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MAN ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING DETECTIVE INSIDE THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE

• A 31-year-old man was tackled by two detectives inside the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office yesterday morning when he tried to flee arrest for failing to register as a sex offender in a timely manner. The sheriff’s office said Brian A. Schweitzer was meeting with detective Jamey McGinty in his office about 9:45 a.m. about registering his new address after moving recently to Chehalis from California. Since he had arrived in early March and not registered within the three-day required timeline, McGinty went to arrest Schweitzer, who bolted and tried to run down the hallway, according to Chief Criminal Deputy Gene Seiber. When the detectives took him to the ground, Schweitzer reportedly elbowed on of them in the face. Schweitzer was walked over the the jail where he was booked for third-degree assault, resisting arrest, obstruction and failing to register, Seiber said.

THEFT

• A 32-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday after allegedly burglarizing a Centralia residence he was seen leaving. Centralia police reported some of the stolen goods were found when they searched the residence of James T. Taylor. Taylor was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary, according to the Centralia Police Department. The incident is connected to an address on the 500 block of Jefferson Street.

• A deputy took a report on Sunday of the theft of approximately $10,000 of items from a shop on the 400 block of Short Road in Morton. Missing sometime since November were a boat motor, three chainsaws, three generators, camping equipment and fishing tackle, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A deputy responding to a report of the theft in progress of scrap metal from the 12000 block of U.S. Highway 12 in Packwood on Friday made a traffic stop in the Randle area and arrested two individuals. Michael J. Folden, 40, and Oda Couch, 42, both of Randle, were escorted back to where the items were taken from and unloaded the approximately 800 pounds of metal. They were then booked into the Lewis County Jail for theft, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The value was about $150.

• An individual who left his wallet unattended on a computer in the library on the 100 block of South Silver Street in Centralia called police just before 3 p.m. yesterday after it disappeared, according to police.

COUNTERFEIT CASH

• Centralia police took a report yesterday evening of an individual who tried to make a purchase with a phony $100 bill at the 500 block of South Tower Avenue. The bill was easily recognized as counterfeit and the shopper gave the cashier three other bills who said he had found them, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WINDOWS SHOT AT CHEHALIS BUSINESS

• Chehalis police were called yesterday to Les Schwab Tire Center on North Market Boulevard about three bullet holes found in their front windows over the weekend.

WOMAN STABS BOYFRIEND IN CENTRALIA, POLICE SAY

• An 18-year-old Centralia woman was arrested yesterday evening in Centralia after she allegedly stabbed her boyfriend in the rib cage with a  pocket knife. Police, called about 6:20 p.m. about a dispute between a young couple, found them on foot near West Cherry and Yew streets. Bridget J. Parker, 18, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree assault, according to the Centralia Police Department. Her boyfriend, T.J. Reynolds, 19, of Centralia, initially tried to flee but was detained and taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with what was described as a minor cut. Reynolds was arrested for misdemeanor assault, for allegedly pushing his girlfriend to the ground. He was subsequently released from the hospital not booked into jail, according to police. Update at 6:50 p.m.: The Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office declined to charge Parker, as she was reportedly attacked first and repeatedly. She was released from jail today.

DRIVE-BY SHOOTING COMPLAINT

• Deputies were called yesterday when a man walking along the 900 block of Burnt Ridge Road near Onalaska said somebody passing by in pickup truck pointed a gun out the window and fired it. Lewis County sheriff’s Cmdr. Steve Aust said they think it was a shotgun, fired into the air and perhaps meant to scare the individual, not hit him. No suspect was found, according to Aust.

FIGHT OUTSIDE BAR

• Police and deputies responded about 2 a.m. on Saturday to a report of a large number of people fighting behind a bar in Chehalis. The individuals involved had left before officers arrived in the area of Northwest Pacific Avenue, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

ONLINE THREATS LEAD TO ARREST OF TEEN

• A 16-year-old Chehalis boy was arrested for harassment on Friday on Southwest 17th Street near W.F. West High School for allegedly making threat on Facebook toward another 16-year-old boy, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Police were called Saturday morning to the Lewis County Mall on Northeast Hampe Way in Chehalis where windows were broken out of five different vehicles belonging to mall tenants, including three belonging to the state Department of Corrections.

• Chehalis police were called Friday night to a report of slashed tires on Washington Avenue.

THEFT

• Police were called this morning to the 1100 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia where somebody had stolen the tires and rims from a parked car.

• Centralia police were called Saturday morning about a burglary to a residence on the 1500 block of Delaware Avenue. Somebody forced their way inside and stole cash, according to police.

NO THEFT

• Centralia police are looking for an individual they say falsely reported a robbery in progress to a business on the 500 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia just after 6 p.m. on Saturday.

DRUGS

• A 31-year-old man was arrested yesterday afternoon for allegedly trying to fill a forged prescription for Oxycodone at the Wal-Mart pharmacy in Chehalis. Wayne M. Jahner, of Spanaway, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for illegal possession of prescription drugs, according to Chehalis police.

FIRE CALL TO RETIREMENT COMPLEX

• Chehalis firefighters were called about 10:30 p.m. last night to the Vintage Apartments on the 1500 block of North National Avenue to a report of smoke on the third floor. They found a coffee pot had melted in one of the apartments. The resident woke up to a smoke alarm and was unharmed, according to the Chehalis Fire Department.