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MOTORBIKE MISSING

• A 2001 Yamaha YZ125 dirt bike, riding gear, several fuel cans and a trailer jack were stolen from an outbuilding on property at the 100 block of Elma Drive North outside Centralia with the value estimated at $3,355, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy who took a report last night noted it took place sometime between Wednesday morning and 6:30 p.m. yesterday, according to the sheriff’s office.

HANDBAGS SNATCHED

• Centralia police were called to the Coach store at the Centralia Outlets on Lum Road about 1:45 p.m. yesterday to a report a woman grabbed four purses and ran out with them. The loss is more than $1,200, according to the Centralia Police Department. The woman, described only as black with a partially shaved eyebrow was wearing a red sweater and had her hair in a bun, according to police. She was seen getting into a gray Ford Taurus, police said.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called about 6:40 a.m. today regarding a purse stolen from a vehicle at the 2400 block of Fords Prairie Avenue in Centralia.

• Chehalis police were called about 10 a.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowled at the 300 block of Southeast Park Hill Drive.

• Chehalis police took a report yesterday about someone breaking into a car on the 200 block of Northeast Washington Avenue in Chehalis.

PARKING LOT DISPUTE

• Centralia police called about 9 p.m. last night regarding someone slashing two tires in the parking lot on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue near Starbucks subsequently pulled over a suspect vehicle nearby and found its 20-year-old driver was intoxicated. Ramon Garcia-Simpson was arrested for  driving under the influence and Jorge A. Romero, 35, was arrested for furnishing liquor to a minor, according to the Centralia Police Department. Both Centralia residents were booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police. There had been a dispute between them and the Rochester man whose tires were damaged, but it didn’t appear they knew each other, police said.

COLLISIONS

• A 51-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol about 7:30 a.m. yesterday after a deputy responded to a report a sport utility vehicle struck the wall in the drive through at McDonalds on the 100 block of Kirkland Road in Napavine. Valerie K. Gleason acknowledged she had been drinking, but said it was many, many hours earlier, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A 28-year-old man from Rock Springs, Wyoming, was arrested for driving under the influence as well as hit and run after his vehicle reportedly struck a fence along the roadway on the 700 block of Howe Road outside Toledo last night. A deputy responding about 8:45 p.m. located Anthony C. Nichols a short distance away and booked him into the  Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for disputes, suicide attempt, collisions on city streets, suspicious circumstances… and more.

Updated at 8:40 p.m.

SUSPECT FROM DOMESTIC DISPUTE ARRESTED

• A 23-year-old man was arrested overnight for an incident on Saturday night when he allegedly took $20 from his girlfriend while they were driving between Rochester and Centralia and then threatened to leave her in the woods out past Big Hanaford Road east of Centralia. Police say Marcus L. Deal assaulted her to get the money he said was his and wouldn’t let her away for a period of time. She was able to calm him down and he took her to his home in Centralia; then she went to a relative’s home to call 911, according to Officer Patty Finch. The victim’s injury was minor, Finch said. Deal was booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree robbery second-degree and kidnapping, according to Finch.

POLICE: FORGERY FOR EXTRA MEDS

• A 35-year-old from Rainier was arrested yesterday morning at a Centralia pharmacy for forgery after allegedly altering a prescription for narcotics. An officer called about 9:30 a.m. to Rite Aid at the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue was able to contact the doctor and learn it should have been for 100 pills, not 200 pills, according to the Centralia Police Department. Aron D. Shelley was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

FUEL THEFT SUSPECT ARRESTED, WITH STOLEN VEHICLE

• A 43-year-old Centralia man was arrested early yesterday after he was caught allegedly stealing fuel at an auto dealership on the 1900 block of Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis. Uhlmann’s I-5 Toyota has reported thefts of gasoline and asked for extra patrols in the area, according to the Chehalis Police Department, and about 2 o’clock yesterday morning, an officer observed a van, a gas can and a person in the car lot. The individual fled and was located by a police dog about 75 yards away, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said. Jeffery L. Tanner was  booked into the Lewis County Jail, Bailey said. The 2002 Ford Econo Van with him turned out to be stolen from Colville or Yakima County, Bailey said.

OUTBUILDING BURGLED

• A deputy took a report last night from the 400 block of Ingalls Road west of Centralia regarding the theft of two Stihl chainsaws from a shop building sometime after July 15 and before Monday. The loss is estimated at $600, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called about 7:20 a.m. today regarding a vehicle prowl on Southeast Winchester Hill Drive.

COLLISION

• A 68-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol after she was involved in a minor traffic accident at Main and Saxon streets in Centralia last night. Marcia K. Main was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

GLENOMA RESIDENCE DESTROYED BY FIRE

• Firefighters from three districts were called just before 2 p.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Cedar Lane in Glenoma where a single-wide mobile home had caught fire. The structure was fully involved in flames when they arrived and it turned out nobody was living there, incident commander Jeff Jaques said. Jaques, chief of Randle’s fire department said the woman who did, passed away about a week ago. They put out some burning trees and kept the fire from spreading, he said. “I don’t know the cause, I don’t know there was enough left for them to determine the cause,” Jaques said.

CRANE STREET FIRE CREWS WRAPPING UP

• Members of Thurston County Fire District 12 who have been assisting the state Department of Natural Resources at the site of a brush fire on unimproved property off Crane Street since Sunday may get a break tomorrow. District 12 Battalion Chief Jim Fowler said he expects they will finish work there today. A DNR level three incident management team set up at Tenino Middle School has been overseeing it and two other fires this week, the three of them dubbed the Tenino Complex Fire. They are the Johnson Creek Fire about a mile to the east on land owned by Weyerhaeuser, which threatened no structures and another near Roy, according to a DNR spokesperson. Earlier this week, those efforts drew a team from as far away as Nevada. The Crane Street fire on Bluemauer Hill – which was stopped at roughly 13 acres on Sunday night – was the scene of an outdoor party which went into Saturday night, according to Fowler.  Two vehicles and a shack were burned, and workers have found remains that resembled tents, according to Fowler. A DNR investigator was told a barbecue may have tipped over, Fowler said this morning.

FREEWAY SPEED CHANGE

• The speed limit returns to 60 mph today on Interstate 5 through Centralia after months of a 50 mph limit for construction, according to the state Department of Transportation. Work continues however in the zone between Mellen Street and Blakeslee Junction to the north and speed reductions may be put into place again when traffic is shifted while crews retrofit and paint the bridges over the Skookumchuck River, according to DOT. This is the last phase of an eight-year-long, $168 million effort to improve safety and congestion on I-5 in Lewis and south Thurston counties. Construction is expected to be complete in late 2015.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, disorderly conduct, a man who shoplifted bandaids, a woman who shoplifted personal hygiene products; responses for alarm, collisions on city streets, suspicious circumstances, fire response for over-cooked muffin … and more.

Updated at 3:40 p.m.

BUTTER KNIFE ATTACK

• A 46-year-old woman was arrested last night after she allegedly stabbed her boyfriend in the chest with a butter knife at the 1200 block of Long Road in Centralia. Deputies called about 11:40 p.m. found the 38-year-old victim had a wound near his collarbone, but he didn’t want any aid, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. They learned he threw lighter that hit her in the arm and she stuck him with the piece of flatware, according to the sheriff’s office. Angela M. Reed was booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree assault, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

BANK CARD STOLEN AND USED

• Police took a report from a 61-year-old Centralia man yesterday morning after he discovered that while he was in jail someone used his debit card and drained his account. The card was left at the motel where he was staying on the 1000 block of Eckerson Road when he was arrested, the victim told police . And when he got out after about four months, he went to the bank to make a withdrawal and found he was nearly $5,000 in the red, some of that being attributed to overdraft fees, Officer Patty Finch said. The investigation is ongoing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BURGLARY CENTRALIA

• Deputies responded about 5 p.m. yesterday to a burglary at the 100 block of Tri-Mountain Lane outside Centralia in which an estimated $500 worth of jewelry was missing from a home. It happened between 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and the suspect may have been driving a red  four-door passenger car, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

FELONY SHOPLIFTING

• Chehalis police responded to Wal-Mart about 10 p.m. yesterday after a security person detained one of two females who reportedly left without paying, pushing a shopping cart loaded up with nearly $300 worth of diapers, blankets, clothing and cleaning supplies. One fled on foot but the other reportedly said she was going to sell the items to others, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Arrianna K. Davis, 18, of Kelso, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for theft with intent to resell, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said.

COLLISION

• An 18-year-old driver was hospitalized yesterday after her car ran off U.S. Highway 12 about a dozen miles east of Packwood and struck a rock embankment. Troopers called just before 11 a.m. report the Toyota Tercel was totaled. Melissa A. Watkins, from Tieton, was transported to Morton General Hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, a man who shoplifted a plum; responses for alarm, disputes, collisions on city streets, car versus deer on state route, suspicious circumstances … and more.

Updated at 6:49 p.m.

RESCUE IN THE MOUNTAINS

• A backpacker who got sick in the Goat Rocks Wilderness area over the weekend was rescued yesterday by a search and rescue team member, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 37-year-old woman from Tualatin, Ore. with three companions walked into the Snowgrass Flats at the Chambers Lake outside of Packwood to camp on Saturday, but the following day she was suffering from vertigo, vomiting and couldn’t stand up, according to the sheriff’s office. They called for help and rescuers drove partway in, and one of them hiked to the camp reaching it around midnight, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The area is at an elevation of approximately 5,600 feet, Brown said. The search and rescue team member stayed the night and helped hydrate the woman, so they could walk out yesterday morning, according to Brown. The Oregon woman said she hadn’t had an episode for years, but the elevation may have brought it on, Brown said.

THEFT AT CENTRALIA MILL

• Centralia police were called about 10:15 a.m. yesterday to Northwest Hardwoods at the 3000 block of Galvin Road about the theft of about $6,000 worth of sander bearings. Each of the missing square brass bearings weighs five to seven pounds, according to the Centralia Police Department. Eleven or 12 of them disappeared from a rack sometime during the previous week, according to police. There is no suspect information, Officer Patty Finch said.

THEFT OF CASH

• Centralia police were called about 4:15 p.m. yesterday to the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue regarding the theft of money. The case remains under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WINLOCK THEFT

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that someone stole about $1,000 worth of various equipment such as a pressure washer and tools from outside a home on the 200 block of Winter Road near Winlock between 6 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. last Thursday.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday that nearly $2,000 worth of carpentry tools were stolen from a residence at the 400 block of Hart Road in Winlock between Thursday and Friday.

CHEHALIS THEFT

• More than $8,000 worth of valuables were missing when a 37-year-old woman returned home to find the residence ransacked at the 600 block of Highway 603 west of Chehalis, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday. She left at 11 a.m. and got back at 4 p.m. and discovered someone had forced their way through a door at the garage and left with jewelry, an Xbox and other items such as clothing including Lewis County Sheriff’s Office uniform pants, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. Also taken was a Lewis County Sheriff’s Office Explorer’s notebook, Brown said. Brown indicated that she did not know if it was a deputy’s home that was burglarized.

• A Lawn Chief deck lawn mower and a disassembled 12.5 hp engine were taken from a garage at the 100 block of Lake Creek Road outside Chehalis, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday. The owner said it happened sometime between 5 p.m. last Thursday and 11 p.m. on Saturday, according to the sheriff’s office.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday they are investigating a case in which $2,200 cash went missing from where it was stored under a mattress. The victim, a 68-year-old Chehalis woman, said she always keeps her doors locked and didn’t believe anyone knew it was there, according to the sheriff’s office. She noticed it on Friday, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

MISSING MOTORHOME

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that a the owner of a 1998 Thor Regency class A motorhome discovered on Friday it was missing from the gated storage area at the Thousand Trails Campground where he had parked it a month earlier. The green and white RV is valued at $27,500, according to the sheriff’s office. Staff at the site on the 2200 block of Centralia-Alpha Road said sometimes guests leave the gate open, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

FAKE BIG BILLS

• Centralia police took a report about 1:30 p.m. yesterday of counterfeit $100 bills being passed at the Centralia Outlet stores.

DRUGS

• A 47-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine last night after a pipe with residue was located on his person at South Tower Avenue near the viaduct in Centralia, according to police. James A. Nix was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was to be released with charges filed pending further investigation.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning about a vehicle prowl at the 3300 block of Northeast Adams Avenue. The victim said he found his missing tackle box in the garbage near his apartment, but other property was still missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• The vehicle was locked but windows partially down and when its owner returned to the store’s parking lot, several items from inside it including pain medication were gone. Chehalis police were called about 4:30 p.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard took a report.

SHOPPER LEAVES DOG IN CAR

• A 40-year-old Tacoma resident was cited for animal cruelty after he allegedly left his dog inside his vehicle for more than an hour in 90 degree weather yesterday, while parked at the Centralia Outlets. An officer called about 1:30 p.m. to the 100 block of High Street found the Pit Bull laying across the seats, panting heavily and the windows slightly down. Vatsana Phaisan showed up about the time the officer did and said he didn’t think it had been long, that time got away from him, according to the Centralia Police Department.

ASSAULT

• A 36-year-old Vancouver man who reportedly fled after assaulting a woman outside a store on the 2900 block of Jackson Highway in Chehalis was picked up at his home by law enforcement from the Clark County Sheriff’s Office and booked into the Lewis County Jail. A deputy called on Sunday night was told a citizen intervened after the man choked the woman he was dating, hit her in the face several times, threw her to the ground and broke her phone, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 48-year-old Chehalis woman said it began with an argument and she then thought he was going to kill her, according to the sheriff’s office. Jagwinder Singh was arrested for second-degree assault, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

MOTORCYCLE INCIDENT

• A male was cited after he lost control of his motorcycle yesterday afternoon at the 1000 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Centralia police say he dropped his bike and was not not wearing a helmet, nor did he have a motorcycle endorsement. Spencer Baumgartner then walked back to work, Officer Patty Finch said.

COLLISIONS

• A driver was hospitalized after a single-vehicle wreck in Tenino on Saturday night, in which his car left the roadway at a corner and traveled down an approximately 20-foot embankment. Firefighters were called about 11 p.m. to the scene, on Bluemauer Road, just west of Crane Street, according to Thurston County Fire District 12. He was transported by paramedics to Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, according to District 12.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday a 23-year-old Chehalis resident sustained a head injury when he reached for his cell phone and ran into a ditch and culvert at the 400 block of Avery Road East on Sunday. He was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital and cited for wheels off the roadway, according to the sheriff’S office.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, disputes, hit and run, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft, dog inside hot vehicle; complaint of barking dog … and more.