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POT GARDEN DISMANTLED

• Centralia police reported yesterday they confiscated marijuana including plants after serving a search warrant at the 200 block of North King Street the evening before. While some amount of marijuana plants are allowed under certain conditions in keeping with medical marijuana laws, the Centralia Anti-Crime Team suspected the occupant had an illegal growing operation, according to police. Officers also developed probable cause to believe the occupant, a convicted felon, was in possession of several firearms which would be unlawful, according to a news release from detective Sgt. Pat Fitzgerald. Police detained the male subject as he arrived home and searched the property, seizing marijuana plants in varying stages of growth along with dried product, according to Fitzgerald. No firearms were found. Officers did however locate holsters, ammunition and gun cases, according to the news release. The initial plan was to enter the home with the SWAT team, but after learning there were children present, police switched to the less risky approach, according to Fitzgerald. The target of the investigation was not arrested, but was released pending further investigation, according to police.

SUSPECT DOESN’T RECALL DROPPING HIS SHORTS

• The man who allegedly exposed himself to a group of people during a drunken ruckus in a neighborhood alongside the Skookumchuck River on Tuesday night was located and arrested yesterday, according to Centralia police. He told an officer he was so intoxicated, he didn’t remember a thing about it, according to police. Officers called to the 1300 block of Central Boulevard that night were told one of four men made lewd remarks to some young women and pulled his swimsuit shorts down and exposed himself. A neighbor defending the females got punched in the face and someone threw a full can of beer at the women, according to police. Two of the suspects were found that night. Yesterday, Dale R. Brotherton, 51, of Centralia, was arrested for six counts of indecent exposure, according to the Centralia Police Department.

METAL THIEVES BREAK OUT WALLS

• Chehalis police were called to a vacant residence on 600 block of Southwest 20th Street regarding various damage and stolen wiring yesterday morning. It appeared someone broke a window to get inside and then tore open walls to take various plumbing fittings such as copper tubing and other items, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The residence was being renovated, according to police.

THEFT

• Centralia police were called to an assisted living facility on the 900 block of South Schueber Road about 1 p.m. yesterday regarding the suspected theft of medications. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police were called just after 7 o’clock this morning to Southeast Adams Avenue in Chehalis about an attempt to steal fuel from a vehicle.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called about 9:30 p.m. yesterday about a car prowl at Rotary Riverside Park on the 700 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia in which someone stole soda from a parked vehicle.

• A cell phone was taken from a vehicle parked a the 100 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police just before 5 p.m. yesterday.

VANDALISM

• A Centralia police officer took a report yesterday afternoon regarding graffiti found on the back of a garage on the 400 block of North Oak Street.

UP IN SMOKE

• Firefighters were called just before 5 p.m. yesterday to a car fire on the 1800 block of Northeast Kresky Avenue in Chehalis. The interior of the vehicle was destroyed but nobody was hurt, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. A woman was driving down the road when her back seat began burning, Firefighter Steve Emrich said. She said it was an ash from her cigarette, he said.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for driving with suspended license, drug cases that are hard to get information about; responses for alarms, shoplifting, disorderly persons, possible trespassers; complaints about fireworks, reckless driver, intoxicated male with a bicycle standing on a corner asking people for money, female in underwear pushing a shopping cart with her pants wrapped around her head … and more.

WRECKS

• A reserve officer with the Winlock Police Department is at Harborview Medical Center after he and his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck last night on state Route 6 just west of Chehalis. Aid and troopers called about 6:15 p.m. to the scene near Donahoe Road found Randy O. Steger, 29, conscious and alert but with a laceration on his foot, according to responders. Steger, who was headed home from his day job, was westbound when the truck in front of him slowed to make a left turn and he attempted to pass the truck, according to law enforcement. His 2007 Harley Davidson struck the driver’s side of the 1984 Chevrolet truck, according to the Washington State Patrol. He is to be cited for unsafe passing, according to the state patrol. The 22-year-old driver of the truck, and his 20-year-old passenger, both from Centralia, were reportedly uninjured. Steger was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital and then transferred to the Seattle hospital where he is listed in satisfactory condition. He was wearing a helmet.

• A 55-year-old Randle man was taken to Morton General Hospital after he totaled his pickup by driving into the back end of a vehicle on U.S. Highway 12 in Randle yesterday. Troopers called just before noon report a 2011 Dodge Journey had slowed down while traveling through a work zone and Michael L. Daniels rear ended it. Daniels injuries seemed to be non life-threatening, according to Lewis County Fire District 14.

THEFT

• Jewelry was reported stolen yesterday morning from a residence on the 700 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia.

• Chehalis police were called about 8:15 a.m. yesterday to a residence on Southeast Adams Avenue near Main Street where someone had removed items from a car and left them on the ground, as well as left a gas can and siphoning hose next to another vehicle.

• Centralia police were called about 10:45 a.m. yesterday about tools stolen from a fifth-wheel trailer at the 800 block of South Tower Avenue.

BURNING BUSHES

• Firefighters were called just before 4 p.m. yesterday to a grass and brush fire along state Route 6 west of Pe Ell. Lewis County Fire District 11 Chief Michael Krafczyk said it grew to about 100 feet by 40 feet before crews got it extinguished. The cause isn’t known, Krafczyk said.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor domestic assaults, driving under the influence; responses for alarms, shoplifting, disorderly person who smells of alcohol, out-of-control 13-year-old, loud music, semi truck hauling manure on fire (was only poop-sawdust mix which had fallen onto the exhaust pipe and caused smoke) … and more.

RUDE REMARKS ESCALATE INTO BEER CAN TOSSING AND MORE

• A drunken ruckus over lewd comments in a Centralia neighborhood led to two arrests last night and police are still looking for a male who allegedly exposed himself. Police were called about 9:30 p.m. to the 1300 block of Central Boulevard where four males had been floating down the Skookumhuck River and drinking and when they got out, at least one of them made unwelcome remarks to three young women in bathing suits, according to the Centralia Police Department. A neighbor defending the females got punched in the face and someone threw a full can of beer at the women, according to police. The four males fled before officers arrived but three of them were located near the Pearl Street bridge, Sgt. Carl Buster said. One who refused to come out of the brush was captured by a police dog, according to Buster. Christopher K. Brotherton, 21 of Centralia, was booked for three counts of misdemeanor assault and while Antony D. Tran, 21 of Centralia, was taken to the hospital to get the dog bite on his arm checked and then cited for obstructing a public servant, according to police. The male who exposed himself is still at large.

SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS TAKEN IN BURGLARY

• Someone broke into a home on the 200 block of South Silver Street and stole three security cameras, according to a report made to police about 11:30 p.m. yesterday. They threw various items around a bedroom, but it wasn’t immediately clear if anything else was missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

REGULAR CAMERA TAKEN IN BURGLARY

• Centralia police were called yesterday morning to a home on the 1100 block of Long Road where a Nikon camera and several pieces of jewelry were missing. A visitor to the home was questioned but denied taking anything, according to the Centralia Police Department. An officer did get some fingerprints that will be checked however, according to police.

STEREO STOLEN, WITH CAR

• A Subaru Impreza stolen very early yesterday morning from the 1300 block of Lum Road in Centralia turned up several hours later in a parking lot at the 1700 block of Lum Road. The stereo was missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A Chehalis police officer responding about 10 p.m. yesterday to a report that individuals in a pickup truck at Fairway Shopping Center appeared to be “snorting something” found the truck at Wal-Mart and discovered suspected heroin and methamphetamine inside it, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut said it appeared the female passenger had been driving and switched seats with her male passenger. The man behind the wheel was arrested however because he had a suspended license, Kaut said. The substances were confiscated, Kaut said. Kaut said he believed no drug arrest was made pending lab reports on the two substances.

HIT AND RUN

• An individual called Chehalis police yesterday to report that a week earlier someone had struck their vehicle a week earlier while it was at Wal-Mart and left a note with their license plate number. The number was phony, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

FOOT CHASE IN WINLOCK

• A 41-year-old Winlock man was arrested after a foot pursuit through briar bushes in the woods early yesterday morning, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said deputies learned Justus J. Kohlenberg was involved early yesterday morning in a collision on Shannon Lewis Lane in Winlock and since he wanted on a warrant, they went to a house in the same area where they believed he was. Kohlenberg ran off into the trees before he was apprehended, so he was also arrested for resisting arrest, according to Brown.

FUEL THEFT

• The owner of a motor home parked on Southwest 15th Street in Chehalis called police yesterday morning after discovering someone had drained the fuel tank. The loss is estimated at $80, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Someone cut a fuel line on a vehicle at the 300 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia and stole gasoline, according to a report made to police yesterday morning.

TWO-VEHICLE WRECK IN GRAND MOUND

• A 57-year-old Rochester woman was hospitalized with injuries to her leg and chest after her car was struck by a truck that blew through a red light at the intersection of U.S. Highway 12 and Old Highway 99 in Grand Mound yesterday. Aid and troopers called just after 12:30 p.m. found both vehicles totaled but the three occupants of the 1997 GMC Jimmy apparently uninjured. It’s driver, Destin R. Martini, 36, of Olympia, had two children, ages 3 and 7 with her, according to responders. Josephine E. Hayes was transported to Providence St. Peter Hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol. The cause of the collision is under investigation.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, misdemeanor domestic assault, shoplifting; responses for minor collisions, other possible theft; complaints of fireworks, speeding vehicle … and more.