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Updated at 12:56 p.m.

MOVIE HEIST

• A deputy was called about 7:30 p.m. yesterday to an Onalaska-area home where someone broke in and stole 1,000 DVD movies, two large screen televisions and a Playstation. The 30-year-old victim at the 300 block of Burnt Ridge Road said it occurred sometime since Friday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The burglar got inside through an unlocked window, according to the sheriff’s office.

MOTORCYCLE MISSING

• Chehalis police took a report yesterday afternoon regarding a black dirt bike stolen from outside an apartment on the 600 block of Southeast Dobson Court. The Kawasaki 125 was taken sometime between midnight and 8 a.m., according to police.

PHONEY BILLS TO PAY COURT FINE

• An officer was called to Centralia Municipal Court yesterday afternoon after the discovery an individual had paid his fine using two fake $20 bills. The person, who may or may not have known the money was counterfeit, is being sought, according to the Centralia Police Department. The bills had the same serial number, according to police.

THEFT

• Centralia police took a report yesterday afternoon from the 1000 block of Eckerson Road regarding a burglary that occurred a week earlier. Further details were not readily available.

SUSPECTED VEHICLE PROWLER ARRESTED

• A 14-year-old Chehalis boy was arrested last night after a woman spotted three males trying to get into parked cars along Southeast Washington Avenue in Chehalis. She saw one boy manage to get inside one vehicle and rummage around just before 9 p.m., according to police. An officer tracked them down and booked the teen into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for vehicle prowl, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said.

DISPUTE LEADS TO ARREST

• A 21-year-old man was arrested on Friday night after he allegedly forced his girlfriend up the stairs to their apartment at the 200 block of Main Avenue in Morton. Witnesses said she was yelling for help, according to police. Aaron J. Jacobs was arrested for unlawful imprisonment and booked into the Lewis County Jail but was released yesterday without charges pending further investigation.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called yesterday afternoon to a report of graffiti spray painted on a large portion of one wall of the restroom at Penny Playground on Southwest 13th Street.

NOT IN THE LOST AND FOUND

• A baggie containing a crystal substance found near the front door of a business on the 400 block of Second Street in Morton last week was turned over to police and logged into their property room. The material tested positive for methamphetamine, the Morton Police Department reported yesterday.

WRECK

• A 24-year-old Aberdeen woman was hospitalized after a two-vehicle wreck on state Route 508 about four miles west of Onalaska late yesterday afternoon. Both vehicles were totaled, according to the Washington State Patrol. Troopers called about 5:20 p.m. said Toni R. Emery was traveling eastbound in a Nissan Stanza when her car crossed the centerline striking the driver’s side  of a Honda Odyssey driven by Iris J. Chung, 44, of Chehalis. The Nissan ended up on its top after hitting one ditch and the Odyssey ran through the ditch on the opposite side of the road, according to the state patrol. Emery was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, the patrol reported.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as shoplifting, domestic misdemeanor assault, minor collision, suspicious circumstances, loud children, a 17-year-old runaway from Centralia located in Sacramento, Calif. … and more.

Updated at 6:35 p.m.

SHERIFF’S OFFICE: BURGLARY TO STORE WAS INSIDE JOB

• Someone broke into the Ethel Market on U.S. Highway 12 about 4:45 a.m. on Sunday and made off with three cartons of cigarettes and $792 cash, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Surveillance video showed an individual used a key to get inside and questioning of all the employees with keys led to the arrest of Jerimy M. Trudeau, 30, of Centralia, according to the sheriff’s office. Trudeau reportedly told a deputy Rachel A. Deckert gave him the key and told him how to get in, the sheriff’s office reported. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said the two split the money and merchandise. Most of it was recovered, according to Brown. Both Trudeau and Deckert, 32, of Toledo, were arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for burglary and theft, according to the sheriff’ office.

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY

• Police were told someone went into an apartment on the 1500 block of Lewis Street in Centralia and stole medications and a rent check. The incident which was reported on Friday afternoon is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A Chehalis resident returned home to their apartment on Southwest Third Avenue found the front door open and called police about 1:40 p.m. on Friday. Nothing initially appeared to be missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Police called to a home on Northeast Washington Avenue in Chehalis on Friday morning were told someone had taken a Trek bicycle from the basement. The value is about $300, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

THEFT

• A real estate agent contacted the sheriff’s office on Saturday afternoon after discovering someone had stolen the key lock box from a home on the 100 block of Riffe Hill Road near Morton.

• A Stihl weed eater and two small gas cans were stolen from a building at he cemetery on the 100 block of Mineral Creek Road sometime between Friday and Saturday.

• A wallet and medication were reported missing from a locker at the 600 block of Centralia College Boulevard on Friday morning.

• A 21-year-old Centralia resident was arrested yesterday morning after he reportedly showed up at his parents home on the 500 block of South Washington Avenue in Centralia asking for money even though police had told him before to stay away. Before Matthew D. Christiansen left, he reportedly went into the backyard and took a painting respirator, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officers found him and booked him for burglary.

DRUGS

• A 40-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for possession of methamphetamine when she was picked up on an outstanding warrant overnight at the 300 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia. An officer got a tip about 12:25 a.m. that Tina A. Thode was at a bar and when he contacted her, found suspected meth in her purse, according to the Centralia Police Department. She was  booked into the Lewis County Jail.

• Centralia police arrested a 25-year-old Centralia woman for possession of methamphetamine after responding about 8:10 p.m. on Saturday to a domestic dispute at the 1200 block of Alder Street. Suspected methamphetamine was found in her purse, according to the Centralia Police Department. Kindra M. Powell was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

WRECKS

• A 57-year-old motorist was arrested for driving under the influence after he ran into a light post on the 500 block of North Gold Street in Centralia yesterday and knocked it off its base. Robin D. Hodgins of Centralia was cited and released, according to the Centralia Police Department. He suffered minor injuries and was going to be taken to the hospital by a sober driver, according to police.

• A 22-year-old Mossyrock man was arrested for driving under the influence after a one-vehicle collision yesterday afternoon at the 700 block of Tucker Road in Toledo, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s office. Zachary G. Little was also arrested for driving on a suspended license and being in possession of an illegal “butterfly” knife, according to the sheriff’s office. His vehicle had run into a ditch, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A 50-year-old motorist told police he didn’t stop because he didn’t want to be late for work when he reportedly struck a parked pickup truck on the 1600 block of South Market Boulevard in Chehalis and continued on with one tire missing late Friday night. The subject, Maximino C. Lopez-Ortiz of Centralia, was tracked down in a parking lot on State Street and issued a citation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• An 84-year-old Yakima man was taken to Morton General Hospital to be checked for possible injuries after a single-vehicle wreck on Friday afternoon on U.S. Highway 12 just west of Packwood. Granville L. Parrish was traveling westbound when his pickup truck went off to the right entering a ditch and striking an embankment, according to the Washington State Patrol. A trooper called to the scene about 2:30 p.m. noted Parrish had been seat belted and blamed the crash on inattention.

• A 19-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested for driving under the influence and having an open container about 8:15 p.m. on Saturday at the 100 block of Northwest Quincy Place in Chehalis. A deputy subsequently learned Tyler M. McKee has caused major damage to an occupied SUV he struck a few minutes earlier at the 1800 block of Jackson Highway and was cited also for hit and run and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Two young women from New Jersey were hospitalized after a single-car collision yesterday evening on Interstate 5 in Chehalis. Troopers were called about 6:30 p.m. to the northbound lanes near the 13th Street interchange where a 2007 Ford Fusion had hit the jersey barrier, according to the Washington State Patrol. Mikaela N. Sessions, 19, and Victoria M. Abbate, 20, were transported to Providence Centralia Hospital with unspecified injuries, according to the state patrol. The investigating trooper reported Sessions began to make a lane change, found it wasn’t safe to do so and swerved to the left, then over corrected and lost control of her car. The wreck was blamed on inattention.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, suspended license, misdemeanor assault, misdemeanor theft; responses for minor collisions, dog bites, possibly stolen dog, alarm, disputes outside of taverns, suspicious circumstances; complaints about loud music, egging of a house and a vehicle … and more.

OOPS

• A load on a log truck struck the Chamber of Commerce Way overpass on northbound Interstate 5 in Chehalis yesterday afternoon spilling at least some of the logs onto the roadway. Troopers called about 4:15 p.m. cited the driver, Curtis G. Fasano, 50, of Chehalis, for carrying a load over the legal height, according to the Washington State Patrol. There was no damage to his Kenworth truck or the trailer, according to the state patrol.

NO FISHING DAY

• A 77-year-old Centralia man contacted the sheriff’s office yesterday morning after he discovered the electric trolling motor was missing from his boat at his shop on the 2500 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia. He said it was taken sometime between 9 a.m. on Tuesday and 8 a.m. yesterday and realized it was gone when he went to go fishing, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning by an individual who said an iPad was stolen from their vehicle the day before while parked at Wal-Mart.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, misdemeanor assault, misdemeanor theft; responses for minor collision, alarm, someone possibly attempting to cash a forged check, a child throwing rocks, suspicious circumstances … and more.