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POLICE DOG TRACKS WANTED MAN TO BACK YARD

• A police dog was called to the 1000 block of B Street in Centralia about 7:40 p.m. yesterday after a man wanted for a warrant was seen there by deputies but then fled on foot. Kayo and his partner Sgt. Brian Warren conducted a 20 minute track and found Marcus E. Prince, 39, behind a house a few blocks away, according to the Centralia Police Department. Prince, a Centralia resident, was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital to get a bite wound on his arm stitched up and then taken to the Lewis County Jail, police Sgt. Carl Buster said. He was booked for a violation of a no-contact order as well, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

NEIGHBOR DOG VERSUS 76-YEAR-OLD MAN

• A 76-year-old Glenoma resident taking his nightly walk was attacked by a dog near the 200 block of Meade Hill Road, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened about 7 p.m. last night, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The man tried punching the Pit Bull but that didn’t stop it from biting him, according to Brown. He suffered five puncture wounds on his right hand, Brown said. The owners reportedly “put the dog down” before the victim returned home from his walk.

STRANGER ATTACK UNCONFIRMED

• Centralia police took a report just after 8 o’clock last night about a female being attacked by stranger at the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue but could not confirm an assault had occurred, according to Centralia police.

MAN ON PORCH WITH GUN ARRESTED

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday about a pair of men, one armed, trespassing on property on the 2300 block of Woodhaven Lane outside Centralia. A deputy was called just before 9 p.m. because Michael C. Brown, 27 and Randy D. Brown, 30, were reportedly taking photographs of a vehicle behind a house without permission, according to the sheriff’s office. The older Brown allegedly was also locking and unlocking the snap on his pistol’s shoulder holster while at the front door, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The confrontation involved some type of dispute related to insurance, according to Chief Brown. Randy Brown was arrested for unlawful display of a firearm and booked into the Lewis County Jail,  Chief Brown said. Both Brown’s were cited for trespassing, she said.

THEFT

• A 19-year-old reported to the sheriff’s office yesterday that his laptop computer went missing while he stayed over a friend’s parents house in Winlock over the weekend. The young man and his friend had invited people over, some of whom they did not know, to the 300 block of Hawkins Road and Toshiba satellite computer he had taken with him disappeared, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Police were told an individual at the 1600 block of North Schueber Road in Centralia awoke after consuming alcoholic beverages to discover his video game system and other items had been stolen from his home. It was reported about 12:40 p.m. on Tuesday. The victim said he had left his front door unlocked for a friend, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Tools and other items were reported stolen when someone broke into property of Stihl Northwest on Hamilton Road North outside Chehalis about 4:30 a.m. on Monday, according to a report made to the sheriff’s office.

• A UPS packaged delivered to the front porch of a home on the 1200 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia was stolen, according to a report made to police on Tuesday.

• Police were called about 1:40 p.m. yesterday to the 1500 block of View Avenue in Centralia where someone had broken into a car and damaged its steering column.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took a report of numerous types of gang graffiti tagged on a building on the 400 block of Kearney Street on Tuesday.

STUDIO BURNS DOWN

• Firefighters called about 7:45 p.m. yesterday to the 200 block of Rosebrook Road outside Chehalis found an outbuilding used an art studio on fire. The approximately 20 foot by 20 foot wood structure burnt to the ground pretty quickly, according to Lewis County Fire District 5. Nobody was injured, Fire Chief Eric Linn said. The cause is under investigation.

FOUR ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA

• A carful of people were arrested for possession of marijuana following a traffic stop on the 500 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia last night. The driver, Kevin I. Sines, 25, of Centralia, was pulled over about 10:30 p.m. for defective exhaust equipment and when the officer smelled burnt marijuana, Sines handed over a pipe, according to Officer John Panco. The officer also found a suspected Ecstasy tablet in the car, Panco said. Cited for misdemeanor possession of marijuana were Sines, Derek M. Malarz, 20, of Winlock, Matthew P. Paylor, 20, of Centralia, and Tucker W. Bethune, 18, of Rochester, according to the Centralia Police Department. They were all then release, Panco said. The case is being referred to the prosecutor’s office for a possible charge related to the tablet, he said.

“BLOODZ” GRAFFITI

• Police were called about 10 a.m. yesterday to the 2000 block of North Tower Avenue where someone used red spray paint to write the word “Bloodz” on the side of a van. Also painted were a fence, a motor home and a fire hydrant, according to the Centralia Police Department.