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Updated at 6:37 p.m.

AUTO THEFT

• A 1995 Honda Accord was stolen sometime between Sunday and yesterday from the 1600 block of Delaware Avenue in Centralia. The four-door car is valued at about $1,400, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A 26-year-old Chehalis man was arrested yesterday afternoon at the Pepper Tree Motel in Centralia for vehicle theft in connection with a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am taken last month from Terra Bonita Drive in Chehalis. A deputy had learned its 35-year-old owner loaned the car to Robert J. Plascencia who hadn’t yet returned it, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Plascencia was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

MISSING MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

• A deputy was called to Adna Middle School yesterday morning regarding the theft of a $1,000 trumpet. The Yamaha brand instrument vanished sometime between Jan. 24 and Jan. 25, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

BIKE HEIST

• Centralia police were called about 4:30 p.m. yesterday regarding a burglary to a shed on the 700 block of G Street. Missing is a white Trek mountain bike, according to the Centralia Police Department.

POSSIBLE CYBER SEX CRIME

• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning by a parent who discovered their 12-year-old girl had shared inappropriate photos over her cell phone with an older male. The case is under investigation and the phone will be examined by computer experts, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 38-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine yesterday after contact with an officer about 10:40 a.m. at the 1300 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia. Jacob R. Woods was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

SHERIFF: INTOXICATED MOTORIST STRIKES CAR

• A 28-year-old Chehalis woman whose car was struck by a pickup truck early yesterday morning at the Love’s Truck Stop on the 1200 block of Rush Road in Napavine followed the truck to Dorning Road in Winlock and called 911, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responding about 6 a.m.  arrested the driver of the Dodge Ram for driving under the influence as well as hit and run, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The collision left her 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer with major front end damage, according to the sheriff’s office. David M. Meyer, 43, of Winlock, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Sgt. Rob Snaza said.

SCHOOL BUS RUNS IN TO STOP SIGN

• A deputy responded about 4:20 p.m. yesterday when a school bus taking a corner too sharply struck a stop sign and ended up with two shattered windows, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened at Brockway Road and Sunnyside Drive west of Chehalis, according to the sheriff’s office. The children were loaded onto a different bus and finished their journey home, Sgt. Rob Snaza said. No ticket was issued, Snaza said.

FROM THE COURTHOUSE

• The 20-year-old Centralia father arrested in December for breaking his six-month-old baby’s arm is now serving a three-month long jail term after pleading guilty last week instead of going to trial. Wayne P. Stalker initially told a story the infant’s older sibling had “plopped” onto the baby’s limb, but confessed to police and then to a judge what happened, according to court documents. The Wal-Mart worker described how after he changed the little one’s diaper it still wouldn’t stop crying and as he held it on his knee, he grabbed its forearm in such a way that he heard a “pop,” according to court documents. Court papers state Stalker urged the baby’s mother to take it to the doctor where a hairline fracture was discovered. Stalker was sentenced last Wednesday in Lewis County Superior Court for second-degree assault.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license, drug arrest for which no information was readily available; responses for alarms, collision on city street, runaway child; request to assist an older couple locate their vehicle in the Wal-Mart parking lot; complaints of railroad crossing arms stuck down, noisy neighbors … and more.

ALLEGATIONS OF CREEPY THIEVERY

• A 29-year-old Chehalis area man was arrested on Friday morning after a search warrant was served at the 300 block of Forest-Napavine Road  looking for evidence of a burglary to his 15-year-old nearby neighbor’s place, according to police. Officers were looking for missing female underclothes that belonged to the girl as well as computer and electronic devices in connection with an investigation that began in December, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The student had reported at school some inappropriate Facebook stuff, according to police. Wayne R. Radford III, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for burglary and other possible offenses, according to Sgt. Gary WIlson.

PACKWOOD MAN ACCUSED OF HARASSMENT

• Police are looking for a 49-year-old Packwood man after a call on Friday night to  the 13000 block of U.S. Highway 12 in Packwood regarding an alleged assault and harassment involving two women there. A deputy responding about 7 p.m. learned that Brian J. Huppert shoved one of his female acquaintances, when they declined to loan him money, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY PACKWOOD

• A deputy was called about 9 a.m. on Saturday about a break-in to a home on the 200 block of Alpine Drive in Packwood. Sometime between last weekend and Friday, someone made forced entry into the residence and stole clothing, a Playstation IV, video games and other items, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Sgt. Rob Snaza said this morning the case is under investigation and they have no suspect information. The loss is estimated at $800, according to Snaza.

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY CENTRALIA

• Sometime during the week that ended on Saturday, someone burglarized a home on the 100 block of Grimes Road outside Centralia and stole about $1,000 worth of jewelry and other items, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

BREAK-INS MORTON

• Morton police last Monday were called to a storage facility on the 800 block of Adams Avenue where two padlocks had been cut off from doors. Nothing however appeared to be missing, according to the Morton Police Department. However three days later, an officer was advised of locks cut and numerous items stolen from the same location, according to police.

DRUGS

• A 28-year-old Chehalis man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after a small bindle of suspected meth was found on him when he was arrested for allegedly shoplifting a pair of headphones from Wal-Mart in Chehalis on Friday night. Police called just before 10 p.m. to the retailer on the 1600 block of Louisiana Avenue booked Johnny R. Cyr into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• A 29-year-old Morton resident was arrested on Friday afternoon after someone reported he was “huffing” on a bus in Chehalis. An officer found him about 12:45 p.m. sitting on a sidewalk with a can of compressed air at the 1100 block of North National Avenue basically passed out, according to police. Alan G.A. Shehan was checked by aid, arrested for inhaling toxic fumes and then released pending a court date, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

HIT AND RUN ARREST

• A 42-year-old motorist was arrested last night after he allegedly struck another vehicle at the intersection of North Tower Avenue and Maple Street in Centralia and fled. Officers responding about 9 p.m. subsequently stopped Wuilson Alverto Lopez near Wal-Mart in Chehalis and the Centralia resident was booked into the Lewis County Jail for hit and run as well as driving under the influence, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for misdemeanor assault, driving drunk, misdemeanor theft; responses for alarms, disputes, stolen gas cap, suspicious circumstances, hit and run to parked vehicle, someone who received a counterfeit bill; complaints of egged vehicles, constantly barking neighbor dogs, noisy nighttime karaoke … and more.

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CORRECTION: This has been updated to correctly reflect that the Packwood man wanted for harassment had not been arrested as of early this afternoon. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office erroneously provided information that he was contacted, arrested and booked into jail.

Updated at 4:26 p.m.

ONALASKA FIRE

• The cause of a fire in a large 1930s-era former chicken house in Onalaska on Friday night is still under investigation, according to Lewis County Fire District 8 Chief Duran McDaniel. Crews called about 9:30 p.m. to the 400 block of Burchett Road found burning mostly at the floor level of the all-wood building, according to McDaniel. The chief said the structure had been converted for use as a shop and for storage.

AUTO THEFT

• Someone stole a red Toyota Camry from the 1700 block of Military Road in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 5:35 p.m. on Friday. The car has a license plate reading 797 ZAA, according to the Centralia Police Department.

OTHER THEFT

• Police took a report about 11:40 a.m. yesterday regarding a purse stolen from the 300 block of Diamond Street in Centralia with possible suspect information, according to the Centralia Police Department.

NOT WATCHING SUPER BOWL TODAY

• A 34-year-old Winlock woman was arrested about 3 p.m. on Friday in Centralia on an outstanding federal warrant, according to police. Rebecca R. Mullis was booked into the Lewis County Jail after contact with an officer at the 1100 block of South Gold Street, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 40-year-old Centralia man was arrested for a warrant and possession of methamphetamine after contact with a police officer about noon on Friday at the 700 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia. Travis L. Combs was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

KIDS

• Police responded about 12:15 p.m. on Friday to Centralia Middle School regarding several youngsters and possession of alcohol. The cases are being referred to juvenile prosecutors for evaluation of possible charges, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Police were called to the area of the 500 block of West Roanoke Street in Centralia yesterday morning about several vehicles getting egged. A house on the 300 block of North Iron Street was egged as well, according to the Centralia Police Department.

OTHER

• Centralia police arrested a 22-year-old resident about 5 a.m. yesterday for allegedly jumping in front of cars at the 600 block of Harrison Avenue. James V. Miller was cited for disorderly conduct and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WRECKS

• Firefighters and law enforcement responded around 1 o’clock this morning to a single-vehicle wreck at the intersection of state Route 506 and Winlock-Vader Road. It is the same area where less than two weeks ago a motorist was killed when he slammed into a concrete wall at  a gas station there. A small pickup was found with quite a bit of damage to its driver’s side which appeared to have hit he wall before sliding, but there was no driver or patients at the scene, according to Lewis County Medic One.

• Police and aid were called about 4:30 p.m. yesterday to a vehicle that ran into a utility pole at  South Schueber and Military roads in Centralia. A male passenger complaining of back pain was transported to the hospital and the 18-year-old driver was cited for reckless driving, according to responders.

• The numbers are out for 2013 and the Washington State Patrol reports collisions on state routes and highways in Lewis and its four adjoining counties were down by nearly 5 percent compared with the previous year. Injury collisions dropped by 8 percent, according to a year-end report. The statistics come from the state patrol’s district five which covers Lewis, Cowlitz, Clark, Skamania and Klickitat counties. Spokesperson Trooper Will Finn shares more details behind the efforts during the 12 months that ended on Dec. 31. Troopers in district five removed 1,250 impaired drivers from the roadways, stopped 44,568 speeders, contacted 4,172 vehicle occupants for not wearing or improperly wearing a seatbelt and contacted 5,681 motorists for driving erratically, according to Finn. During the year, troopers in the district investigated more than 2,800 collisions, Finn reports. Finally, over the past five years, troopers in the district have seen a 22 percent reduction in fatality collisions, he notes. In district one, comprised of Thurston and Pierce counties, troopers last year took 3,203 drivers impaired by drugs or alcohol off the roadways, according to spokesperson Trooper Guy Gill. “Every time a trooper stops an impaired, speeding, or aggressive driver, a life is potentially saved,” Gill says.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, misdemeanor assault; responses for collision on city street, violation of no contact order … and more.

Updated at 5:45 p.m.

CONFUSION OVER BABY LEADS TO COMMOTION OUTSIDE WAL-MART

• A security person pursuing a suspected shoplifter in the Wal-Mart parking lot shouting “they stole, they stole” about a woman carrying an infant led other customers to jump into action believing they were witnessing a child abduction. Police were told they saw a woman throw a baby in the backseat and try to drive away, according to the Chehalis Police Department. “One witness attempted to block her car in to prevent her from leaving and she ended up hitting their car,”  Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said this morning. It happened about 1 p.m. on Wednesday outside the retail business on Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis. Security personnel told police the woman shoplifted a pair of boots which subsequently were thrown out the car window in Chehalis, Kaut said. Through a license plate number, the 22-year-old mother was tracked down at her home in Centralia, and she told the officer she panicked and left the scene, according to Kaut. She was not taken into custody, he said. Police will be consulting with prosecutors evaluating the case for possible charges of theft and vehicular assault, Kaut said. The person who used their vehicle to prevent the woman from leaving isn’t expected to be in any trouble, he said.

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY

• Someone broke into a home in the Adna area yesterday morning between 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., stealing well over $1,800 worth of jewelry, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called about 7:30 p.m. to the 100 block of Clinton Road learned a jewelry box containing bracelets, rings and necklaces were missing, along with some change, according to the sheriff’s office.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called about 9:20 a.m. yesterday to the 800 block of South Silver Street in Centralia regarding a bank card getting stolen from an unlocked vehicle overnight.

• Someone took a wallet from an unlocked vehicle at the 100 block of South Silver Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police at 10 a.m. yesterday.

• Chehalis police were called to the parking lot at Wal-Mart around 11:15 a.m. yesterday when an individual discovered someone had broken into their unlocked vehicle. Among the items missing were jacket, tobacco, DVDs, CDs and prescription medication, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 30-year-old Chehalis man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after he was caught allegedly shoplifting at K-Mart in Chehalis on Wednesday afternoon. An officer responding to the Northwest Louisiana Avenue retailer found he had taken three boxes of candy and a “stylus”: and a search following his arrest turned up a glass pipe with suspected drug residue, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Jason R. Dunham was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

RESIDENT FINDS TWO BURGLARS IN HOME

• Thurston County deputies are still looking for two males after an interrupted burglary on Wednesday in which the 60-year-old resident was assaulted. Deputies called about 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday to the home on the 10000 block of Old Highway 99 north of Tenino near Rich Road learned the homeowner arrived to find his front door kicked in and saw two males coming out a back bedroom. One of them used a sheathed hunting knife he’d picked up to hit the 60-year-old before they ran out, according to Sgt. Ray Brady. A vehicle pulled into the driveway apparently to pick them up, but then drove away because they were taking too long to get in, Brady said. A deputy caught up to the suspected getaway driver, in his gold 2006 Mercedes and arrested a 25-year-old man from Mount Vernon who said they had been in the area because they were going to the mall, Brady said. Brady said it’s the second time this week in Thurston County where a resident has come home to find a burglar in their home.

COLLISION

• A 54-year-old Rochester man was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after his truck rolled over a guardrail along a creek on Maytown Road just east of Interstate 5 yesterday. Firefighters called about 11:20 a.m. extricated the man after stabilizing the vehicle, according to West Thurston Regional Fire Authority. The 2003 Chevrolet pickup was heavily damaged, according to the Washington State Patrol. Troopers suspect driving under the influence, but the man was transported to the hospital because of a possible head injury, according to the state patrol.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarms, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, window broken out of a business; complaint someone dumped trash in someone else’s dumpster … and more.

A Chevrolet pickup is heavily damaged after striking and then rolling over a guard rail on Maytown Road. / Courtesy photo by Washington State Patrol