Lewis County Sirens.com

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AUTO THEFT

• At mid-morning yesterday officers recovered a vehicle that had been stolen the night before in a case associated with the 700 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia. The investigation is ongoing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called after a man in an early 1990s Honda Accord pulled up next to an unlocked vehicle and stole a purse from it outside a convenience store on the 100 block of Southwest Interstate Avenue about 4:10 p.m. yesterday.

• Centralia police were called to the 600 block of Nick Road at about 4:45 p.m. yesterday to take a report of several items being stolen from the inside of an unlocked vehicle.

UNDERAGE BOOZE

• A case from 10:30 a.m. yesterday at the 900 block of Johnson Road in Centralia involving two juvenile females is being referred to the Lewis County Juvenile Court for charges of minor in possession of alcohol.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Centralia patrols responded to a single vehicle rollover accident in the 800 block of South Gold Street about 6:30 a.m. today in which the driver sustained a broken bone.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, trespassing, third-degree theft, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, civil issue, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances and more among 155 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• Chehalis police were contacted about 1:20 p.m. on Wednesday to take a report of a homemade Strawberry Shortcake quilt stolen from the laundry room at an apartment complex on the 300 block of Southeast Washington Avenue.

• Cash was stolen from a residence at the 300 block of South Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 9:20 a.m. on Wednesday.

• Centralia police were called about 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday to the 1900 block of Honeysuckle Lane to take a report of a fraud.

• A wallet was stolen from a vehicle while parked in the lot of a business at the 500 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 6:50 p.m. on Tuesday.

• Chehalis police on Tuesday said an officer was called Saturday night to the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue where an individual attempted to spend a counterfeit $20 bill. He said he’d gotten it from a casino, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DRUGS

• Daniel L. Bautista, 26, of Beaverton Oregon, and Travis T. M. Millon, 39, of Puyallup, were both arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of methamphetamine after they were found seated in a parked car at the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia allegedly in possession of the drug at about 12:30 p.m. on Monday, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 44-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after officers looking for him about a protection order violation at a transient camp near the freeway and Blair Road in Centralia contacted him about 10:30 a.m. on Monday. Thomas J. Roy was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police called to the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard about a suspected shoplifter just before 9 p.m. on Saturday arrested an 18-year-old for possession of heroin when a search turned up drug paraphernalia. Alec W. Busby, of Chehalis, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

FALSE NAME

• Officers contacted a 40-year-old homeless man who allegedly gave police a fake name to avoid being identified due to having a warrant for his arrest at about 10:30 a.m. on Monday near the freeway and Interstate 5 in Centralia. Lance J. Myhre,was booked for first-degree criminal impersonation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Officers responded to the report of a vehicle with a tire that was slashed in the parking lot of a motel on the 700 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia at about 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday. The case was closed after the victim refused to cooperate with the investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

LOST AND FOUND

• Chehalis police were called to a business on the 1700 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue about 5:25 p.m. on Sunday after an employee found a baggie containing white powder on the floor. An officer collected the item to be destroyed, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Centralia police cited the at-fault driver following an injury accident at the 600 block of West Main Street where a vehicle collided with another vehicle and then into a building shortly before 3:42 p.m. on Wednesday.

• A 68-year-old motorist was injured when her northbound Mitsubishi Eclipse hydroplaned then struck the concrete barrier before rolling onto its top yesterday on Interstate 5 in Centralia. Troopers called to the area near milepost 82 at about 2:35 p.m. found the driver had been going too fast for conditions and issued her a citation. Diannarae Johnson, 68, of Rochester, was transported to providence Centralia Hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol. The car was described as totaled.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, third-degree theft, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, fourth-degree domestic assault, third-degree domestic malicious mischief; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, sexual assault, vehicle collision, misdemeanor theft, misdemeanor assault, suspicious circumstances and more among 430 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

Crews conduct a defensive attack on residence on the 100 block of Rarey Road in Winlock / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Fire District 15

HOUSE FIRES

• The cause of a fire that destroyed a double wide mobile home and its contents in Winlock early on Sunday morning is under investigation, according to Lewis County Fire District 15. Fire Lt. Patrick Jacobson said nobody was home at the time and nobody was injured. Crews called at 4:58 a.m. arrived within six minutes of dispatch to find the residence on the 100 block of Rarey Road heavily involved in flames, according to Jacobson. The blaze threatened a detached garage which they protected. The fire was under control by 6:20 a.m. and personnel remained on scene until 10 o’clock checking for and extinguishing hot spots, according to Jacobson. Approximately 18 firefighters responded, including from Lewis County Fire Districts 5, 6, and Cowlitz-Lewis Fire District 20.

• At approximately 6:52 p.m. on Saturday, firefighters with Lewis County Fire District 15 joined crews from Lewis County Fire District 6 on a fully-involved structure fire  in the 100 block of Rogers Road  outside of Chehalis. No injuries were reported, according to District 15 Fire Lt. Patrick Jacobson

VEHICLE THEFT

• A small utility trailer was reported stolen from the front yard of a residence on the 200 block of Tilley Avenue in Centralia by an unknown suspect on Sunday afternoon, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CREEPING INTO FOOD TRUCK

• Centralia police said it appeared someone had possibly slept during the night inside a food truck that was reported broken into about 11:15 a.m. on Sunday. Officers called to the 600 block of North Tower Avenue observed that someone had unscrewed a door and window from the truck and made entry, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FAKE PHONE CALLER

• Centralia police say they took a report of a scam in which unknown person have called called at least one resident and purported to be from the Social Security Administration and they needed payment or an arrest warrant would be issued to the recipient of the phone call. The federal agency would not telephone people and threaten to have them arrested, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• When Centralia police contacted two people at the 3200 block of Galvin Road at about 1:40 p.m. on Saturday who had outstanding warrants, one of them was allegedly found in possession of heroin. Kristen M. Karboski, 37, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. Her companion, Lorrie L. Keen, 58, of Centralia, was cited and then released with a new court date to appear in Centralia Municipal Court, according to police.

ON THE ROAD

• A motorist called police about 6:50 p.m. on Friday to report that as she was traveling along Harrison Avenue near High Street in Centralia, a male threw a rock at her windshield.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, hit and run, trespassing, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, fourth-degree domestic assault, third-degree domestic malicious mischief, interfering with reporting of domestic violence; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, civil issue, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, protection order violation and more among 379 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.