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POLICE FOLLOW SNOW TRACKS TO SUSPECTS

• Footsteps in the snow led to a pair of suspects in Centralia after police were called about an apparent attempted burglary on the 300 block of West Second Street last night. Police  called about 11 p.m. were told a resident heard his garage door open and when he looked outside, he saw two male figures running away, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officers followed the tracks to a home where they arrested Max Cross, 22, and a 17-year-old boy for second-degree burglary, according to police.

WALLET LIFTED BY STRANGERS WHO HELPED WOMAN

• A wallet with more than $1,700 was missing from a vehicle after two passersby assisted a woman getting her vehicle unstuck from the snow along Interstate 5 in Chehalis, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened about 8:30 p.m. on Saturday when the woman spun out near milepost 71 and a pair of men – a taller skinny one and a shorter chubby one – driving a smaller gray Datsun or Toyota pickup truck stopped to help, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. One of them had gotten into the front seat as they pulled the car out of the snow, Brown said. The owner of the wallet, a 74-year-old Ethel man who had been in the hospital, reported the incident yesterday, Brown said.

THEFT

• Police were called just after noontime yesterday about tools stolen from a garage on the 800 block of Field Street in Centralia.

• Police were called about 8:30 p.m. last night about a car prowl on the 500 block of North Tower Avenue. Several “items” were taken but found later in an alley nearby, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 20-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after contact with police about 5:45 p.m. yesterday at South Pearl and West Van Buren streets, according to police. Chelsea R. Hensley was booked into the Lewis County Jail also for a warrant, the Centralia Police Department.

POLICE DOG WINS ‘HIDE AND SEEK’

• A 25-year-old Centralia man was sniffed out hiding in a backyard by police dog Lobo yesterday afternoon in Centralia after he reportedly ran from police. It happened about 4:25 p.m. near the 1100 block of South Pearl Street and the 1000 block of South Silver Street when officers were looking into an alleged assault of a female, according to the Centralia Police Department. Bryan G. Mako, 25, gave himself up when he saw the dog coming for him, police reported. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail on an outstanding warrant, according to police.

DRUGS, DRUGS, DRUGS

• Three students were arrested on Friday on Southwest 16th Street at W.F. West High School in Chehalis, each for possession of a small amount of marijuana, according to Chehalis police. The 15-year-olds – whose names were not released because they are juveniles – were released and not booked into custody, according to police.

• A drug dog found 29 grams of suspected heroin after a car was impounded following a traffic stop just after 9 p.m. last night in Chehalis, according to police. The driver was pulled over for speeding on the 500 block of Chamber of Commerce Way and a passenger, Anthony B. Velazquez, 29, of Centralia, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail, police Sgt. Gary Wilson said. The vehicle was impounded and several suspicious items possibly related to drugs were found, according to Wilson.

• A 20-year-old Centralia man was arrested when he was found hiding in a garden shed yesterday afternoon in Centralia as he had reportedly tossed a suspected “heroin kit” while he was chased by police in the area of East Summa and Roosevelt streets. Zachary A. Cadwallader was sniffed out by a police dog and booked into the Lewis County Jail for a warrant and a drug violation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Michael D. Richardson, 47, of Chehalis, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and a warrant after a traffic stop on Southwest Seventh Street in Chehalis on Sunday night. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• A 29-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after a traffic stop on Northwest Front Street and Pacific Avenue in Chehalis on Saturday afternoon. Brian M. Hull was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• A 40-year-old Longview woman detained for suspected shoplifting at Wal-Mart on the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue on Friday night was arrested when suspected methamphetamine residue was found on drug paraphernalia she had, according to police. Teresa Hull was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• A 36-year-old Chehalis man was arrested after a police dog tracked him late Friday night on private timber land in Onalaska where he was reportedly trespassing, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. William R. Long, 36, of Chehalis, was found lying in some brush off the 300 block of Clark Road and allegedly in possession of numerous small plastic baggies containing drugs, according to the sheriff’s office. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

BURGLARY

• Police think a sliding door was forced open to get inside a home on the 900 block of South Silver Street in Centralia where collectible items including dishes were stolen. The break-in was reported about 11:15 a.m. on Sunday.

• Two cases of Red Bull energy drink plus $65 cash were stolen when someone broke into an espresso stand on the 12000 block of U.S. Highway 12 sometime between 5 p.m. on Thursday and the following day, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. A rock had been thrown through the window, according to sheriff’s office.

• A gas-powered golf cart and a garbage can containing scraps of copper wire were stolen from inside a utility building at Taidnapam Park near Glenoma sometime between January 6 and Friday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is estimated at $1,650.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called just after noon time yesterday about a car prowl on the 300 block of West Pine Street in Centralia. Missing was a stereo, a flashlight and a radar detector, according to Centralia police.

• Centralia police were called about 5:20 p.m. on Sunday to the office of AMR ambulances on the 1200 block of Borthwick Street to a report someone smashed the driver’s side window to an emergency vehicle and stole a GPS unit and an electronic rear view mirror, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Someone broke out a window to a vehicle on the 500 block of South Gold Street in Centralia and stole a cell phone and its charger, according to a report made to police on Sunday.

• Centralia police took a report on Saturday afternoon about a vehicle prowl on the 1100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia. A window was broken and stereo taken, according to Centralia police.

• A window was broken out and a vehicle prowled on the 300 block of East Pear Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police on Friday morning.

STREET FIGHT

• Police responded just after 2 o’clock on Sunday morning to an altercation on a sidewalk on the 100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia and arrested three individuals for violating the city’s fighting in public ordinance. Cited and then released were Kimberly K. Kohlmeier, 27, and Shaden R. Beaber, 26, both of Centralia as well as Jessica R. Alefteras, 24, of Napavine, according to the Centralia Police Department.

MISSING SNOWSHOER FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION ON MOUNT RAINIER

• KOMOnews.com reports the 66-year-old snow shoer who survived two days in a blizzard at Mount Rainier burned money to keep warm. Yong Chun Kim was conscious, alert and able to walk when three rescuers found him about 2 p.m. yesterday, according to park spokesperson Lee Taylor. Read more here