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SUPER UNHAPPY CUSTOMER

• A 73-year-old man trying to check into a Centralia motel yesterday evening apparently took issue with a requirement, under Centralia municipal code, that he show his identification in order to get a room. Police say Robert K. Stone, of Edmonds, threatened to go get a gun and shoot the person behind the desk at the Peppertree Motel. “The clerk was scared, terrified actually,” Officer John Panco said. Officers called about 6:40 p.m. to the 1200 block of Alder Street subsequently located their suspect at a nearby restaurant, according to the Centralia Police Department. Stone was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for harassment, according to police.

THEFT

• A 78-year-old Mossyrock area woman called the sheriff’s office yesterday to report her home had been burglarized on Monday between 12:45 p.m. and 10 p.m., according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy who responded to the 200 block of Klickitat Creek Road learned that numerous items totaling almost $1,800 were missing, including a 25 caliber revolver, four bottles of alcohol, a purse, jewelry and an antique clock, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A man called Centralia police yesterday to report a handgun he kept at his workplace on the 300 block of North Tower Avenue had been stolen. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 10:30 p.m. yesterday regarding theft of a stereo from a vehicle at the 1000 block of West Main Street.

A LITTLE ROAD RAGE

• A motorist who said he slammed on his brakes to get the vehicle behind him to stop following so closely was cited for second-degree negligent driving after a rear end collision early yesterday morning on the 100 block of Newaukum Valley Road southwest of Chehalis. Neither driver was injured, but both vehicles – including David C. Rader’s 1991 Chevrolet pickup – were damaged, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The other driver, a 30-year-old from Mossyrock, was cited for following too closely, Sgt. Rob Snaza said.

WATCH FOR PEDESTRIANS LOOKING FOR HANDOUTS

• Firefighters will be returning to an intersection on Belmont Avenue near the Centralia Outlets this afternoon from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. to continue their “Fill the Boot” campaign. It’s an annual event to raise money for muscular dystrophy, according to Riverside Fire Authority Capt. Terry Ternan.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence; responses for shoplifting, collisions … and more.

LOADER BURNS AT LUMBER MILL

• Members of four fire departments descended upon a lumber mill in the Chehalis Industrial Park yesterday when a large log loader caught fire. Crews called just before 1 p.m. to Cascade Hardwood on Ribelin Road found the burning piece of equipment parked, fortunately, about 30 yards from stacks of logs, according to Lewis County Fire District 6. “If it had spread to the log yard, we’d still be there,” Firefighter Mike Goodwillie said this morning. It took about 15 personnel and almost two hours to extinguish the blaze, which destroyed the $400,000 loader, according to Goodwillie. “The tires themselves were about 6-feet tall and on top of that, there were spot fires of grease and oil,” he said. “It was very large, the largest vehicle I’ve ever fought.”

DEER WRECK

• A 21-year-old woman totaled her Honda Civic but sustained only minor injuries when she swerved to avoid hitting a deer and ended up in a ditch early yesterday morning on the 900 block of Bunker Creek Road west of Chehalis, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened about 6 a.m. and the Chehalis resident was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the sheriff’s office.

HIT AND RUN

• A 21-year-old woman was arrested after she allegedly struck two vehicles in a parking lot on the 1400 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia overnight and then left. An officer called about 2:30 a.m. was told someone heard it happen and then her vehicle was found parked in the area, according to the Centralia Police Department. Kayla M. Burleson, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for hit and run, third degree driving with a suspended license and for an outstanding warrant, according to Officer John Panco.

OOPS

• A 17-year-old boy reporting for a “UA” at the Lewis County Juvenile Justice Center found himself in trouble when a search of his bag turned up a pipe yesterday. A Chehalis police officer responded about 11 a.m. and took the item which smelled of burnt marijuana, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The case will be referred to juvenile prosecutors for a charging decision, according to Officer Linda Bailey.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor domestic incidents, shoplifting; responses for alarms, disorderly subjects, stolen bicycles, collisions, pedestrian behaving strangely; complaints of speeding vehicle, cars squealing tires in a parking lot … and more.