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POLICE PURSUE, DETAIN SUICIDAL MAN

• An attempt to track down a distraught, suicidal Centralia man yesterday morning ended about two hours later with a police chase up Harrison Avenue, a patrol vehicle tapping his moving truck to stop it and another officer talking the armed man out of shooting himself. Centralia police were called about 9:20 a.m. to assist the sheriff’s office in finding the subject who resides on Blanchard Road, according to authorities. Police say when they did locate him, he had a handgun, was threatening to kill himself, and refused to comply with officer’s orders before he fled in his vehicle. The pursuit ended near Kuper Road, according to the sheriff’s office. It was shortly after 11 a.m. when the 53-year-old man was taken into custody and aid was asked to transport him to the hospital for a mental health evaluation. He was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for eluding, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police responded about 10:20 a.m. yesterday to a report of a burglary to a home at the 200 block of West Second Street.

LOST AND FOUND

• A purse was found near the front of a home on the 100 Southwest 17th Street in Chehalis and turned into police yesterday. It contained no identification, according to the Chehalis Police Department. “If anyone lost a purse, call, describe and claim,” department spokesperson Linda Bailey said.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, numerous individuals for driving under the influence; responses for misdemeanor theft;  complaint of barking dog; concern about three little boys on big skateboards who might get hit by a car … and more.

Updated at 2:11 p.m.

CENTRALIA DOMESTIC DISPUTE: ‘AND THE FIGHT WAS ON’

• A 71-year-old Centralia wife who allegedly threw hot coffee on a police officer and punched a second officer in the face was jailed yesterday following a morning response to an apartment building on the 700 block of South Tower Avenue. Officers were called about 11:10 a.m. because she had locked her husband out of the home and they were assisting him in getting back inside, according to the Centralia Police Department. When one officer put his arm through an opening in the kitchen window to reach the latch on the door, Dorothy A. Diacon grabbed his arm, which he pulled back out, police said. Then she tossed coffee through the window onto the officer, prompting another officer to kick open the front door, according to Sgt. Kurt Reichert. The woman allegedly punched and slapped the second officer, and she was punched back, Reichert said. “The wresting match was on; she was Tasered, with a ‘drive stun’, not the probes,” Reichert said. Diacon, who he described as medium height and more than 200 pounds, was taken into custody, arrested for two counts of third-degree assault, he said. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail and is scheduled to go before a judge this afternoon.

DISPUTE TURNS FELONIOUS IN CHEHALIS

• A 19-year-old Chehalis man was arrested yesterday following a fight with his 17-year-old pregnant girlfriend in which he allegedly threw her down and wouldn’t let her leave a bedroom or their apartment. Officers called around 3:20 p.m. about the incident at the 600 block of Southeast Dobson Court were told the young woman hit him to get away and went to a family member to call 911, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Andres F. Santiago was booked into the Lewis County Jail for unlawful imprisonment, according to police. Exactly how long she was prevented from leaving their home beforehand wasn’t clear, but detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said he didn’t believe it amounted to hours. She wasn’t injured but was medically examined because of the pregnancy involved, Wilson said. Santiago is being released from jail with no charges filed pending further investigation.

BURGLARY CHEHALIS

• Someone broke into a home on the 600 block of Coal Creek Road outside Chehalis yesterday and made off with a camera, a laptop computer, jewelry and various other property, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called late yesterday afternoon learned the burglary occurred during the daylight hours, according to the sheriff’s office. Chief Criminal Deputy Gene Seiber said the loss from the stolen property and damage was about $2,000.

DRUGS

• A 24-year-old Toledo resident was arrested for possession of opiates following a traffic stop on Prairie Road in Chehalis yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Alex A. Schon was a passenger in the vehicle and was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Criminal Deputy Gene Seiber said.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarms; complaints of a drunk on a bicycle in someone else’s yard, canine chasing an individual and his dog while out on a walk, someone shooting birds at the Chehalis-Centralia Airport, a driverless semi truck idling in the middle of South Market Boulevard … and more.

Updated at 3:34 p.m.

THEY BITE IN MOSSYROCK TOO

• A 24-year-old Mossyrock woman was bit in the arm while trying to break up a fight between her boyfriend and her ex-boyfriend, who allegedly barged into her home overnight, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responding about 3 o’clock this morning to the residence she shares with her mother on the 100 block of state Route 122 were told James W. McMillion, 36, showed up and first tried to get inside by breaking a back window, according to the sheriff’s office. She opened the front door to tell him to leave and McMillion shoved past her and began hitting her new boyfriend, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. That’s when the young woman tried to intervene and McMillion bit her, according to Brown. The new boyfriend, whose name was not released, sustained an injury to his forehead when he head butted McMillion, Brown said. McMillion then left, but was located not far away near his vehicle. Brown said he tried to kick and head butt deputies. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for resisting arrest, two counts of misdemeanor assault and burglary, according to the sheriff’s office.

BROKEN JAW

• Centralia police are investigating an incident that may have occurred on the 100 block of South Tower Avenue on Saturday night that left a male with a broken jaw and nose. Officers were advised yesterday by the victim of the assault and his injuries, according to the Centralia Police Department. Further details will be available as the investigation proceeds, according to police.

LITTLE ONE HURT

• An officer was called about 1:30 p.m. yesterday by a mother who said her 5-year-old was assaulted by another child at the playground on the 300 block of Southwest Third Street in Chehalis. No police action will taken against the 7-year-old, as it’s a parental issue when it involves children that young, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Detective Sgt. Gary WIlson indicated since no report was written, further details were unavailable and he didn’t know the extent of the injury, but said a photo he viewed  suggested what looked like a black eye.

FRAUD

• Centralia police responded yesterday morning to a report from an individual at the 1900 block of North Pearl Street regarding a fake check they received after conducting an online sale. The payment for the unspecified item came from a buyer in another state, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called just after 1:30 p.m. yesterday after the discovery by a woman from her bank that it held two accounts in her name. She told the bank, and police, she had only one account, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police don’t know who created the phantom account at the Centralia business.

THEFT OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

• UPS confirmed the date they delivered to the 1300 block of Rose Street in Centralia, but the theft victim didn’t receive the package of medication, according to a report made to the Centralia Police Department about 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Someone signed for the package, which contained Oxycontin, according to police.

ARREST FOR ILLEGAL DRUGS

• A deputy responding to a report of suspicious activity at the 300 block of Haliday Road at about 1:15 p.m. yesterday encountered three subjects cutting the windshield out of a Honda and learned the car and a deer had collided, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It wasn’t an accident required to be reported, but after checking the information on the individuals, the deputy found one was wanted on a misdemeanor warrant and it turned out he had suspected methamphetamine on him, according to the sheriff’s office. Christopher L. Lee, 25, of Rochester, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

POT TALK: CENTRALIA ADVISED TO ALLOW THE BUSINESSES, OR TABLE ISSUE

• City officials in Centralia are scheduled to talk, again, tonight about whether to allow recreational marijuana businesses within the city limits, and the rules that would govern them. City staff are recommending the council either vote to approve a drafted ordinance, or table the issue further by extending a moratorium. They are suggesting that council members should not vote against the proposal nor should the council declare an outright prohibition, according to a memo from Emil Pierson, the director of community development. The ongoing issue arose following the passage in November 2012 of Initiative 502, allowing such enterprises for the first time, legally, in Washington state. The city rejected an ordinance earlier this year, but since then an opinion issued by the state Attorney General’s Office indicated municipalities are free to ban marijuana business within their boundaries. However, according to Pierson, the state Liquor Control Board announced that would not prevent it from issuing permits in those places. As a consequence, municipalities would be forced to deal with any legal actions that may come from a business inside the city limits which is licensed by the state but disallowed by the city, Pierson advises. The proposed ordinance limits siting of retailers, processors or producers to certain zoning districts, but the copy of Pierson’s memo distributed to news media doesn’t include a map illustrating where those locations are. The city council meeting begins at 7 p.m. at Centralia City Hall.

DEER WRECK

• A 27-year-old Centralia man was hospitalized after the driver of the car in which he was traveling swerved to miss a deer, causing the vehicle to roll over two times along U.S. Highway 12 about four miles west of Oakville this morning. Troopers called just after 7:30 a.m. found the 2002 Acura RSX on its top and totaled. Zachary C. Cline, 27, was transported to Summit Pacific Hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol.  The driver, Jessica D. Towns, 23, from Elma, was reportedly uninjured. Both had been seat belted in, according to the state patrol. The roadway was partially blocked or about an hour. The car was impounded.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants; responses for alarms, found wallet, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, a 13-year-old boy who allegedly pulled up a loose tile from his cell at the juvenile detention center; complaint of a car following too closely behind other motorists; request for help making a roommate to move out … and more.