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News brief: Mineral house fire under investigation

Monday, October 30th, 2017

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – The cause of a fire that destroyed a two-story home in Mineral last week remains under investigation.

Firefighters from Lewis County Fire District 9 were joined by four other neighboring departments after being dispatched to the 100 block of Mineral Hill Road about 11:24 a.m. on Wednesday.

Heavy smoke and fire on the upper level with backdraft conditions prevented crews from going inside and other hazards included a downed live electrical wire as well as a 1,000-gallon propane tank nearby, according to District 9’s Medical Service Officer Jeanine Armstrong.

The fire was threatening another structure but they were able to protect it with no damage to that property, according to Armstrong.

Fire Investigator Jay Birley said the resident said she’d been watching television and heard some beeping she thought at first was coming from the TV.

“After awhile, she went upstairs, opened a bedroom door and was met by a wall of smoke,” Birley said.

She was able to get out and call 911, he said. Three dogs got out as well, but one cat was still missing as of Sunday morning, he said.

Birley said he still has some interviews to conduct as he continues to try to find the cause of the fire.

Armstrong indicated the house was built in the 1940s.

Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Monday, October 30th, 2017
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GUN SCARE

• Deputies called about a person threatening people with a firearm at a trailer park in the 100 block of Cowlitz Loop Road in Toledo about 8:40 p.m. on Friday arrested a 48-year-old man for felony harassment. Paul A. Komara, a tenant, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The case is also being referred for fourth-degree assault as Komara allegedly shoved one of the park managers, according to the sheriff’s office.

MOTEL ROOM SCARE

• Centralia police were called to the 200 block of Centralia College Boulevard about 7:40 p.m. on Friday where a 36-year-old woman was found passed out in someone else’s hotel room and allegedly assaulted the occupants of the room when they told her to leave. Rachel J. Rider, a homeless person, allegedly gave a false name to officers, according to the Centralia Police Department. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree trespassing, obstructing a law enforcement officer and two counts of fourth-degree assault, according to police.

BURGLARY

• Chehalis police were called about 6 p.m. yesterday to take a report of a break-in to an unlocked  garage on the 500 block of Northwest Quincy Place. Missing was a Stihl leaf blower, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• An estimated $1,200 worth of tools and other items were discovered missing yesterday afternoon from a detached garage on the 200 block of Woodard Road in Chehalis, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A pressure washer and various tools were stolen in a burglary to a storage shed at the 1500 block of Lewis Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 9:40 a.m. on Friday. The suspect or suspects also attempted to break into the coin reservoir of a coin-operated clothes dryer, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 35-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested for second-degree burglary after Chehalis police were called about 8 a.m. on Friday to the 1100 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue about about an unauthorized person entering a laundry room and allegedly damaging a washing machine and a lock. Michael P. Doven was was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

OTHER THEFT

• Chehalis police assisted the Napavine Police Department by retrieving a jacket which had been stolen, with a significant amount of money in it, on Saturday, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called to  the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue about 4:40 p.m. on Friday to take a report of the theft of merchandise totaled approximately $3,596 two days earlier. Taken were two computer towers and a monitor, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Police were called to the 1300 block of Alexander Street in Centralia about 3:15 p.m. on Friday to take a report that cash was stolen from a resident’s drawer.

• Chehalis police were called about 2:20 p.m. on Friday by an individual who said she believed someone took her wallet from her purse while she was shopping at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue.

• Centralia police were called to take a report of the theft of aluminum wheels from the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue at about 1:30 p.m. on Friday.

CAR PROWL

• A 32-year-old Centralia woman was arrested after a call about 2:50 p.m. yesterday regarding a vehicle prowl at the 2500 block of Eureka Avenue in Centralia. Kendra J. Chancey was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A Stihl chainsaw was reported stolen out of the back of a pickup truck at the 500 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 11:25 a.m. on Saturday.

• Tools and a tool box were reported stolen from a vehicle at the 600 block of West Main Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 2 p.m. on Friday.

• Sometime between 8 p.m. on Thursday and 1 p.m. on Friday, someone stole a bottle of Oxycodone from a vehicle at the 300 block of Southwest Third Street in Chehalis, according to a report made to police on Friday afternoon.

• Chehalis police were called to the 300 block of Northeast Washington Avenue about 1:45 p.m. on Friday for a vehicle prowl in which a wallet and cigarettes were stolen.

• Police were called to the 100 block of West Pine Street in Centralia about 10:40 a.m. on Friday where someone had stolen a doghouse from a vehicle.

DRUGS, WARRANT

• Two people were arrested after contact with an officer at the 400 block of West Main Street in Centralia just after 1 p.m. on Saturday. Brandon L. Caley, 20, of Winlock was cited for minor in possession of marijuana and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department. Stormie M. McKenzie, 19, of Winlock, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail on an outstanding warrant issued out of Lewis County Superior Court.

• A 37-year-old Winlock man wanted on an outstanding warrant was captured by a Lewis County Sheriff’s Office K-9 after he ran from a residence to a wooded area near the 100 block of Southeast First Street in Winlock on Friday evening. K-9 Axel was assisting the Toledo Police Department. Steven R. Luurs Jr. was was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A motorist was taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure after her car left the roadway yesterday afternoon on northbound Interstate 5 near milepost 79 and landed in a creek. Firefighters called about 2:20 p.m. report that witnesses helped the woman and her small dog out of the vehicle, with the passenger compartment about halfway filled with water.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, third-degree theft, resisting arrest, probation violation, driving with suspended license, fourth-degree domestic assault, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, disorderly person, hit and run, harassment, graffiti, trespassing, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft, misdemeanor assault, protection order violation … and more among 399 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

Gunshot punctuates angry voice message to attorneys, leads to arrest of Toledo resident

Friday, October 27th, 2017
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Ricky A. Satcher, right, is advised by temporary defense attorney Rachael Tiller in Lewis County Superior Court

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – A 61-year-old Toledo area man who contends local lawyers stole his property is locked up in the Lewis County Jail after allegedly threatening their lives.

Ricky A. Satcher was detained on a $100,000 arrest warrant in a case investigated by the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

He was brought before a judge yesterday afternoon in Lewis County Superior Court for a bail hearing, represented by temporary defense attorney Rachael Tiller.

“Mr. Satcher has communicated, quite effectively I believe, he does believe he is the victim in this case,” Tiller told the judge.

Pacific County Prosecutor Mark McClain told Judge Joely O’Rourke he had significant concerns because authorities don’t know where all of Satcher’s firearms are.

When McClain noted he doesn’t know the defendant’s address, Satcher responded loudly, after having been asked already to direct his comments to his lawyer.

“I don’t have an address, Sir,” he said. “These people stole my land and stole my farm.”

He refused to sign the court documents put in front of him and the judge changed his bail from $100,000 to a no-bail hold.

Satcher is charged with felony telephone harassment related to alleged calls to Lewis County Prosecutor Jonathan Meyer.

He is also charged with two counts of felony harassment, threat to kill in connection with voice mail messages he allegedly left for Scott Blinks and Bill Hiller. Both are private practice lawyers with offices in Chehalis.

Charging documents in the case go back to February, when Satcher allegedly began leaving voice mail messages for the three attorneys, speaking of grievances he has with them, the current sheriff, the Lewis County Superior Court administrator, former Lewis County Superior Court  Judge H. John Hall and others, complaints he had made and suits he had filed.

Satcher subsequently left messages for the three in which he indicated he had verified with the Washington State Patrol he could make citizens arrest, would be doing that in the coming week, and advised they should not resist or he would use force to overcome such resistance, the charging documents relate.

In the profanity-laced voice mail, Satcher asserts he will be discrediting and exposing the criminal activity of Blinks, Hillier and Meyer, Prosecutor McClain wrote in the documents.

Blinks provided the detective with one voice message in which Satcher says he will get even with Blinks in the end. Hillier’s law firm reported Satcher left messages referring to Hillier’s daughter.

But at the beginning of this month, the detective listened to voice messages Satcher allegedly left for Blinks and Hillier, discussing the investigation and saying if certain things don’t work out, he has “other means” of taking care of things.

“After a pause, there is a clearly recognizable gun shot and Satcher says he is practicing to get justice …” McClain wrote.

Satcher allegedly made other comments, such as how his father was a military sniper and he was taught to always shoot in the head because you don’t want anything to move after you shoot it; and that as a farmer, he knows how to get justice.

At one point during the investigation, Satcher had brought a packet of documents to the sheriff’s office that appeared to relate to a 2012 investigation in which Satcher asserted certain property was his and charges were not filed. He was very angry and yelling and the detective could not readily follow him, McClain wrote.

Charging documents show Satcher with a home address on Layton Road in Toledo.

Judge O’Rourke yesterday appointed Chehalis attorney Chris Baum to represent Satcher. His arraignment is scheduled for next Thursday.

The charges were filed on Oct. 17 and Satcher was booked into the Lewis County Jail on Wednesday.

Prosecutor Meyer said after the hearing, the Pacific County prosecutor is handling the case because Meyer is one of the victims, although Meyer’s name is not specifically noted in the information document filed.

Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Friday, October 27th, 2017
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Updated at 1:58 p.m.

MORE THAN $2,500 CASH, GOLD COINS TAKEN IN PARKING LOT PROWL

• A 52-year-old man called Chehalis police about 3:50 p.m. yesterday to report someone had gotten inside his van while it was parked in a lot at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue and stolen a black Wakefield computer bag containing a silver Apple MacBook and a black fanny pack which had inside of it $1,400 cash and approximately $1,300 worth of gold coins. He had left the van unlocked, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

BIKE THEFT THWARTED

• A 24-year-old man was arrested yesterday afternoon after a resident from the 300 block of Ceres Hill Road called to report a red bicycle valued at $25 was stolen from his tool shop. The caller said he spotted a person walking east on state Route 6 and saw his family bike laying in a ditch, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies learned two children had seen a male riding the bike away from the residence, contacted the male and subsequently arrested him for second-degree burglary, according to the sheriff’s office. Michael S. Winegarden Jr., from Winlock, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.

AUTO THEFT

• A deputy was called to the 1600 block of Bishop Road south of Chehalis yesterday morning where a silver 2012 Volkswagen Jetta had been stolen sometime between 12:30 a.m. and 7:45 a.m. While investigating, deputies learned of three vehicle prowls which had occurred in the same area between Wednesday and yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Centralia police were contacted about 6:30 p.m. yesterday by an individual who said his vehicle was stolen during the night from the 200 block of East Chestnut Street. The vehicle was located, abandoned, in Mossyrock later in the day, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called about 9:50 a.m. yesterday to take a report that a locked 1993 Toyota pickup had been stolen during the night from the 1300 block of Northwest Maryland Avenue.

DISRUPTIVE PATIENT

• A 32-year-old Randle woman who allegedly caused a disruption inside the hospital was arrested yesterday evening, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officers called to the 900 block of South Scheuber Road about 6:40 p.m. detained Kelly A. Holen and booked her into the Lewis County Jail for interfering with a health care facility and two outstanding warrants, according to police.

DISRUPTIVE PERSON

• Centralia police were called to the 1200 block of Lum Road about 8:45 a.m. yesterday where a 32-year-old Centralia man had allegedly thrown rocks at several vehicles and shoved one of the vehicle owners to the ground. Jason R. Ferris was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for fourth-degree assault and for malicious mischief, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 35-year-old Lynwood man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine following a traffic stop about midnight on the 1600 block of Military Road in Centralia, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said at first, Ryan M. Demaray gave a false name, but then it was discovered he had an outstanding warrant. A search incident to his arrest turned up two small baggies with residue and a white crystallized substance which field-tested positive for meth, according to Breen. Demaray was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to Breen.

• Chehalis police were called about 4 p.m. yesterday to the 500 block of Northeast Adams Avenue when a search of a client’s items at admittance turned up paraphernalia or a controlled substance, which field-tested positive for heroin, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Alex C. Edenstrom, 26, from Tumwater, was arrested for a drug violation and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• A 29-year-old Lacey resident detained for suspected shoplifting at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue about 9:45 a.m. yesterday was arrested for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act when a search incident to her arrest turned up a substance suspected to be heroin, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Stephanie A. Bulldis was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Riverside Fire Authority responded to a three-vehicle collision on southbound Interstate 5 near Harrison Avenue in Centralia about 4:40 a.m. today. All occupants were out of the vehicles, but one driver was transported to Providence Centralia hospital with non life threatening injuries, according to Fire Capt. Erik Olson.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, driving with suspended license, fourth-degree assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, disorderly person, harassment, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor assault, protection order violation … and more among 169 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Thursday, October 26th, 2017
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Updated at 5:25 p.m.

ROBBERY

• Centralia police were called just before 1 p.m. yesterday to take a report from a 14-year-old boy who reported three older juveniles stole $3 from him and punched him in the face as he was walking to school along the 2900 block of block of Borst Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department. He said he did not know them, did not see where they came from or see where they went afterward, according to police.

AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police were called to the 2600 block of Cooks Hill Road at 10:20 a.m. yesterday where a red 1994 Honda Civic had been stolen. The two-door car with black racing stripes has a license plate reading BCH 6800, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FIREARM STOLEN

• Chehalis police were called to the Lewis County senior center on the 2500 block of North National Avenue about 7:40 p.m. yesterday after a Glock 9 mm, two knives and a wallet belonging to someone teaching a class disappeared from a back room where they had been stored temporarily. Police are looking for a person suspected of taking the items when he was allowed to look through some spare clothing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

FRAUD

• An officer was called about 10:30 a.m. yesterday to take a report that several hundred dollars were stolen from an individual’s bank account in a case associated with the 200 block of Tilley Road in Centralia.

TOOL TAKEN

• Centralia police were called about 2:50 p.m. yesterday to take a report that an angle grinder was stolen from the 1100 block of North Pearl Street. The investigation is ongoing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

MISSING MAIL

• The theft of mail from the 3000 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia was reported at 12:10 p.m. yesterday.

DRUGS AND ALCOHOL

• Chehalis police were called to W.F. West High School about 12:30 p.m. yesterday about a suspected marijuana violation. One person was arrested but not booked, but further details were not readily available, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called to W.F. West High School about 2 p.m. yesterday for minor allegedly in possession of alcohol. One person was arrested and then released, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DISORDERLY PERSON

• Chehalis police were called about 2:40 p.m. yesterday about a disorderly person at the 1700 block of Northeast Kresky Avenue and ended up assisting Cascade Mental Health, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The 25-year-old man from Aberdeen allegedly kicked an officer in the leg, and a case is being referred to prosecutors for possible charges, according to police. The man was not booked.

DISRUPTIVE PATIENT

• A 55-year-old Centralia man who allegedly refused to leave after he was discharged from the hospital was arrested last night for interfering with a health care facility. Officers called to the 900 block of South Scheuber Road about 7:30 p.m. were told Randy W. Hausinger was causing a disruption, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called to the 800 block of South Market Boulevard about 8:10 a.m. yesterday to take a report of graffiti left on a fire hydrant and also a back porch.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Chehalis police called just before 4 a.m. today for a vehicle accident at the 1500 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in which a van was hanging over the edge of a parking lot with nobody in it located a pair of 15-year-old boys nearby who disassociated themselves from the incident, according to the Chehalis Police Department. However, further investigation led an officer to arrest the teens for taking a motor vehicle without permission and book them in to the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center, according to police. They are from Tumwater and Olympia, police said.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, misdemeanor theft, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor domestic assault, making false statement to police officer; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, harassment, shoplifting, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 154 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

Prosecutor alleges: Chehalis teen posing as woman tricked another teen into sharing naked pictures

Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
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By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – A hearing to decide whether a Chehalis teenager’s felony case will be moved to adult court for alleged extortion in sexting activities has been postponed until next month.

The boy, now 16, was taken into custody last month after being summonsed to Lewis County Juvenile Court.

The investigation began a year ago, after a 16-year-old Chehalis boy revealed he had been communicating online with someone he thought was a 19-year-old woman, who shared images and a video of herself unclothed and in exchange, he shared similar-type images and a video of himself back, according to court documents.

The supposed 19-year-old woman then wanted more pornographic images of the 16-year-old and threatened to share what she already had with all his friends and family, the documents relate. When the victim refused, some of the pictures were sent to the 16-year-old’s younger brother and also a girl at W.F. West High School, according to the documents.

The investigation which began with the FBI and continued starting last November with a detective from the Chehalis Police Department led to a suspect, a 15-year-old Chehalis boy allegedly posing as the 19-year-old woman, according to court documents.

The teenagers had been using Instagram and Snapchat.

When the 15-year-old was interviewed, he allegedly admitted “extorting” sexually explicit photos from more than 30 people, according to the allegations.

Charges were filed against the suspect, now 16, on Sept. 25 of this year. He was charged in Lewis County Juvenile Court with one count each of second-degree extortion, first-degree possession of depictions of minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct and first-degree dealing in depictions of minor engaged in sexually explicit.

When he went to court on Oct. 10, a judge ordered him into the custody of the  Lewis County Juvenile Justice Center. On the same day, Lewis County Prosecutor Jonathan Meyer filed a motion for a declination hearing, to determine whether the court should decline to exercise juvenile court jurisdiction and instead transfer the case to Lewis County Superior Court where he would be handled as an adult.

The suspect is represented by a retained attorney, Jonathan Feste with the Law Offices of Benjamin and Healy in Bellevue, according to a notice filed the following day.

The so-called decline hearing was scheduled for yesterday, but both parties requested it be moved to Nov. 29 at 1:15 p.m., according to court documents.

Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
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Updated at 11:44 a.m.

SUSPECTED FRAUD CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were contacted just before 11:30 a.m. yesterday to take a report of the theft of funds from an organization in a case associated with the 2700 block of West Reynolds Avenue. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BURGLARY CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called to the 300 block of Southwest Fifth Street about 5:30 p.m. yesterday to take a report someone had stolen power tools from a garage.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called to the 1300 block of Southwest William Avenue about 4:50 p.m. yesterday where someone had prowled a vehicle, taking a wallet and prescription medication, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called to a business at the 1500 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue yesterday where someone had siphoned fuel from a van.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called to the 200 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue yesterday to take a report of malicious mischief that had occurred over the weekend. Someone had gone onto the roof of a building, removed a grate and used a plastic bottle to plug a drain, causing water damage inside, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AND FROM MORTON

• Morton police were contacted on Friday night by an individual who said the windows of her car were all broken out while she was visiting at the 100 block of Second Street. Police are investigating.

• An employee at the 500 block of Adams Avenue in Morton reported to police last week that her car was vandalized on three separate occasions while she was working, with somebody leaving bloody mucous substance on the car window. Early this week the Morton Police Department indicated they had no suspects.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, protection order violation, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, harassment, vehicle collision, misdemeanor  theft, suspicious circumstances … and more among 164 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.