Lewis County Sirens.com

Updated 1:37 p.m.

ESCAPE PLAN FOILED AT GREEN HILL

• A pair of inmates at Green Hill School for boys are in trouble after they reportedly crawled out a window of an education building there yesterday. The instructor told them to stop, but they continued and were stopped by security outside the building, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The 16-year-old boys had homemade ropes fashioned from laundry bags and pillow cases tied around their waists and were dressed in multiple layers of clothing, police Sgt. Gwen Carrell said. The extra clothes could have been for wherever they thought they were going, or maybe as an attempt at protection for climbing over the razor wire fence, according to Carrell. “It doesn’t sound like they got very far,” Carrell said. The case will be referred to prosecutors for a possible charge of attempted escape, according to police.

BIKE HITS CAR THEN FLEES SCENE

• Centralia police responded to a bicycle versus vehicle accident about 4:25 p.m. yesterday at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue. In this case, a bicyclist ran into a vehicle which was stopped for traffic and then the individual got back on their bike and fled, according to the Centralia Police Department. A 51-year-old woman said she was traveling eastbound and had to stop for traffic when a male on a westbound bicycle tried to cut between her Volvo and the vehicle in front of her, according to police. “He crashes and falls onto the hood of her car, she rolls down her window and asks if he’s alright,” Sgt. Carl Buster said. The male who could have been in his early 20s, wearing a white tank top and a dark hat, got up and drove off without giving his name, Buster said.

VEHICLE VERSUS BICYCLE

• Police and aid were called about 4:10 p.m. yesterday to an accident involving a vehicle and an 18-year-old man on a bicycle at the 700 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. The injury to the bicyclist was minor and he was able to ride on his way, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

THEFT OF AUTO PARTS

• A deputy was called early yesterday morning to a burglary at a business on the 100 block of Barnes Drive near Toledo. Sometime between 5 p.m. on Monday and 5:30 a.m. yesterday, somebody forced their way inside and left with a radiator, two alternator cores and miscellaneous wire,  according to the Lewis County Sherif’s Office.

THEFT OF GARDENING EQUIPMENT

• Someone stole a hedge trimmer, a leaf blower and a two-gallon gas can from a garage on the 500 block of Northeast Adams Avenue in Chehalis, according to a report made to police about 3 p.m. yesterday.

PRESCRIPTION MEDS MISSING

• Centralia police were called about 10:10 a.m. yesterday to the 600 block of Gold Street about stolen medications. Missing were Oxycodone, Opana and Xanax, according to police.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Sometime between 4 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. yesterday, someone broke into a vehicle parked at the 100 block of Highway 603 west of Chehalis and stole a wallet, clothing and makeup. This is near the trail head for the Rails to Trails trail, a place the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office cautions is a magnet area for car prowlers.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took two reports of graffiti to fences yesterday, one at the 1300 block of Delaware Avenue and another at Rainier Avenue and J Street.

LOST AND FOUND

• Morton police reported on Monday someone brought them a found wallet on July 10. It can be identified and claimed at the police department.

Updated at 1:40 p.m.

“RAGING” MOTORIST TASED AFTER NEAR MISS OF POLICE OFFICER

• A 22-year-old man was taken into custody after he allegedly nearly ran down a Chehalis police officer yesterday who was walking downtown. Chehalis police said the car was driving the wrong way when Sgt. Gwen Carrell told him to stop. “According to her, he swerved at her and she had to jump out of the way,” Sgt. Rick McNamara said. It happened about 12:15 p.m. When Carrell and Chief Glenn Schaffer subsequently contacted the driver at the Jackpot on Main Street, he was agitated and raging and wouldn’t comply with their commands, so a Taser was deployed, McNamara said. The man, from Olympia, was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital for an unspecified reason and has not yet been arrested or booked, according to McNamara. “I don’t really know what was wrong with him,” McNamara said.

PET RABBITS KILLED IN CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called just after 6 p.m. yesterday to a home on the 100 block of Southwest 11th Street when a woman discovered someone had taken her pet rabbit out its cage, killed it and left it in the yard. A hole was ripped in the cage,  according to the Chehalis Police Department. The woman said it’s the second time this has happened, according to police. “She said she has no idea of who could have done it or why,” Officer Linda Bailey said.  How the animal was killed isn’t clear, there was no blood, Bailey said.

COPPER WIRE HEIST

• The sheriff’s office is investigating a break-in at a business storage area in which a spool with 2000 feet of three-strand insulated solid core copper wire was stolen. It happened at Avery Road East and Keasling Road south of Chehalis sometime between July 1 and Wednesday but was reported yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is estimated at $15,000, according to Cmdr. Steve Aust.

FIREARM THEFT

• Someone stole a 9 mm pistol from an unlocked vehicle parked on the 1200 block of Long Road in Centralia sometime between midnight and 10 a.m. yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sherif’s Office. A deputy was told the SCCY Industries semi-automatic had been tucked between the seats of the vehicle parked at a residence.

BICYCLIST FLEES WITH SHOPLIFTED BEER

• Centralia police suspect a 48-year-old Centralia man stole beer from a store and fled on his bicycle yesterday afternoon. An officer called about 2:30 p.m. to the 600 block of North Tower Avenue did not find the suspect, but will issue a summons for third-degree theft for him, according to the Centralia Police Department.

PINK-HAIRED SHOPLIFTER SOUGHT

• Police took a report about 10 a.m. yesterday of a pink-haired female and 6-foot tall male shoplifting clothing from a store on the 1400 block of Lum Road in Centralia.

WHEELS AND TIRES TAKEN

• Centralia police were called about 8:30 a.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of Caveness Drive where tires and wheels from a vehicle had been stolen sometime during the previous week.

GRAFFITI

• Police were called around 12:45 p.m. yesterday to a report of graffiti painted on a building a the 400 block of South Iron Street in Centralia.

TATTOO INVESTIGATION

• Centralia police took a report yesterday morning alleging child abuse related regarding a father allowing his children to get tattoos. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department. Sgt. Stacy Denham said police were called by the parent of the Centralia boy’s friend about a dragon tattoo on his chest and a little heart on his ankle. The boy is believed to be between the ages of 12 and 14, Denham said. Whether a crime occurred or even if it occurred in their jurisdiction is something officers are communicating with prosecutors about, Denham said.