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THEFT

• Chehalis police are investigating the theft of about $12,000 of truck tires from a business on the 1200 block of Northwest State Avenue. An officer called on Wednesday to Tires Inc. was told some 34 tires had gone missing over the previous month or two, according to Chehalis police.

• An officer was called yesterday to Chehalis West Assisting Living Center on Northwest Quincy Place about money missing from a resident. It appeared $65 was missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Police were called to Greenwood Cemetery on Johnson Road in Centralia about noon yesterday about the theft of a weed eater.

MORE THEFT

• A 19-year-old Centralia resident was arrested yesterday morning for burglary in connection with the theft of a firearm from the 300 block of West Chestnut Street in Centralia in May. Justin T. Booth was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A firearm along with tools, hunting and fishing equipment and other items were stolen when a home and barn in Silver Creek were burglarized, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called about 7 p.m. last night to the 2000 block of U.S. Highway 12 was told it happened during the previous week, as the victim had been moving out, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. The gun is a .44 caliber muzzle-loading pistol. The loss is estimated at $3,500. Somebody had kicked in a door and also gotten in through an unsecured window, Brown said.

• Police were called about 10:40 p.m. yesterday to the 1200 block of Alder Street about the theft of a bottle of pain medicine, according to Centralia police.

CHILD ARRESTED FOR THREAT WITH KNIFE

• An 11-year-old boy was arrested last night in Winlock after he allegedly threatened his mother with a knife and punched her several times, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. A deputy called about 6 p.m. to the 1400 block of Ferrier Road was told the boy also threatened to hit his grandfather with a chair and a long pole, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. He was booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for felony harassment and fourth-degree assault, domestic violence, Brown said.

WINLOCK FIRE

• Firefighters called just before 7 p.m. yesterday to a home on the 200 block of Tennessee Road in Winlock found a wall and cabinets in a kitchen burned and a lot of water in the kitchen. A couple had been cooking and turned their back for a minute when a grease fire broke out, according to Lewis County Fire District 15.  The resident had shut off the power and used water from the kitchen sink to douse the flames, Firefighter Kevin Anderson said. Nobody was injured and the couple has a place to stay until repairs are made, Anderson said.

LARGE BRUSH FIRE IGNITES NEAR GRAND MOUND

• Four south Thurston County fire departments were called about 5 p.m. yesterday when a five to seven acre brush fire broke out north of 183rd Avenue Southwest near Leitner Road. Burning was scotch broom, tall grass and some trees, according to Chief Robert Scott of West Thurston Regional Fire Authority. Scott said nine of his firefighters assisted the Tenino area fire department in keeping the flames away from some homes and extinguishing the blaze.

THEFT

• Somebody broke through the back door of a Centralia tobacco shop and stole eight cartons of cigarettes overnight. Police and a police dog responding about 1 a.m. to the 1000 block of South Gold Street found some of the cigarettes nearby, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called yesterday afternoon to Riverside Nursing Home on the 1300 block of Alexander Street about money being stolen from a resident. Details were not readily available.

• Centralia police were asked yesterday to investigate the theft of money from a business on the 700 block of West Main Street. Details were not readily available.

• A deputy was called yesterday to a truck repair shop on the 100 block of Labree Road in Chehalis to view video footage of a theft from about 8:30 p.m. on Monday. Missing from Miles and Sons is an estimated 145 feet of copper wire from a service truck parked inside a fenced area, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The images show two individuals with flashlight, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called to an apartment on the 600 block of South Iron Street about 8 p.m. yesterday where someone had gone inside and broken light bulbs. Two individuals were arrested for second-degree burglary after a short foot pursuit, according to police. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Jacob D. Holmgren, 21, of Winlock, and Dominic Combs, 24, of Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police were called to a business on 100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia about 2 a.m. after a male reportedly punched a window and broke it.

ANOTHER GAS LEAK ON SOUTH PEARL STREET

• Firefighters were called about 2:30 p.m. yesterday to a natural gas leak at South Pearl and West Cherry streets in Centralia. An excavator had pulled up a one-inch line and residents in a one-block radius were asked to leave the area until it was repaired, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

DOG SHOT DEAD NEAR ONALASKA, NEIGHBOR ARRESTED

• A 50-year-old Onalaska area man was arrested last night after he allegedly shot and killed a neighbor’s dog. According to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, a neighbor saw Michael A. Goad go onto another neighbor’s property on the 100 block of Tillie Road, shortly after 5 p.m. heard yelling about dogs barking and then heard three shots. The 6-year-old canine named Samson was found dead although Goad denied any involvement, Cmdr. Steve Aust said this morning. Deputies searched Goad’s home and found an air rifle, as well as cleaning rods and a bore brush for a rifle, Aust said. It was not immediately obvious what caused the animal’s wounds, he said. Goad was booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree animal cruelty, Aust said.

METHAMPHETAMINE ARRESTS

• Centralia police arrested three people yesterday for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver at a home on the 300 block of West Pine Street. Also, a 22-year-old woman was arrested for possession of meth, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officer John Panco said officers got some information that led them to the home where they conducted a search which turned up several baggies containing suspected methamphetamine. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Sabra R.E. Burgess, 28, of Centralia, and Ricardo L. Zuniga, 30, also from Centralia, according to police. The resident, Dale G. Schmidt, 68, was referred for a charge of  possession with intent, but not booked, Panco said. Another resident, Ashley D. Robertson, 22, was booked for possession.

RAPE

• A 22-year-old man was arrested last night for second-degree rape in connection with an incident reported to have occurred yesterday with a teenage female acquaintance in a wooded are outside Centralia, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Christopher A. Jacaway was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

ASSAULT

• A 21-year-old Toledo man was arrested yesterday for second-degree assault after he allegedly struck his 25-year-old sister in the head and face when he was trying to get her out of his bedroom, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called about 12:45 p.m. to a dispute on the 100 block of Wrangler Drive in Toledo booked Arnulfo J. Alaniz into the Lewis County Jail. Alaniz’s case was referred today to Lewis County District Court for possible non-felony charging instead of second-degree assault.

THEFT

• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning by an individual who discovered a burglary to a residence being remodeled on Southwest Elzina Street in Chehalis. Among the items missing were cabinets, flooring, a sink and a dishwasher adding up to a loss of about $6,500, as well as a Plymouth Voyager van, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Also broken into was a nearby home on the 400 block of Southwest Riverside Drive where about $4,000 of cabinets, light fixtures and other items were stolen, according to police. The same person said his Dodge Ram pickup was missing from Lewis Street in Centralia, according to police. Officers are investigating.

• Centralia police were called yesterday afternoon about a laptop computer taken from a home on the 100 block of North Diamond Street.

• A $25,000 mini excavator was reported missing yesterday from near milepost 136 on U.S. Highway 12 in Packwood. A deputy called yesterday morning was told the model 50 John Deere was stolen sometime since last Thursday morning, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took a report yesterday morning about the window of a vehicle being broken out on the 1600 block of Harrison Avenue.

• Chehalis police were called to a business about 10 a.m. yesterday on the 300 block of Northwest Pacific Avenue about a window getting broken.