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Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Monday, March 5th, 2018
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ASSAULT

• A 30-year-old Centralia woman was arrested on Friday for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend in his back with a knife during an argument. The incident was reported to police about 1:35 p.m. on Friday by a friend, but had occurred the day before at the 1100 block of Centralia College Boulevard, according to the Centralia Police Department. There was an approximately 1-inch laceration, according to police. Amanda D. Barnhart was booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree assault, according to police.

• A 28-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for second-degree assault for allegedly using his vehicle to intentionally strike an occupied vehicle at the 200 block of West Main Street on Friday. Officers called about 5:30 p.m. booked Andrew J. Filer was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 5:20 p.m. on Friday when a man in his early 20s reported three unknown males assaulted him for no reason at the 1400 block of Lewis Street. Police were told the suspects fled prior to officers’ arrival.

BREAK-IN

• Chehalis police were called about 2:35 p.m. on Sunday about a burglary at the 1300 block of Northwest River Street in Chehalis.

• A shop building at the 3600 block of Galvin Road in Centralia was burglarized, according to a report made to police about 8:30 a.m. on Saturday.

• Police were called to the 1100 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia about the theft of tools from a locked shed at about 9:10 a.m. on Saturday.

AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police were called to the 100 block of South Tower Avenue about 11:15 a.m. yesterday to take a report of the theft of a silver 1992 Honda Accord. The car has a license plate reading BIA 5205, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Approximately $12 in change and an iPod were stolen from a vehicle parked at the 1000 block of Washington Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 6:25 p.m. yesterday. Two juvenile males were reported to have been observed getting into the vehicle, but then left the area, according to the Centralia Police Department.

•  Chehalis police were called to the 700 block of Northwest Liberty Place about 10:30 a.m. on Saturday following the discovery a pair of five-gallon gas cans were missing from a truck.

• Chehalis police were called to the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard about 4:30 p.m. on Friday when an individual discovered a blue tooth speaker had been stolen from her vehicle. She found it in a trash can nearby, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called about noon yesterday by an individual who said someone had egged their vehicle at the 1500 block of Southwest Johnson Avenue.

• An individual reported to Chehalis police about 9 a.m. on Saturday that someone had cut the fuel line on his vehicle at the 1500 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue.

DRUGS

• Chehalis police were called about 5 p.m. on Saturday to the 500 block of Southeast Washington Avenue because a client allegedly arrived with a white crystal-like substance. Stacey E. Brown, 34, of Sequim, was arrested for an outstanding warrant and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called about 8:40 a.m. on Friday to the 300 block of Southwest 16th Street where a a 15-year-old girl allegedly had marijuana at school. The case was referred to prosecutors for charging, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

RIVER RESCUE

• Police and fire personnel responded to the report of an intoxicated man that fell down the river embankment nearly landing in the water near Harrison Avenue and First Street in Centralia just after 8 p.m. on Friday. He was taken to the hospital for evaluation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 59-year-old man behind the wheel of a 2010 Peterbilt that ran off the road and into a ditch near Gee Cees truck stop said he was utilizing his phone, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies called about 12:20 a.m. on Saturday to the 100 block of Rogers Road in Toledo arrested Robert E. McKinley, of Federal Way, for driving under the influence, according to the sheriff’s office. he was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey said.

• A 55-year-old man was arrested after a police pursuit that began near the 1200 block of North Pearl Street and ended at the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue around 8 p.m.on Friday night. William Sacks Jr., a homeless person, was booked into the Lewis County Jail also for eluding, driving under the influence and possession of methamphetamine, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor domestic assault, protection order violation, no contact order violation, providing false information to police, failure to transfer vehicle title; responses for alarm, dispute, harassment, hit and run, vandalism, vehicle collision, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances … and more among 414 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Friday, March 2nd, 2018
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LOG TRUCKS WRECK

• A Vader man was injured when his log truck rear ended a log truck and logs entered the cab of his semi yesterday morning on Interstate 5 in Tacoma. Troopers called about 9:30 a.m. to the scene northbound near 38th Street report that Delbert E. Beatty, 63, from Vader, was transported to Tacoma General Hospital. The roadway was blocked for five hours, according to the Washington State Patrol. Beatty was issued an infraction for speeding, according to the state patrol. His 2005 Kenworth was towed. The 34-year-old driver of the 2010 Kenworth log truck, Ronald S. Brownlow, from Rainer, Oregon, was reportedly unhurt.

BREAK-IN

• A burglary to a residence that was being rehabilitated at the 300 block of L Street in Centralia was reported about 1:30 p.m. yesterday.

DRUGS

• A 29-year-old Napavine resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after contact with police about 10 p.m. yesterday near southbound Interstate 5 in Centralia. Michael E. Bylsma was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, graffiti, civil issue, vehicle collision, counterfeit money, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances … and more among 136 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Thursday, March 1st, 2018
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AUTO THEFT

• A deputy dispatched about 7 a.m. yesterday about a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of Brenda’s Market on the 1700 block of state Route 508 in Onalaska discovered the 1997 Yukon had been stolen from a man in Olympia. Both occupants were contacted and a search turned up a syringe and a small baggie of suspected methamphetamine, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The driver, Collin E. O’Neill, 34, from Kent, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of a stolen vehcile and a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, according to the sheriff’s office.

HOUSEHOLD THEFT

• Centralia police were called to the 1100 block of Long Road about 3:30 p.m. yesterday to take a report of the theft of household items. The theft was captured on video surveillance, according to the Centralia Police Department. The case is under investigation.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor domestic assault, third-degree malicious mischief; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 123 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

White Pass: Student statement about mass murder at school leads to arrest

Thursday, March 1st, 2018

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS –  A 15-year-old boy was arrested yesterday for making threats at White Pass High School of going on a killing spree and hurting other students.

The Glenoma teen allegedly made statements in a hallway and in a classroom in front of other students that he was “going to take a truck and commit mass murder at the school”, apparently by driving over other students, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies were dispatched to the school in Randle about 10 a.m. on Tuesday and conducted an investigation, according to Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey. The boy was sent home from school and wasn’t arrested until yesterday, according to Kimsey.

He was booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for a gross misdemeanor related to intimidation of staff or students by threat of force or violence.

Kimsey said the second statement reported to the principal attributed to the 15-year-old was something to the effect of, if there was going to be a mass murder, it would be by his hand.

The sheriff’s office has zero tolerance regarding students making threats of harm to other students at school, Kimsey said.

The incident followed an episode occurring Monday at Morton High School in which a student joking about shooting morphed into a report of a youngster with a firearm at the school, causing a lockdown and drawing law enforcement officers with guns drawn.

News brief: Fleeing suspect collides with federal drug agents’ vehicles

Wednesday, February 28th, 2018

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS –  A 27-year-old man being sought by drug detectives allegedly drove into two DEA agent’s vehicles as he fled a Centralia motel parking lot yesterday afternoon.

The suspect ditched his car on property at the north end of Lum Road and ran off, but was tracked by a K-9 and taken into custody, according to the Centralia Police Department.

Daniel C. Miller, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for two counts of second-degree assault, according to police.

It wasn’t initially clear why law enforcement was looking for Miller.

Centralia Police Department detective John Panco said the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team, with help from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, were actively searching for Miller when he was located in the parking lot of Motel 6 on the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue.

Miller was behind the wheel of a 2005 Saturn and as he exited the lot, his car hit the vehicle of a DEA agent entering the lot, according to Panco.

“The DEA agent along with a detective from the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team exited their vehicle and ordered Miller to stop,” Panco stated in a press release. “Miller backed up and attempted to flee south through the Motel 6 parking lot and at one point striking a second vehicle occupied by another DEA agent.”

Miller reportedly continued, driving up onto the sidewalk and over a grass strip and headed north on Lum Road, Panco wrote. He stopped on Lakeside Industries property and fled on foot, according to Panco.

He was tracked by Centralia police dog Pax and found on the 2000 block of Van Wormer Street and surrendered without incident, according to Panco.

Assisting were the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, the Chehalis Police Department and the Washington State Patrol.

Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018
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Multiple agencies responded early this morning to residential fire on Pendleton Street Southwest. / Courtesy photo by West Thurston Regional Fire Authority

FIRE BREAKS OUT OVERNIGHT IN ROCHESTER

• Crews called about 2:35 a.m. today for a fire in a single-wide mobile home in Rochester were able to get there in four minutes and get the flames extinguished, but not before the fire caused extensive heat and smoke damage throughout, according to West Thurston Regional Fire Authority. The residents at the 18100 block of Pendleton Street Southwest had woken up to popping noises around their clothes dryer, discovered fire and got outside, Fire Chief Robert Scott said. Nobody was hurt and the Red Cross is assisting the couple, according to Scott. The chief said there was no working smoke alarm.

ASSAULT

• William F.H. Adams, 41, of Centralia, was arrested for allegedly assaulting a nurse when police were called about 1:40 a.m. today to the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

• Chehalis police called just after 2 a.m. today about a disturbance at the 400 block of Northeast Jefferson Avenue ended up booking a man into the Lewis County Jail for unlawful imprisonment. Prosecutors today declined to file the felony charge.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, third-degree theft, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarm, dispute, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 154 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

Morton police: Joke about school shooting draws armed officers

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018
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Courtesy photo by Morton School District

Updated at 11:04 a.m.

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS –  Morton Police Department Chief Roger Morningstar rushed into Morton High School yesterday carrying a long gun following a report of a student at the school with a firearm.

The entire school district was put in lockdown at the time of the approximately 3:15 p.m. call, but it turned out the initial report was based off of a statement made between students joking about a shooting, according to authorities.

“We take threats such of these seriously and will take immediate action to safeguard our children,” the chief posted on the department’s Facebook page. “Everyone at the school was safe and no one was hurt.”

The chief said he, another officer and a Lewis County sheriff’s deputy arrived within three to four minutes and immediately entered the building armed.

Morningstar asked that everyone understand these sorts of threats are no laughing matter.

“We ask that our students understand that this is not a joke,” he wrote. “This is not funny. This is serious and lives are placed at risk with inappropriate comments, jokes or exaggerations.”

The chief said a thorough investigation revealed the students were joking and no criminal charges will be filed.

Morningstar stated that such reports will be handled as “real world” events. Anyone who makes substantiated threats or false reports will be charged accordingly, he wrote.

The Morton School District said it happened after school was let out and the busses had departed.

“We would like to thank Morton Police Department and the Lewis County Sheriffs Office for their prompt response and resolving the incident,” the District stated on its Facebook page. “We would also like to thank our students and staff who responded appropriately and kept everyone safe.”