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Updated at 12:51 p.m.

HOME BURGLARIES AROUND ADNA

• Someone broke into a residence on the 300 block of Twin Oaks Road west of Chehalis, stealing numerous valuables such as a large television, speakers, tools and DVDs, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called to the scene about 9 a.m. yesterday learned from the 31-year-old victim the burglary occurred sometime since Sunday, Sgt. Rob Snaza said. The sheriff’s office has been investigating thefts from the area, including Penning Road and Clinton Road and are keeping their eye out for a male described as bald and as tall as 6-feet 7-inches, Sgt. Rob Snaza said. The individual has been spotted in a small red car and could even be linked to incidents in Vader, he said. He asks if residents see a suspicious vehicle, ever, to go ahead and call them. “If you have a license plate (number), that helps,” Snaza said.

ATTEMPTED BUSINESS BREAK-INS

• Chehalis police responded just after 3 o’clock this morning to a “broken glass” alarm at a wireless provider business on Northwest Louisiana Avenue where someone had attempted to break the glass front door. A medium sized rock was found nearby and there were marks left, but the window was intact, according to the Chehalis Police Department. About 30 minutes later, someone tried to break in to U.S. Cellular in Centralia. Officers responded just after 3:30 a.m. to the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue where the front window to the business was smashed, according to police. It wasn’t immediately apparent what may have been stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department. An investigation is underway, according to police.

• Officers responded about 11 a.m. yesterday after a discovery someone tried to break in to a medical building at the 1900 block of Cooks Hill Road in Centralia. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

GOGGLES STOLEN

• A home’s garage was burglarized at the 1800 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia, police were informed about 7:30 p.m. yesterday. Centralia police say motorcycle goggles were taken.

FRAUD

• Centralia police took a report from the 400 block of Hemlock Street yesterday morning regarding an unknown person obtaining a credit card in the victim’s name, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Someone slashed tires on a vehicle at the 2600 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 2:20 p.m. yesterday.

POLICE: TOO DRUNK TO DRIVE

• A deputy called regarding a suspicious vehicle parked at a fire station on the 700 block of Logan Hill Road outside Chehalis at about 11:30 a.m. yesterday found its driver sitting inside, with the motor running and extremely intoxicated, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Brandon W. Robinson, 45, of Chehalis, registered a .30 on the breath test, Sgt. Rob Snaza said. He was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for being in physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Chehalis police responding about 3 p.m. yesterday regarding a disorderly person outside the Lewis County Mall found the subject was intoxicated and parted ways with the man saying he would have someone come pick him up. About an hour an officer was called back to the same parking lot at on Northeast Hampe Way where the 51-year-old Mossyrock man was behind the wheel of his pickup truck with the engine running, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The officer woke him up and then arrested and booked Bobby D. Straughn into the Lewis County Jail for being in physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, according to police.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, shoplifting; responses for disturbances, hit and run, other collisions … and more.

NIGHT AT THE DEPOT

• Chehalis police dog Reign was sent in to the railroad depot in Centralia overnight when someone who didn’t belong there was discovered inside after hours. It was about 12:10 a.m. when police responded to the 200 block of North Railroad Avenue. “The K-9 went in, he gave up,” Officer Linda Bailey said. The man inside who reportedly lied about his name was subsequently was arrested and booked into jail for trespass, obstruction, criminal impersonation and forgery, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police concluded he is Michael A. Hilton, 30, of Chehalis.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police responded about 10 a.m. yesterday to a business at the 500 block of Harrison Avenue regarding a burglary which occurred sometime over the weekend.

FRAUD

• An officer took a report of unauthorized charges to a credit card from the 1300 block of South Gold Street in Centralia yesterday.

• A bank card was reported stolen yesterday from the 600 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia.

• More reports are coming into the Centralia Police Department from individuals who have been victimized after trying to send mail from the Centralia Post Office’s outdoor mail drop bin shortly before it was broken into the end of January. Detective Sgt. Pat Fitzgerald said at least one person came in yesterday and police are learning of more checks that never made it to their intended recipient but were cashed elsewhere for different amounts than originally written for.

• Chehalis police took a report yesterday from a daycare business on Folsom Street which discovered an unknown person used their bank account to deposit checks altered after being stolen from the Centralia Post Office’s outdoor mail drop bin at the end of January. Money was deposited at the Centralia branch and then withdrawn from their account at a branch in Port Orchard, according to police.

TRICKY TRICKSTERS

• If you get a phone call from someone who says they are conducting an identity theft investigation and need you to verify your social security number, don’t do it. The Washington State Patrol has been getting reports from individuals receiving from calls from people identifying themselves as with the Washington State Police and the U.S. Justice Office from a 813 area code in Florida requesting folks to call now with their social security number, according to the state patrol. It’s a scam, according to agency spokesperson Dan Coon. Identity thieves pose as businesses, banks and government representatives to gain people’s personal information and can come across as legitimate and be very convincing, according to Coon. He recommends if phoned by someone who represents themselves as a state patrol employee and asks for information, to first call a local state patrol office to confirm if they really are an employee. He warns, never reveal your personal information to someone you do not know.

SHERIFF’S OFFICE CHANGES ITS HOURS

• Beginning tomorrow, the front windows at the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office will no longer open as late or close as early as they have been for the past two years. The office in the Law and Justice Center in Chehalis cut its hours previously as they re-allocated staff time to conduct the background checks for an overwhelming number of applications for concealed pistol licenses, according to a news release. They previously were open 9 a.m. 4 p.m.  The new hours are 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Sheriff Steve Mansfield notes citizens have the continued option to make an appointment to do business with them.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, domestic misdemeanor assault in which the 19-year-old man who shoved his girlfriend got bit and then booked into jail; responses for non-injury accident on county road that resulted in major damage and non-injury accident on county road that resulted in minor damage … and more.

UNAUTHORIZED WITHDRAWAL

• Centralia police are investigating the theft of $9,000 cash from the home of a woman on the 100 block of North Cedar Street. An officer called about 8:45 p.m. yesterday after the discovery learned the money was stored in a safe and had vanished sometime during the previous two weeks, according to the Centralia Police Department. Sgt. Stacy Denham said since there was no forced entry to the home and the safe itself was not taken, police are not leaving anyone out of the suspect pool. The reason she had such a large amount in her home, was she just didn’t like banks, Denham said.

THEFT OF FIREARM

• Someone stole a Taurus 38 special revolver from a home on the 300 block of Big Hanaford Road outside Centralia. A deputy called to the residence about 8 a.m. on Saturday learned from the 57-year-old victim it had occurred sometime since Thursday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is listed at $350, Sgt. Rob Snaza said.

THEFT OF BABY’S ESSENTIALS

• Someone stole a diaper bag from a woman at the 1700 block of South Market Boulvard in Chehalis on Friday afternoon. An officer called just before 3 p.m. was told the victim was unloading groceries into her home and had set the bag outside her apartment door, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• An officer took a report about 10 a.m. yesterday from the 1500 block of Lewis Street in Centralia of a wallet getting stolen from a vehicle.

COLD RABBIT CAGE INQUIRY

• Chehalis police called just after 3 p.m. on Friday to the 1700 block of Southwest 19th Street about a rabbit in a neighbor’s backyard cage which appeared to have died from the cold weather found indeed it looked like it had frozen to death. The incident is being referred to the city animal control officer for follow up, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

WORKER FLOWN TO HARBORVIEW WITH ARM INJURY

• A 35-year-old employee at a manufacturing business in the Chehalis Industrial Park was hospitalized with major injuries to his arm after his glove got caught in a machine with large rollers on Friday morning. Aid and the sheriff’s office responding about 7 a.m. to Imperial Fabrication at the 200 block of Maurin Road learned the Napavine man was cleaning the piece of equipment used to bend metal when his left glove, hand and then arm was pulled in and crushed, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital and subsequently flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Sgt. Rob Snaza said. His current condition was unknown, Snaza said.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, shoplifting; responses for alarms, protection order violation, non-injury rollover accidents on county roads, collisions on city streets; reports of hot pink wallet lost in area of Centralia Post Office, dog barking non-stop, dog tied up outside in the weather, kids throwing snowballs and firecrackers at family of raccoons in a tree,  ATV racing on a city street, truck doing doughnuts, kids being pulled on snowboards behind vehicle … and more.

Firefighters were on the scene of a structure fire in Adna for for about five hours this morning. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Fire District 6

FIRE AND ICE IN ADNA

• Members of five fire departments responded early this morning to a fire in a large shop building in Adna. Lewis County Fire District 6 was dispatched about 5:20 a.m. to the 500 block of Twin Oaks Road when an off duty deputy passing by spotted it, according to Chief Tim Kinder. The owner was already up and when she let her dog back inside realized it was burning, he said. The building, formerly a barn with a loft but converted to a shop was fully involved flames when crews arrived, according to authorities. It wasn’t snowing at the time, but chained-up responding vehicles made their way on compact snow and ice and then through inches of snow up a long drive, Kinder said. The metal-sided and roofed building was described as a total loss. Fire investigator Ted McCarty said it appeared to have been used to repair cars and other vehicles. “There was a front-end loader inside that didn’t get touched,” Kinder said. Neither the house or another barn in the area were affected, he said. The cause remains under investigation.

FAIL

• Police were called about an attempted vehicle theft about 11:25 p.m. yesterday at the 100 block of East Magnolia Street in Centralia. Someone had hot-wired a Honda Civic but it was abandoned only a short distance away, apparently unable to get very far in the snow, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FIRE GEAR STOLEN

• An officer took a report about 5:25 a.m. yesterday that someone stole a firefighter’s air tank while crews were extinguishing the fire at the 600 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. A suspect has been identified and police are investigating, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FRAUD

• An officer took a report from the 600 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia on Friday that someone used the victim’s social security number to file a tax return.

SPECIAL (UN)DELIVERY

• An officer took a report on Friday from the 900 block of West Sixth Street in Centralia of mail getting stolen from a resident’s mailbox.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called on Friday to the 1100 block of West Walnut Street in Centralia regarding a vehicle prowl that occurred sometime after 4 a.m.

OBSTRUCTION

• A 64-year-old Centralia man was arrested about 6:30 a.m. yesterday after he reportedly drove around a closed-road barricade for fire at Harrison Avenue and East Bridge Street. Police say when Yvon H. Lamarche was contacted by an officer, he refused to identify himself or get out of his vehicle as requested. Lamarche was booked into the Lewis County Jail for obstructing a public servant, according to the Centralia Police Department.

PICKUP VERSUS BUILDING

• A 46-year-old Centralia man was arrested overnight for driving under the influence after he lost control of his vehicle on the 500 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia and ran into the Weyerhaeuser  building. Police responding about 1:10 a.m. say a passenger sustained a minor injury. Douglas C. Hoheisel was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VEHICLE SLIDES INTO RIVER

• A motorist was rescued from the Newaukum River south of Chehalis last night after his vehicle left the roadway and came to rest about 30 feet away in the water. Firefighters called about 8 p.m. to the area off of state Route 508 roughly two miles east of Interstate 5 near Guerrier Road found the sport utility vehicle upright in the river in about four feet of water, according to Lewis County Fire District 5. Spokesperson Lt. Laura Hanson reports he had been traveling westbound and hit a tree in the process. Crews, with help from firefighters in Onalaska, were on the scene almost an hour and were able to assist the man out of the SUV and up the bank of the river. His age and hometown were not readily available. Hanson said he was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital for evaluation.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving under the influence; responses minor non-injury collisions on slick city streets, bank checks stolen and cashed … and more.

Firefighters bring a driver up the embankment along the Newaukum River. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Fire District 5