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THEFT

• A computer, a radio and pain medication were reported taken in a burglary at a residence on the 2400 block of North Pearl Street, according to Centralia police. The break-in was reported about 1:50 p.m. yesterday.

• A 28-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday for theft and trafficking in stolen property for allegedly stealing an unassembled metal shed from his father’s shed and selling it a recycler, according to Centralia police. The discovery of the missing item from the 400 block of Hemlock Street was reported to police yesterday morning. The loss is estimated at $300, Officer John Panco said. Wesley W. Mitchem was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A car sitting in a driveway on the 700 block of West Reynolds Avenue in Centralia yesterday and checked by a police officer there on another matter turned out to be stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department. It was an El Camino previously reported to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office as stolen, according to police. The resident told the officer someone had left it there, Officer John Panco said.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning deputies have learned the names of local youngsters suspected in a break-in to a Mossyrock area concession stand, that was hit twice in the same week. Sometime on Aug. 14 or 15, someone went inside the stand on the 200 block of Ajlune Road and stole candy and Monster energy drinks, according to the sheriff’s office. A window was replaced and then on Aug 19, it happened again, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. This time money and firewood were missing, as well as snacks, according to Brown. The investigation continues, Brown said.

BRUSH IGNITES ALONG INTERSTATE 5

• Firefighters from three departments extinguished several brush fires that broke out on the northbound shoulder of Interstate 5 south of Winlock yesterday afternoon. One of the fires had grown to about 60 feet long, according to Lewis County Fire District 2. Chief Grant Wiltbank said he believed they were probably caused accidentally, likely by something such as a vehicle dragging a chain and throwing sparks.

STAND OFF IN TOLEDO ENDS WITH ARREST

• Deputies called to a dispute in Toledo on Friday evening finally entered a home and arrested  21-year-old man who had allegedly threatened to shoot deputies if they didn’t leave, saying he had a rifle and knew how to use it, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. Law was called about 5:15 p.m. to the 400 block of Collins Road by a man who said his son was drunk and out of control, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. Darrell R. Jackson refused to come out of the house, also saying he would die protecting his house, Brown said. Jackson was arrested without further incident and booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree malicious mischief, domestic violence, according to Brown. A large picture window was broken during the incident, she said.

THREAT GETS MAN JAILED

• A 24-year-old man was arrested for harassment on Sunday after he allegedly threatened to kill a woman and her daughter. Seth T. Lloyd, who lives at various times in both Centralia and Chehalis according to police, was booked into the Lewis County Jail. The woman was an acquaintance who had let Lloyd stay at her home in Chehalis, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

LOGGING EQUIPMENT CUT UP, SOLD FOR SCRAP

• A 41-year-old man from Oakville was arrested for first-degree theft after he allegedly took a cutting torch into the woods near Garrard Creek Road and took apart a piece of logging equipment, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. The item, called a “log bunker” is valued at about $8,000, and the scrap value of its metal estimated at $500, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The theft occurred between July 18 and 19, and on Friday, deputies arrested Mark Schweitzer, according to Brown. He reportedly sold the material belonging to Weyerhaeuser to a scrap yard in Thurston County. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

ROLEX WATCHES TAKEN IN BURGLARY

• Police were called about 10:25 p.m. yesterday about a burglary on the 2300 block of Schueber Ridge Court in Centralia. Missing from sometime during the previous three days were two Rolex watches and a gold cross, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWLS

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office is encouraging people to lock their car doors when they park, especially at the Rails to Trails parking area off Highway 603 as they’ve had numerous reports of thefts there. Sometime between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Friday, a Centralia man found someone had gotten inside his vehicle and taken his wallet and other items; it was not locked, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning.

• Somebody stole two tires, with their rims, and several items from inside a car – among them a CD player and approximately 1,100 CDs and DVDs – at the 500 block of the Toledo-Vader Road, according to a report made to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office on Friday. It happened sometime between Wednesday and Thursday, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Medication was stolen in a car prowl on the 600 block of Temple Avenue in Morton, according to a report made to police on Wednesday.

• A car stereo and gasoline were taken from a vehicle stored at the 800 block of Adams Avenue in Morton, according to a report made to police on Wednesday.

• Police called to the 600 block of Adams Avenue in Morton were told someone took a purse from the front seat of a vehicle there, the Morton Police Department reported today. It was reported last Monday.

VANDALISM

• A 28-year-old Centralia resident was arrested about 3:40 a.m. on Sunday after he allegedly broke a window out of a vacant house on the 900 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia while intoxicated. Aaron S. VanTuyl was cited for third-degree malicious and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police were called Saturday afternoon to the 300 block of Southwest Ninth Street in Chehalis where someone had slashed all four tires on a vehicle and scratched the word “hore” in the paint.

GUN, MARIJUANA LEAD TO JAIL

• A 19-year-old Centralia man was arrested for “dangerous weapon” after a pistol was discovered on his person early Sunday morning in Centralia, according to police. Tanner Z. R. Russell was booked into the Lewis County Jail also for possession of marijuana and burglary tools after contact with an officer about 2 a.m. at the 700 block of Harrison Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VEHICLE VERSUS BUILDING IN CENTRALIA

• Police were called about 4:40 p.m. yesterday to McDonalds on the 1200 block of Lum Road in Centralia after a driver ran into the side of the building. The driver thought the vehicle was in reverse but it was not, according to police. There were only minor injuries and minimal damage, according to authorities.

WRECK

• A woman said her floor mat lodged against the accelerator as she was traveling down a hill on the 100 block of Nikula Road in Winlock on Saturday night causing her to run into a power pole and a guard rail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called about 10:30 p.m. reported the 44-year-old driver was uninjured, according to the sheriff’s office