenue during the night.

BARN FIRE OAKVILLE

• Five fire departments battled a barn fire in Oakville last night and managed to save structures just  few feet away on either side. Grays Harbor County Fire District 1 responded about 11 p.m. to the blaze on the 1500 block of South Bank Road found the barn fully engulfed in flames, according to Firefighter Shawn Burdett. The nearest fire hydrant was a 12 mile round trip which required them to request mutual aid from others, including Riverside Fire Authority, according to Burdett. A county crew assisted by laying sand on the roads which began to ice up, Burdett said. No cattle were injured. The 50-foot by 90-foot barn was a total loss.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, disputes, shoplifting, hit and run, counterfeit bill … and more.

The 1500 block of South Bank Road. / Courtesy photo by Grays Harbor County Fire District 1

HARASSMENT

• A 23-year-old homeless man was arrested overnight for allegedly threatening to kill two workers at the shelter on the 400 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia. Officers called just before 1 a.m. booked Jacob M. Goble into the Lewis County Jail for one count of harassment, according to the Centralia Police Department. Just one count because only one of the two men felt threatened, according to Officer Patty Finch.

STOLEN CAR

• Deputies are looking for a 39-year-old Ethel resident after the discovery of a 2001 Honda CRV which was missing many parts yesterday at the 1200 block of U.S. Highway 12 in Ethel. The sheriff’s office was called yesterday by the woman who owns the property who said she’d given permission to the subject to use the property although not to store vehicles on, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She said it appeared someone was chopping up a car there and deputies investigated, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The suspect could not be located and the case is being referred to prosecutors for a charge of first-degree possession of stolen property, according to Brown.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Chehalis police were called about 7:25 p.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowl at the 1500 block of North National Avenue where the victim’s truck had been in impound. Missing were various personal items including clothing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took a report about 9 a.m. yesterday at the 1400 block of Oxford Avenue of a vehicle egged and a window broken. Within the hour were reports of windows broken from someone throwing rocks at the 1100 block of West First Street and the 700 block of Harrison Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.

COLLISIONS

• Centralia police say only a minor injury was sustained when a vehicle struck a utility pole at Reynolds Avenue and Lum Road at approximately 5:30 p.m. yesterday.

• A motorist was uninjured when he hit a spot of ice, spun around and struck the center barrier on Interstate 5 in Centralia yesterday morning. Firefighters responding about 7:30 a.m. to the northbound lanes near Harrison Avenue found the Chevrolet Blazer on its side and some of the barrier pushed into the southbound lanes, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, failure to transfer vehicle title; responses for disputes, misdemeanor theft, suspicious person, loud neighbor party … and more.

BURGLARY CHEHALIS

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that someone stole two large sheets of stainless steel being stored in the parking lot area of a Chehalis business, valued at about $3,600. A deputy called to Mohawk Industries on the 200 block of Downie Road on Wednesday learned the items vanished sometime during the previous four days, according to the sheriff’s office. One piece was circular and 76 inches in diameter and other was 80 inches by 100 inches, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that someone broke into an office building at the 1500 block of Bishop Road in Chehalis and attempted to break into a safe. It happened sometime between last Tuesday and the following day, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. Damage to the safe and a window is estimated at $750.

PHONE CALL ISSUES

• Chehalis police were contacted on Friday regarding a suspected telephone scam involving someone purporting to be from the IRS. It was the typical threat the woman would be arrested if she didn’t pay up, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said. The IRS doesn’t operate that way, Wilson said.

• Chehalis police took a report from the Lewis County Assessor’s Office that an individual on the phone who was upset suggested someone needed to get a gun and shoot the employees there. They just wanted police to be aware of it, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said of the report from last Wednesday morning.

SHERIFF’S OFFICE: CHAINSAW THEFT SOLVED

• A 47-year-old Mineral man who learned he was facing possible charges in connection with a Winlock burglary broke out of the Nisqually Jail because he didn’t want to be brought back to Lewis County, the sheriff’s office reported this morning. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said a week ago on Sunday, a deputy went to interview the suspect in jail about the early November theft of two chainsaws and a winch from a metal building on the 400 block of state Route 505. A few hours later, deputies got a call from Thurston County dispatchers who said Tim C. Saterdal had escaped, and was last seen scaling a fence and running off into the woods, Brown said. He was subsequently located, with severe lacerations and other injuries, and told authorities he’d left because he didn’t want to come back to Lewis County, she said. The case involving Saterdal and the stolen equipment from Winlock is being referred to prosecutors for possible charges of second-degree theft and second-degree burglary. Brown said the reason he was arrested on Nov. 10 and locked up in the Nisqually Public Safety Correctional Facility, was a police officer in Roy was responding to a fire call, and Saterdal thinking he was getting pulled over drove recklessly to get away.

COLLISIONS

• A 30-year-old Toledo man was arrested on Friday night for reporting his Jeep Grand Cherokee was stolen, after deputies concluded he had been the one driving it when it wrecked earlier on the 300 block of Leonard Road in Onalaska. Sean D. Leonard was booked into the Lewis County Jail for making a false statement to a public servant, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The vehicle sustained major damage but Leonard didn’t seem to have any injuries, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A young woman was hospitalized with back pain after the car in which she was a passenger left Interstate 5 south of K-Mart in Chehalis, crossed over Northwest Louisiana Avenue and crashed through the fence surrounding the Chehalis-Centralia Airport on Thursday afternoon, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, driving with suspended license; responses for alarms, disputes, harassment, suspicious circumstances, protection order violation, counterfeit $20 bills, parking lot fender benders, wrecks on county roads … and more.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called about 9:40 a.m. yesterday to the 2400 block of Ford Prairie Avenue regarding damage to a residence and property. A possible suspect was identified, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THOSE CENTRALIA COPS ARE SO FUNNY

• The Centralia Police Department is hosting its first ever 5K Ugly Sweater Fun Run next month, an event in which participants don’t necessarily need to be able to run, jog or even walk fast. Judges throughout the crowd will pick out the ugliest sweater, awarding the wearer of the winning garment a scenic Seattle flight for two on Kenmore Air plus a $50 dinner credit for two in Seattle. All proceeds will support Lewis County Special Olympics athletes. It takes place on Saturday Dec. 13 at 5 p.m., with registration starting at 3 p.m. at Washington Park on South Pearl and Main street in Centralia. The entry fee of $30 includes a T-shirt. Entrants can pay $20 and forego the T-shirt. For those whose closets contain only pretty sweaters, but still want to support the cause, a Pluck-a-Duck Raffle will take place before the race. Purchase a rubber duck for $10, and if yours is the one plucked from the pool, you’ll get half the proceeds of the raffle. Registration forms are available on the Centralia Police Department Facebook page and at the office. Race day registration is available; however they cannot guarantee t-shirts. The department is currently looking for sponsors for the run. A $100 sponsor donation received by December 7 will guarantee a business name or logo on the back of the run t-shirt.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, driving under the influence … and more.

ATTEMPTED BURGLARY

• Police were called about 11:30 a.m. yesterday to the 200 block of East Locust Street in Centralia after a discovery someone had broken in and placed items by the door as though they were going to steal them.

FRAUD

• Centralia police took a report yesterday morning from an individual on the 200 block of West Oakview Avenue who said someone accessed her credit card account and stole money, from a location in Canada.

• Centralia police took a report yesterday morning from an individual on the 800 block of Park Way who told them he discovered the unauthorized use of his account number to make an online purchase.

SLEEPING DRIVER

• An officer responded to to the 500 block of Hamilton Avenue in Centralia about 12:05 a.m. yesterday after a citizen reported a suspicious vehicle parked in front of his driveway. Thirty-seven-year-old Ernesto Monrroy-Hernandez was found passed out in his vehicle and was arrested for being being in physical control of a vehicle while intoxicated, according to the Centralia Police Department. Monrroy-Hernandez was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

WRECKS

• Centralia police responded about 3:30 p.m. yesterday to a vehicle into a ditch on the 700 block of North Gold Street. The cause was driving too fast for conditions, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 28-year-old Chehalis resident was ticketed for following too closely after he ran his Chevrolet Impala into the rear of a Buick LaSabre, which was shoved into the back of a Toyota Camry on Interstate 5 in Chehalis this afternoon. Troopers and aid called about 2:30 p.m. to the northbound lanes near the Main Street onramp found Brandon R. Durham, 28, Chehalis, was not injured, nor was the driver of the Camry. The 58-year-old woman from Edmonds driving the LaSabre was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with a neck injury, according to responders. Her car was towed and the other two were able to be driven away from the scene, according to the Washington State Patrol. The state patrol blamed the incident on inattention.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, misdemeanor assault, protection order violation, making a false statement to a public servant, driving with suspended license; responses for misdemeanor theft, collision on city street … and more.