SEXUAL ASSAULT
• A 19-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for second-degree rape after police were called last night to a residence on North Schueber Road in Centralia. Centralia Police Department Officer John Panco said the 19-year-old man was visiting a young woman at her home, and at one point wanted to have sex, she said no, and he forced himself on her. Officers subsequently tracked down the 19-year-old and he was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Panco said. However, the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office has decided he should be released without charges pending further investigation.
• Centralia Police Department Officer John Panco said today that police actually arrested a 17-year-old Centralia resident for second-degree rape on June 16, not last Thursday as he originally reported. The teenager was booked into the Lewis County Jail on Thursday, charged as an adult and ordered held on $75,000 bail, according to court documents. He had been being held at the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center. Earlier in June, Allen M. Price allegedly forced himself on a teenage girl he had gone on a date with, according to charging documents. His arraignment is scheduled for Thursday.
THEFT
• A deputy took a report yesterday of a 9 mm pistol with two fully-loaded magazines stolen from a cabin from the 100 block of Sunstone Drive in Packwood. A Tacoma man had rented his cabin to a friend over the weekend and learned a 16-year-old guest had stolen an iPod from the cabin, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. After retrieving the iPod, the victim asked a neighbor in Packwood to check to see if his gun remained in the cabin. It was missing and the teen is a suspect, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning.
• Chehalis police were called about 5:40 a.m. yesterday about a burglary to a shed on the 600 block of Southwest Chehalis Avenue. The resident followed tracks in the dew on the lawn and found his missing pressure washer nearby, just as a young man appeared and seemingly was going to take the pressure washer away, according to police. Another neighbor joined in the chase, as the subject fled on a motorcycle, police said. It was tracked by its license plate to a home in Centralia and 27-year-old John W. Franken, of Centralia, was subsequently arrested and booked for second-degree burglary, Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said.
• A deputy took a report on Saturday that someone backed a blue pickup truck up to a house on the 100 block of Fircrest Road outside Chehalis and loaded it up with somebody’s else’s table saw, washer, dryer, wood stove and refrigerator. The victim believed it occurred on July 8, possibly at about 6 p.m., according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• A deputy was called Saturday to the 300 block of Schoen Road in Silver Creek where a woman reported the theft of a brand new, still in-the-box Craftsman “Rotovator”. The loss is $389. It was taken from outside a shop sometime between July 9 and Saturday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• Somebody removed an air conditioner from a window and entered a home on the 900 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to the Centralia Police Department on Friday. The intruder went through things but nothing appeared to be missing, according to police.
• Centralia police took a report on Friday morning from the 500 block of Hunt Street where a blue Dodge truck and a trailer full of scrap metal were stolen. The truck has a temporary license plate, according to police
• Centralia police took a report of an attempted vehicle prowl on the 2400 block of Leisure Lane yesterday.
• Centralia police were called about 6 p.m. yesterday to the 1000 block of North Gold Street to take a report of a stolen mailbox.
• Chehalis police were called Saturday morning to the 1000 block of Southwest 20th Street where someone reported the “end caps” from a luggage rack on a vehicle had been stolen.
DRUGS
• A 20-year-old Napavine woman was arrested for possession of methamphetamine on Sunday night in Centralia. Rosa M. Sanchez-Anderson was booked into the Lewis County Jail following her contact with an officer about 11:45 p.m. at South Tower Avenue and East Summa Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police took five reports of graffiti between Friday and Sunday in two places on North Tower Avenue, on the viaduct on the 100 block of East Sixth Street, and on the 400 block of West Main Street.
DUI
• A 50-year-old Winlock man was arrested yesterday for driving under the influence after witnesses said they observed his car “all over the road” near Nikula Road, saw the driver stop, leave his car to urinate, and then fall down on the ground when he tried to get back inside, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He then drove away, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Tony A. Smith was subsequently arrested at his home and booked into the Lewis County Jail, Brown said.
CRASHES
• Centralia police were called about 6:30 p.m. yesterday to a two-car collision at West Sixth and North Pearl streets. One woman was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with what police described as minor injuries.
• Troopers and aid were called early Sunday morning to a single-vehicle collision on state Route 6 about a half mile west of Chehalis. An eastbound vehicle struck a fence on the right-hand side of the highway and rolled, according to Washington State Patrol. The driver, Leslie L. Candler, 26, of Raymond, was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with neck pain, the state patrol reported. His 1997 Toyota Tacoma was descried as totaled. Candler was expected to be cited for driving under the influence, according to the investigating trooper.
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