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PAIR HURT IN SINGLE-VEHICLE COLLISION

• Two people were hospitalized after an allegedly intoxicated driver ran off U.S. Highway 12 east of Glenoma early yesterday morning, drove through a guard rail and hit a utility pole. Troopers and aid called about 1:45 a.m. to the scene near Scott Road found the pickup truck destroyed but the occupants were outside of it, according to responders. “From what I understand, he had minor injuries and the female had a broken arm,” Lewis County Fire District 18 Chief Ed Lowe said. Scotty R. Mays, 35, from Glenoma, and Brooke D. Pyles, 21, of Randle, were transported to Morton General Hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol. “They’re lucky to be alive,” Lowe said. Pyles was treated and then released, but Mays was stabilized and then transferred to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle; he has been released, according to hospital spokespersons. The state patrol reports Mays faces possible charges of driving under the influence and vehicular assault.

THEFT

• Someone stole a cargo trailer from the 100 block of North Ash Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 8 a.m. yesterday. The white 2002 Pace enclosed trailer has a license plate of 0961 VX, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Someone apparently crawled through the window of a residence on the 1300 block of Windsor Avenue in Centralia and stole two firearms. Missing is a Ruger semi-automatic and a Taurus revolver, according to a report made to police about 5:40 p.m. on Friday. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police are investigating a second-degree theft regarding a report made from the 600 block of F Street on Friday. “Items” were missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police took a report late Friday afternoon from the 100 block of North Ash Street that someone stole the spare tires from two vehicles.

POLICE: MEDS NOT MISSING

• Centralia police yesterday reported they are referring a case for a possible charge of fraud related to a 27-year-old woman allegedly attempting to file a false police report of stolen medications.

UNCOOPERATIVE SUBECT JAILED

• A 41-year-old man was arrested and booked into jail for obstructing after he allegedly failed to follow police officers’ instructions during a dispute about 9:20 p.m. on Friday at the 2800 block of Russell Road in Centralia. Wuilson Alverto Lopez was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Police were called about 4 p.m. yesterday regarding a window broken out of a vehicle at the 100 block of Virginia Drive in Centralia.

MILLIONS GIVEN TO ASSIST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS

• The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded more than $1.1 million to the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation as part of series of grants to enhance services to crime victims and improve criminal justice in tribal communities. A little more than $407,000 will go towards crime issues related to alcohol and substance abuse, a little more than $307,000 is to combat violence against women and the remainder is for tribal police for training, equipment and to fund their community oriented policing efforts, according to an announcement on Friday from U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan. More than $10 million awarded last week was distributed among eight Indian Tribes in Western Washington, according to Durkan. “We look forward to continuing our partnership with the Tribes, and are confident these grants will help increase the public safety of each community,” Durkan stated in a news release. “One size does not fit all, and I am pleased these grants will address specific needs on Tribal lands.”

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor assault; responses for minor collision, other misdemeanor theft, someone who found the air had been let out of their tire … and more.

OUCH

• Centralia police arrested a woman yesterday for allegedly biting a police officer while he was attempting to take her into custody. Alyssa F. Acord, 31, was wanted on a warrant and officers responding to the 400 block of South Iron Street about 1 p.m. ended up arresting her for possession of methamphetamine as well, according to police. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree assault and the drug violation, according to police.

DISORDERLY PERSON

• Centralia police responded about 4 p.m. yesterday to a disturbance at the 100 block of South Tower Avenue and arrested a 48-year-old homeless man who allegedly tried to start fights with several people. Anthony D. Webb was booked into the Lewis County Jail for fourth-degree assault, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A boy, no age available, was arrested for possession of unspecified drugs about 9:30 a.m. yesterday at the 800 block of Eshom Road in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center, according to police.

CAR PROWL

• An officer was called about 11 a.m. yesterday to the 1000 block of Scammon Creek Road in Centralia regarding someone trying to break into a vehicle.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took reports yesterday of graffiti to buildings on the 200 block of South Pearl Street and the 500 block of North Tower Avenue as well as markings on a fence at the 800 block of North Tower Avenue.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, probation violation, other misdemeanor assault; responses for alarm, threats made, collision, suspicious circumstances, stolen bicycle; complaints of barking dogs … and more.

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CABIN BURGLARY

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports a 19-year-old man was arrested for a break-in to an Ashford area summer cabin after a deputy followed a trail of knocked down brush to his nearby mother’s home and found missing property. The burglary at the 200 block of Skate Creek Road occurred sometime between Friday and Monday, but was discovered on Tuesday, according to the sheriff’s office. An arriving deputy observed several windows broken, the front door ajar and found security lights and camera smashed on the ground, according to Sgt. Rob Snaza. The neighbor’s son, Matthew T. Kelley, who is from Longview but has been staying with his mother was contacted on Tuesday, interviewed and then booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree burglary, according to Snaza. All of the stolen items were recovered, he said, such as fishing poles, a shotgun, a 22 rifle and various electronics.

OUT-OF-CONTROL TEEN

• A 14-year-old boy was arrested yesterday morning for harassment after he allegedly made threats to kill people at the 900 block of South Market Boulevard in Chehalis. Officers called to the home about 10 a.m. took the teen to the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DOMESTIC INCIDENTS

• A 56-year-old woman who visited the Centralia Police Department yesterday asking about what crime it would be if her adult son pushed her, causing her to fall down and possibly break her arm and was told it would be a felony, decided she didn’t want to give a statement, according to police. A report was forwarded to the Lewis County Prosecutors Office for evaluation of a charge of second-degree assault, according to police.

• A 33-year-old Chehalis man was arrested after he allegedly kicked in a door to a residence he shares with a female on Southwest Johnson Avenue last night. Donnie S. Donahe was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree malicious mischief, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CENTRALIA BREAK-IN

• Police were called about 7:40 a.m. yesterday to the 1900 block of Honeysuckle Lane in Centralia to a report someone had broken into the home and damaged a toilet. The investigation is ongoing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

MISSING MEDS

• A Chehalis woman contacted police yesterday to report missing her prescription drug used for preventing cravings for other drugs, according to police. She didn’t know exactly where it may have been lost but was concerned about it getting out onto the street, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

STRANGER ENCOUNTERS

• Chehalis police were called to a residence on Southwest Ninth Street where an unknown person reportedly walked into the home and then left. Further details were not readily available.

• Deputies would like to find and talk with a man who contacted three teenagers waiting for a school bus early yesterday morning near Rochester. It was about 6:30 a.m. at the 10200 block of 179th Avenue Southwest when the brown haired man in a light colored four-door passenger car stopped and asked if they’d seen a girl and wanted to show them pictures, but when a father stepped out of his house, the subject quickly left, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. What he did wasn’t a crime, but it makes one wonder what he was really doing since he departed as another adult appeared, Sgt. Kenneth Clark said. A detective would just like to locate him and ask him about it, Clark said. He is described as an unshaven white male between 35 years old and 45 years old, possibly with a mustache, according to the sheriff’s office. The car is either light green or cream colored.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants; responses for suspicious circumstances, shoplifting and other misdemeanor theft, parenting conflict, disputes, hit and run; complaints of loud music, motorist talking on phone, eating ice cream ands steering with elbows … and more.