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COUGAR SIGHTING AT WHITE PASS SCHOOL

• It was business as usual today at White Pass schools after a cougar came onto the campus yesterday morning. School District Superintendent Rebecca Miner said the transportation director arriving about 6:10 a.m. yesterday spotted the animal heading down over the bus lane and then cross Silverbrook Road and go into the woods. Elementary students were not allowed outside yesterday morning, she said. Staff members “swept” the campus throughout the day, and again this morning, she said. It’s not something Miner has experienced there before, as she only took the post last July, she said. But she’s told cougars are seen in the Randle community periodically, she said.

THEFT

• Centralia police were called yesterday morning to the 1900 block of Johnson Road to take a report that someone had used an individual’s debit card and spent about $900. The investigation is ongoing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called yesterday afternoon to the 500 block of Ohio Avenue about the theft of power tools, including a Craftsman router, from a garage. It happened sometime since Oct. 17, according to Chehalis police.

• A deputy took a report yesterday of someone entering a barn on the 600 block of Centralia-Alpha Road and stealing a Stihl pole saw. The saw and its various pieces are inscribed with the name “Norm Brown” according to the Lewis County Sheriff’ Office. The loss is estimated at $800.

• Chehalis police took a report yesterday morning of two vehicles prowled at the 1000 block of Southeast Adams Avenue. A purse was taken from an unlocked car and another vehicle had been gone through but nothing was missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

WOMAN NOTIFIES POLICE OF NAUGHTY PICTURE

• Police were called yesterday by a Chehalis woman who got a new cell phone and then was receiving text messages from a man, including a picture of his private parts. Chehalis Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said officers believe the caller is in Arkansas, but Kaut wasn’t quite sure yet what their next step would be.

ASSAULT IN EMERGENCY ROOM

• Police were called to the emergency room at Providence Centralia Hospital just before midnight on Saturday after a patient allegedly struck a staff member with her fist. Robin L. Wright, 46, of Centralia, was arrested for misdemeanor assault after the incident on the 900 block of South Schueber Road, according to the Centralia Police Department.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, POLICE DOG, SEARCH FOR MAN IN CHEHALIS

• A 23-year-old man arrested about 4 o’clock this morning in Centralia was the subject of a search with a K-9 in Chehalis on Friday afternoon. An officer saw Brandon Stray standing in a doorway on the 500 block of Southwest William Avenue just after 12:00 o’clock on Friday and found he had outstanding warrants, according to police. After the officer knocked on the door, Stray had vanished. Police searched the area for about 45 minutes on Friday without success, according to detective Sgt. Rick McNamara. When officers went inside the home to look, they did find a 47-year-old Centralia man with a warrant for failing to appear in court. He was arrested. Stray was picked up by Centralia police this morning at Mellen Street and Airpot Road. Stray had four warrants for failing to appear in court and a felony warrant out of Thurston County, according to McNamara.

THEFT

• Police arrested a 38-year-old Centralia man for second-degree burglary after he was found in a garage at home on the 1200 block of Mellen Street in Centralia about 10:15 a.m. on Saturday. David H. Beck is accused of stripping electrical wiring and was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police took a report from the 1300 block of View Avenue on Friday of someone using someone else’s debit card to make $3,500 in purchases on the Internet. Police are investigating.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning a resident on the 300 block of Blanchard Road outside Centralia discovered last Wednesday that his Remington 700, bolt-action rifle was missing from where he had placed it on a bench in his garage. The gun, valued at $1,200, had a Leopold mounted scope, according to the sheriff’s office.

DRUGS AND ALCOHOL

• A 24-year-old Lakewood woman was arrested for drugs when police went to remove her from a motel room in Centralia late Friday afternoon. Management at the Peppertree Motel on Alder Street had asked that Terry Couch be removed and when an officer contacted her, there was a baggie containing suspected methamphetamine next to her, according to Officer John Panco. Couch was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• A 44-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine  after an officer contacted him in a “suspicious” vehicle parked on the 1100 block of Borthwick Street about 6:25 p.m. on Saturday. The officer smelled marijuana  and subsequently Darren G. Waller admitted he had meth; a small clear baggie of suspected meth was seized, according to police. Waller was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. The case is also being referred for a possible charge of misdemeanor possession of marijuana.

• A 28-year-old Centralia man who ran away from a passing patrol car  ran into another about a block away and was arrested for an outstanding warrant and possession of methamphetamine, according to police. It happened about 12:25 p.m. on Saturday in the area of the 1300 block of Windsor Avenue. Esteban E. Perkins allegedly tried to drop a plastic baggie of suspected meth, according to police. He was  booked into the Lewis County Jail. The Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office has declined to charge Perkins with possession.

• An individual was arrested early Sunday morning following a traffic stop in Chehalis for a drug violation; he had a prescription pill in his pocket not in its prescription container, according to police. The man was connected at Northwest Boistfort Street for driving with a suspended license, according to police. He had a prescription for the drug, so he was arrested and then released, police said.

• A teenager was arrested at a football game at W.F. West High School on Friday night for allegedly being intoxicated. The 18-year-old was arrested and then released.