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Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Friday, January 12th, 2018
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DRUGS

• Centralia police were contacted about 11:30 a.m. yesterday by an individual who reported that his money was stolen by a drug dealer. The 60-year-old man said that he paid for Oxycontin pills between Thanksgiving and Christmas but never received them, according to the Centralia Police Department. With little information and the time delay, there isn’t enough to follow up on, according to police.

• A 32-year-old Napavine woman who allegedly drove through a stop sign, jumped a curb and stopped at a pole then walked away yesterday morning was subsequently contacted by police and arrested. An officer called about 9:30 a.m. to West Main Street at Quincy Place in Chehalis found drug paraphernalia that tested positive for methamphetamine, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Miranda J. Coppinger was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

HARASSMENT

• A 28-year-old Packwood resident was arrested for felony harassment yesterday after a deputy was called about 3:40 p.m. to the 12000 block of U.S. Highway 12 and told he had broken a window in his girlfriend’s vehicle and threatened to kill her. James M. Seaman was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

CUSTODIAL ASSAULT

• Chehalis police were called about 12:35 p.m. yesterday to Green Hill School to take a report that a 16-year-old student-inmate allegedly inappropriately touched a female staff member.

THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• Chehalis police were called about 4:20 p.m. yesterday by an individual who said they accidentally left a bank bag sitting on a chair inside a bank on the 600 block of South Market Boulevard and when they returned, the bag was still there but had been emptied of its contents.

• Centralia police were called about 10:50 a.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of West Main Street where cash was stolen from the business while the employee was not attending the sale counter.

• A business at the 1100 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia reported about 12:50 p.m. yesterday that an individual tried to pawn a tool that had been stolen from the business.

• Centralia police were called just after 5 p.m. yesterday to take a report medication was stolen in a vehicle prowl at the 2800 block of Russell Road.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called just before noon yesterday to take a report of graffiti spray painted onto the sides of a building at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarm, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances … and more among 146 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, January 11th, 2018
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BURGLARY AND THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 12:30 p.m. yesterday to take a report a BB pistol was stolen from a residence at the 900 block of B Street.

• Centralia police called about 12:40 p.m. yesterday about a misdemeanor theft at the 600 block of Harrison Avenue determined an employee was their suspect. A summons for third-degree theft was to be issued for the 44-year-old Centralia woman, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 23-year-old Centralia resident was arrested yesterday afternoon for burglary in a case reported on Jan. 1 in which tools and electronics were stolen from a business at the 1100 block of South Gold Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. Jonathan C. Siler was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• A 33-year-old Centralia woman was arrested on Tuesday in a case from the day before in which her mother reported a credit card was stolen and used several times, according to the Centralia Police Department. Dominique D. Vanmeerbeke booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of stolen property and unlawful factoring of a credit card, according to police.

ESCAPE

• Chehalis police were called about 9:45 p.m. yesterday when a 17-year-old girl being returned to the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center ran off. She got about two blocks before she was caught, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Chehalis police were called to the 2600 block of Northeast Kresky Avenue just after 2 p.m. yesterday where a sport utility vehicle lurched into the side of a building, causing damage to the brick and aluminum siding. The driver was issued citations for improper lane usage and operating a motor vehicle without insurance, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, shoplifting, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, violation of court order; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft … and more among 115 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

Sheriff’s Office: Dead man was local, living out of his truck

Wednesday, January 10th, 2018

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – An autopsy conducted yesterday revealed nothing suspicious about the body of a man found in a vehicle south of Chehalis on Sunday morning, according to the Lewis County Coroner’s Office.

The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office suggested yesterday the man was most likely living in the pickup truck. They have plans to test a propane heater found in the back of the truck with the deceased.

Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey says he’s an older man with ties to Lewis County and with a previous address here, until he was “displaced”, became homeless and began sleeping in his vehicle.

Early on Saturday morning, a sheriff’s deputy tagged the truck with a  24-hour notice it would be towed. The brown or tan in color 1983 Ford F150 with a canopy and Washington plates was parked on the shoulder at Southwest Interstate Avenue and Bishop Road, according to the sheriff’s office.

A deputy returned early Sunday morning, called for a tow truck and discovered there was a dead person in the back, according to Kimsey.

Neither his name nor his age have been released. The coroner’s office yesterday stated they have positively identified him, but are not releasing his name until his legal next of kin can be located and notified.

Making a determination about the cause and manner of death won’t come until after toxicology test results come back, according to Coroner Warren McLeod. He indicated that can take up to 90 days.

At least two people who work in the area have said they saw the truck parked in the same spot all last week.

Kimsey said the sheriff’s office had no information the man had been reported missing.
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For background, read “Propane heater examined in death of person inside truck” from Monday January 8, 2018, here

Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Wednesday, January 10th, 2018
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THEFT OF FUEL

• Centralia police were called to the 1100 block of Long Road just before 2 p.m. yesterday regarding the theft of gallons of diesel from an external tank over the past several months.

TRESPASS

• A 33-year-old homeless woman was arrested last night for trespassing on property at the 200 block of West Main Street in Centralia she had previously been warned not to be on. Kelly A. Holen was issued a citation and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department. Two males were given warnings for being on the property, according to police. At about 6:15 a.m. today after Holen was discovered sleeping inside a closed business at the 200 block of Centralia College Boulevard, she was arrested for trespassing a second time and then was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

VANDALISM

• Police were called to the 300 block of N Street in Centralia about 4:45 p.m. yesterday after an unknown person spray painted graffiti on the door of a building.

• Chehalis police were called to the 300 block of Southwest 15th Street about 4:15 p.m. yesterday to take a report of a fence which had been “tagged”.

• Chehalis police were called about 1:20 p.m. yesterday to the 400 block of Southwest 18th Street where someone had broken a window on a pickup truck. Nothing appeared to be missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 8:35 a.m. yesterday to take a report of graffiti to a garage that occurred during the night at the 300 block of N Street.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft, protection order violation … and more among 159 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

Drugs, guns, and a police chase suspect charged

Tuesday, January 9th, 2018

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – A 37-year-old man with a rural Chehalis address was charged yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court with attempting to elude for an incident two days after Christmas in which a motorist fled a traffic stop on Rush Road and eventually lost control of the car at West Cherry Street in Centralia and fled on foot.

A search through a cell phone located on the floorboard of the white Ford Crown Victoria left behind led law enforcement to Bradley W. Bell.

Bell was arrested on Jan. 2 by drug detectives for outstanding warrants and for a case from last May. He was charged last week for that.

Charging documents in the first case indicate detectives conducted surveillance on Bell’s home in Centralia because they suspected he was selling meth and heroin. They pulled over a vehicle leaving the residence in which Bell was a passenger, and allegedly located a gun under the seat, 32 grams of heroin, nearly 13 gram of meth and a digital scale, according to the charging documents.

Law enforcement went looking for him on Jan. 2, conducted surveillance, made a traffic stop and allegedly found him with a gun again.

Bell was charged the following day in Lewis County Superior Court with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and two counts of second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. His bail was set at $25,000.

Bell allegedly admitted to detectives he was the driver in the pursuit the night of Dec. 27, which reached speeds in excess of 100 mph between Napavine and Centralia.

A judge yesterday afternoon set his bail at $50,000 for the eluding charge.

His arraignment is scheduled for Thursday.

Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Tuesday, January 9th, 2018
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Updated

MUGGED IN CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called just after 7 p.m. yesterday after a 17-year-old boy said he was walking down the street when three males assaulted him breaking his tooth and stole his cell phone near Pennsylvania Avenue and Vine Street.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called about 3:50 p.m. yesterday regarding the theft of wire and plumbing from a foreclosed home at the 1200 block of Bayne Street.

AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 8:50 p.m. yesterday to take a report from an individual who said he parked his vehicle in a lot at the 100 block of South Pearl Street several hours earlier but when he returned, it was gone. The victim advised he may have accidentally left the keys in it, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BIKE STOLEN

• A red and grey Road Master 26-inch mountain bike was reported stolen from the front yard of a residence at the 1900 block of Ahlers Avenue in Centralia about 6:40 p.m. yesterday. The bicycle had a cable chain around the seat mount along with a red light under the rear of the seat, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FRAUD

• Police were called about 11:50 a.m. yesterday to take a report of the theft of a credit card number and its fraudulent use in a case associated with the 700 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia.

• Chehalis police yesterday took note of an investigation conducted by the state Department of Licensing that began on May 10 of last year when a Chehalis officer made contact with a person at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue. A driver’s license involved had been obtained using fraudulent information, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called about 2:35 p.m. yesterday to the 900 block of North Pearl Street where someone had stolen clothing and change from a vehicle overnight.

• An individual called Chehalis police just after 9 a.m. yesterday to report that when he returned to his car – after being transported by aid – at the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue, money was missing from his wallet and his car keys were gone.

• Chehalis police took a report yesterday afternoon from a person who said their cell phone was stolen from their unlocked vehicle at the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in October and they are now getting text messages from the phone.

STOLEN ITEMS

• A 30-year-old Centralia man was arrested about 10:10 p.m. yesterday at the 600 block of Harrison Avenue for an outstanding warrant as well as for first-degree trafficking in stolen property from another case, according to the Centralia Police Department. Anthony S. Lawson was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

DRUGS

• A 39-year-old Winlock resident arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail last night for an outstanding warrant was arrested after a search allegedly turned up two pills in his pocket he said were Vicodin, something he did not have a prescription for. Joshua D. O’Camb was charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with possession of a controlled substance, according to charging documents.

• When drug detectives stopped a vehicle on Reynolds Avenue in Centralia yesterday because they knew the driver had an outstanding warrant, three occupants were arrested for drug violations. They were all booked into the Lewis County Jail. Ryan B.M. Olson, 29, from Centralia, was charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with possession of heroin and methamphetamine. His longtime girlfriend, Sydnee J. Amurgy, 25, also from Centralia, was charged today with  possession of heroin. Teanna M. Simmonds, 24, with a Tacoma address, was charged with possession of heroin with intent to deliver, according to charging documents.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, resisting arrest, third-degree theft, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence, fourth-degree assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft, misdemeanor domestic assault … and more among 144 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

Propane heater examined in death of person inside truck

Monday, January 8th, 2018

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – A vehicle tagged to be towed because it was parked on the shoulder of a road south of Chehalis turned out to contain a dead person.

The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office says on Saturday morning, a deputy posted a 24-hour notice on a pickup truck sitting on the shoulder at Southwest Interstate Avenue and Bishop Road.

“They came back the next day and started looking more inside the canopy and could see someone in the back,” sheriff’s Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey said.

The adult male was found dead in the back of the truck about 6 a.m. yesterday, along with items consistent with a person sleeping in the truck, Kimsey said.

Kimsey said the investigation revealed a propane heater, which will be tested.

He didn’t know how long the pickup had been at the spot, but at least two people who work in the area say they saw it sitting there all last week.

Chehalis resident Brendee Arnold recalled the first time she saw it as early last week as she drove home from work. There was a person standing beside the truck, she said.

Kimsey said he won’t say if the death is suspicious or not suspicious; he will wait for information from an autopsy.