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INTRUDER STEALS BIBLE FROM BEDROOM OF SLEEPING RESIDENTS

• A Chehalis-area couple in their 70s woke up just before 2 .m. on Sunday to find a stranger in their bedroom rifling through their dresser, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The intruder ran out of the home on the 800 block of Shorey Road with a black leather Bible, chased by one of the residents, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning. A 23-year-old Centralia man was found about an eighth of a mile away on the bank of the Newaukum River following a K-9 track, Brown said. Elijah J. Brown said he had been walking home, was cold and was looking for a warm place, she said. He said he thought the home was abandoned, she said. The suspect was booked into the Lewis County Jail for residential burglary, according to Brown. The case is referred for possible charges also of third-degree theft and possession of marijuana, Chief Brown said. The Bible has not been found, she said.

IMAGINARY INTRUDERS

• Police were called just before 3 a.m. on Saturday to a residence on South Market Boulevard in Chehalis where an older gentleman said he woke up to find two small children stuck under his couch. An officer who checked told the man there was nobody else in the room and it appeared it only happened in the mind of the person who was calling, Sgt. Gary Wilson said.

QUADS STOLEN IN CENTRALIA

• Police were called about 7:15 a.m. today to the 700 block of South Ash Street in Centralia where an ATV had been stolen overnight. The missing vehicle is a yellow Honda, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A red 1999 Polaris 335 ATV was reported stolen Sunday morning from the 1000 block of Roosevelt Street in Centralia. It has a winch and a passenger seat, according to Centralia police.

THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 10:45 p.m. on Saturday to the 600 block of South King Street in Centralia about a burglary. Someone had forced open a door and stolen jewelry a cell phone and other items, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about an attempted burglary on the 700 block of South Gold Street in Centralia about 6:20 p.m. on Saturday. An incident report said nothing was missing, according to the Officer John Panco.

• A deputy took a report on Saturday from the 100 block of Remy Lane in Chehalis that someone had broken into a temporarily uninhabited home as well as stolen all the wiring from an adjacent pump house and damaged a well cap, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A 31-year-old Chehalis man was arrested on Saturday in connection with the theft of two rifles, two chainsaws and jewelry stolen last month from a home on the 2600 block of state Route 508 in Onalaska, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The victim learned one of the rifles had been pawned in Tumwater and Anthony B. Cole, nephew of the victim, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for residential burglary, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

• Chehalis police were contacted on Saturday about a possible theft by fraud involving an individual at a care center on the 300 block of Southeast Washington Avenue in Chehalis. The complaint is under investigation.

• A 1977 Ford truck and a Craftsman riding mower were stolen from a vacant lot at the south end of Roosevelt Street in Mineral, according to a report made to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday. The victim, who lives in Orting, estimated the loss at $3,600, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies have suspect information, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

• Several power tools and 40 gallons of gasoline were stolen from a garage on the 3000 block of Mount Vista Road in Centralia sometime between Tuesday and Thursday of last week, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said this morning.

• A deputy was called on Saturday to the 2000 block of Sandra Avenue in Centralia after the owner of a utility trailer discovered someone had cut a padlock and gone through the items inside, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Nothing appeared to be missing, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A medical supply kit was taken in a vehicle prowl on the 2000 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday evening.

DRUGS

• A 43-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for possession of methamphetamine when officers responded to a call on the 2400 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia at about 7 p.m. last night. Honey J. Rathje was contacted and suspected meth fell out of her pocket, according to Officer John Panco. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

• A 20-year-old woman was arrested and booked for possessing a prescription pill without a prescription when she was detained for suspected shoplifting at Wal-Mart on Saturday evening. Chehalis police who were called about 5:50 p.m. to the retail store on the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue were told that Haley A. Robertson of Puyallup had slipped a set of fake fingernails into her purse as she shopped, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Robertson was booked into the lewis County jail for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, and the case was referred for a possible theft charge, Sgt. Gary Wilson said.

VANDALISM

• Police were called about noon yesterday to the 800 block of North Washington Avenue in Centralia where windows had been smashed out a vehicle overnight.

• Chehalis police were called about 10:30 a.m. on Saturday to Northwest Chehalis Avenue where someone had left a two-inch slice in a vehicle tire.

DOG KILLS CHICKEN

• A deputy was called Sunday afternoon to the 200 block of Sareault Road near Toledo after a neighbor dog came onto an individual’s property and killed a chicken. The owner of the Pit Bull-mix canine – a 17-year-old girl – was informed she would be receiving an infraction notice, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

Flames were mostly confined to the roof area of the Spencer Road home. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Fire District 2

TWO-STORY TOLEDO HOME CATCHES FIRE

• Some 20 firefighters from four districts responded to a house fire yesterday northeast of Toledo. Nobody was injured but responders had a challenge with the steep roof where wood shake shingles were burning and sliding off, according to Lewis County Fire District 2 Chief Grant Wiltbank. A fortunate coincidence was District 2’s personnel happened to be gathered when the early afternoon call came, conducting their annual emergency vehicle driving class, Wiltbank said. “We were there in about five minutes, normally it would have been closer to eight or nine minutes,” Wiltbank said. “That would have given the fire a good head start.” The the two-story A-frame is on Spencer Road between Buckley Road and Schoolhouse Lane. The residents and some friends had actually begun moving furniture outside as crews arrived, according to the chief. The cause is under investigation, but it’s likely related to the wood stove pipe too close to some wood framing, he said. The blaze was contained to an approximately 20 foot by 20 foot section of the roof, he said. The interior sustained just very light smoke damage and soot on a white shag carpet, according to the chief.

MOBILE HOME FIRE NIPPED IN THE BUD NEAR TOLEDO

• A smoke alarm awakened four occupants of a mobile home on Grimes Road east of Toledo about 2:40 a.m. today. Responding firefighters found a trash can fire inside a bathroom which was extinguished by one of the residents, according to Lewis County Fire District 2. Nobody was injured and the damage was limited to the one room, according to District 2 Chief Grant Wiltbank. It was likely caused by a discarded cigarette butt, he said. “Other than that, they were pretty fortunate because motor homes can go up pretty quickly,” Wiltbank said.

MOTORCYCLE WRECK INJURES ADNA RESIDENT

• A 20-year-old Adna man was injured when his motorcycle and a small SUV collided in Centralia yesterday afternoon. Aid was called just after 4:30 p.m. to  Harrison Avenue near Belmont Street, according to Riverside Fire Authority. “The motorcycle rider was pretty roughed up,” Fire Capt. Tim Adolphsen said. Nobody else was hurt but the motorcyclist was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital, Adolphsen said.

TOY GUN DRAWS POLICE OFFICERS

• A juvenile male was scolded by police after they responded to a gun brandishing incident about 1 p.m. on Friday in the area of the 200 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia. Officers who located the vehicle and contacted its occupants discovered the weapon was a toy, according to the Centralia Police Department. The boy was admonished and released to his mother, according to police.

THEFT

• Police were called to the 500 block of Richmond Avenue in Centralia late Friday afternoon after someone broke into a garage. Inside, two vehicles were prowled and a JVC stereo was stolen as well as a GPS device, according to the Centralia Police Department.

MAN CAUGHT AFTER FLEEING POLICE

• A 44-year-old Chehalis man was arrested for eluding police after a shot vehicle pursuit late Friday night in the area of the 800 block of South Gold Street and the viaduct in Centralia. Richard D. Gardner was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. His case was also referred for a possible charge of possession of marijuana, according to police.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called to two incidents of vehicles getting spray painted on Friday, one on the 600 block of Centralia College Boulevard and the other at South Iron and Walnut streets.

Firefighters had to peel wood shingles and remove the woodstove pipe to find hot spots on the Spencer Road house on Saturday afternoon. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Fire District 2

THREATS WITH MACHETE

• Deputies were called at 11:30 p.m. yesterday to a Randle residence where a woman said her live-in boyfriend was swinging a large machete around and threatening to kill her. The 50-year-old female had locked herself in a bathroom and said her 45-year-old boyfriend was in a cabin behind their house with the machete and had been drinking, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrived just before midnight and took Virgil W. Bohall Sr. into custody without incident, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Deputies were told that over the previous two days Bohall had kicked, slapped, pushed and scratched her, Brown said. Bohall was booked into the Lewis County Jail for felony harassment, according to Brown.

STOLEN VEHICLE RECOVERED

• A Dodge van reported stolen Tuesday from the 3000 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia was found abandoned yesterday off Blair Road, according to the Centralia Police Department.