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LIVESTOCK SHOT OUTSIDE CENTRALIA

• A deputy was called yesterday morning to the 2300 block of Little Hanaford Road outside Centralia where a woman’s cow had been shot and killed. The owner said it happened sometime between 10 a.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She told the deputy it was the second time one of her chocolate brown beef cows had been fatally shot in the pasture during previous two week, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The woman said she spoke with neighbors and nobody had seen or heard anything, according to Brown.

BOY ATTACKED INSIDE DOG’S CRATE

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning a 4-year-old child was attacked by a dog yesterday in Randle when the boy crawled into the animal’s crate while it was chewing on a bone. A deputy contacted the child’s mother at the emergency room at Morton General Hospital last night and learned it had occurred on the 400 block of Cispus Road, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. Brown said the owner of the Labrador dog is a friend of the victim’s family and no citation will be issued. Information about how seriously the boy was injured was not reported by the sheriff’s office nor readily available.

ROOSTERS BLOCK ENTRANCE TO WOMAN’S HOUSE

• Police were called to Cascade Avenue just south of Main Street in Chehalis about 10:30 p.m. on Friday about two roosters on the front steps of a residence which were preventing a woman from getting inside her house. No arrests were made and few details were available. Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut said animals such as chickens are not prohibited from living within the city limits, but they are expected to be kept contained, the way that dogs are.

SHEEP AT LARGE IN CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called about 6 o’clock this morning about a flock of sheep blocking the roadway near Southwest Elzina Street and Newaukum Avenue.

THEFT

• Centralia police took a report yesterday morning of a rifle stolen from a gun safe at the 300 block of West Chestnut Street. Officers are investigating, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A deputy was called to the 100 block of Del Ray Road near Mossyrock on Friday about the theft of a Beretta 9 mm handgun. Its owner said it went missing about a month ago, around the same time he had hired a person to do some work for him around his property, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A 40-inch flat screen television was stolen from a residence on the 200 block of North Fork Road outside Chehalis sometime between Friday afternoon and Saturday afternoon, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

CRASH AND ALMOST CRASH

• A Chehalis man was arrested early Sunday after he reportedly was driving under the influence and nearly ran into a deputy’s patrol car on Jackson Highway, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said Efren Morales Sanchez, 28, was traveling southbound and drove into the deputy’s lane at about 3:40 a.m. yesterday. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for DUI, Brown said. Just three nights earlier a speeding driver narrowly missed colliding head-on with a deputy when he was passing another vehicle on Jackson Highway south of Chehalis.

• A 63-year-old Winlock woman was arrested for driving under the influence after a single-vehicle non-injury collision early Saturday morning on the 600 block of North Military Road near Winlock, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Claudette L. Sooter was cited and then released, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. Information about what her vehicle struck was not available.

OFFICER CALLED ABOUT FLYERS ON CARS

• Chehalis police were called Saturday afternoon to the parking lot outside the movie theaters at the Lewis County Mall on Northeast Hampe Way where some males were placing White Supremacist flyers on people’s vehicles. Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut said it is a violation to put handbills on people’s cars but not to hand out the information. The individuals stayed and passed them out to people, Kaut said.

PIANO MISSING BRIEFLY IN CHEHALIS

• A man called Chehalis police about 4 p.m on Saturday to say his piano fell out of his truck somewhere in Chehalis. He wasn’t sure where and thought it might have occurred when he crossed over the railroad tracks, according to police. Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut said he didn’t have many details but it appeared it was retrieved by a citizen and returned to its owner.

POLICE SEIZE MARIJUANA GARDEN IN CENTRALIA

• A 24-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday after police found more than 90 marijuana plants growing at his home. Officers served a search warrant at the residence on the 1500 block of Delaware Avenue in Centralia and also discovered several “bindles” of suspected methamphetamine, according to the Centralia Police Department. Donald J. Greene was booked into the Lewis County Jail for manufacturing marijuana and possession of methamphetamine, police reported this morning.

MUGGER’S VICTIM FIGHTS BACK

• A woman confronted by a knife-wielding stranger on a Centralia street who tried to take her purse yesterday pulled out her own knife thwarting the attempted robbery. According to the Centralia Police Department, the woman was walking along the 500 block of Harrison Avenue about 4 p.m. when the unidentified male demanded her purse. Upon seeing her weapon, the male stepped back and she ran to safety, according to police. Further details were not readily available.

SOLES SAVED FROM SNEAKERS SET AFIRE NEAR CEMETERY

• Firefighters said yesterday they bagged a pair of shoes found burning in an alley next to a Centralia cemetery to check for traces of gasoline or similar substances. A neighbor near Washington Avenue saw the tennis shoes on fire and called 911 late Thursday afternoon, according to Riverside Fire Authority Capt. Ken Colombo. The man doused the flames with a bottle of water, Colombo said. They appeared to be about a size 9, but all that was left were the soles, Colombo said.

ASSAULT OF CHILD

• A 21-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for first-degree assault yesterday morning after she allegedly threatened to drown her 5-year-old son and forced his head under water during a bath. A family member fought the child away from his mother and took him to the hospital, where he was found not to be seriously injured, according to the Centralia Police Department. Mercedes K. Lopez was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

NEAR MISS

• A speeding driver passing another vehicle on Jackson Highway outside Chehalis nearly ran head on into a deputy sheriff’s patrol car  last night, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The deputy clocked him at 68 mph in a 40 mph zone and subsequently arrested Jeffrey D. King, 27, of Centralia, for reckless driving, according to Sgt. Rob Snaza. The deputy had to slam on his brakes and turn to the right and King swerved at the last moment, Snaza said. It happened about 9 p.m. on the 2800 block of Jackson Highway. King was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

THEFT

• Centralia police were called just before 8 p.m. yesterday about a pressure washer stolen from a carport on the 200 block of Tilley Avenue. A suspect was later contacted by Chehalis police and found to be in possession of the item, according to the Centralia Police Department. Christopher D. Buck, 25, of Chehalis, was arrested for second-degree burglary and booked into the Lewis County Jail, Centralia police reported.

• Centralia police arrested a 34-year-old man yesterday for possession of methamphetamine and an outstanding warrant. Subsequently, an officer learned a computer Matthew W. Rackley had in his possession had been stolen from an apartment. Rackley was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of methamphetamine and second-degree burglary, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 2 p.m. yesterday about a small dog stolen from a vehicle parked at the 1300 block of South Gold Street.

• Centralia police were called yesterday morning o the 1500 block of View Avenue where they learned several items – such as a bicycle, a drill and wrenches – had been stolen from a porch and a car.

• Chehalis police arrested an employee at Home Depot for allegedly stealing some $3,700 worth of brass fittings. An officer called Wednesday evening to the home improvement store on Louisiana Avenue arrested John C. Baker, 45, of rural Chehalis, for second-degree theft, according to detective Sgt. Rick McNamara. Baker returned the items he said he thought were destined for the trash, McNamara said. He was not booked, but the case was referred for charging, McNamara said.

DRUGS

• A 29-year-old Centralia man was arrested for a warrant and possession of heroin about 6 p.m. yesterday. Mical S. Ryan was booked into the Lewis County Jail after contact with an officer on the 1000 block of Roosevelt Avenue, according to police.

WRECKS

• A 20-year-old driver was cited for texting while driving after her vehicle left the roadway and rolled over about 10 p.m. last night on McClure Road near Toledo. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said neither the Winlock woman nor her 18-year-old passenger were injured, but the Chevrolet Blazer sustained an estimated $1,500 damage.

• A 16-year-old driver suffered what were described as minor injuries when her vehicle rolled over an embankment yesterday morning outside Chehalis. The Chehalis teenager was traveling along Shorey Road near Rogers Road when she took her eyes off the road to adjust the visor, according to Sgt. Rob Snaza.