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CASH MACHINE TAMPERED WITH

• Police were called to Anchor Bank on the 600 block of South Tower Avenue yesterday morning after damage to an ATM machine was discovered. It appeared someone tried to pry it open, according to Centralia police.

OOPS THAT’S NOT THE BRAKE

• Police were called just before 10 a.m. yesterday after a driver accidentally stepped on the gas pedal and ran into a business shattering the front door on the 1700 block of South Gold Street in Centralia. Further details were not readily available.

THEFT WITH CREDIT CARD NUMBER

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning deputies have a person of interest in the unauthorized use of a credit card after a 35-year-old Aberdeen man yesterday reported finding a more than $200 purchase from Cabellas on his Visa card. There were two other smaller online transactions as well. The victim said he last used his card at the Packwood Inn to rent a room on Nov. 12, according to the sheriff’s office.

CASH LEFT ON TOP OF CAR DISAPPEARS

• Police were called yesterday morning after an individual accidentally left money in a cup on top of a parked vehicle and the money vanished. It happened on the 400 block of South Tower Avenue, according to Centralia police. The amount missing isn’t yet known as an officer wasn’t able to contact the individual for a full report.

DRUGS

• A 39-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after contact with police about 2 p.m. yesterday on the 1000 block of L Street in Centralia. Shawn E. Owre was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BURGLARY, NOTHING TAKEN

• Centralia police responded to a report about 5:40 this morning to a break-in at a building on the 1300 block of South Tower Avenue. A back window was broken and an alarm activated but it didn’t appear anything was missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FELONY ASSAULT

• Brian S. Baimbridge, 48, was charged Monday with second-degree assault, harassment and interfering with domestic violence reporting for an incident that allegedly occurred Saturday in Silver Creek. Senior Deputy Prosecutor Brad Meagher said the suspect choked the victim until she couldn’t breathe, loaded an air pistol in her presence and threatened to kill her and himself. He was ordered by a Lewis County Superior Court judge to be held on $75,000 cash or bond.

SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD

• Troy C. Connatser, 29, Castle Rock, was charged Monday with two counts of rape of a child or in the alternative child molestation both in the first degree in connection with incidents that allegedly occurred between 2009 and March of this year. He was ordered by a Lewis County Superior Court judge to be held on $15,000 cash or bond.

DEPUTIES PURCHASE MARIJUANA, ARREST THREE

• Sheriff’s detectives bought marijuana in the parking lot at the Chehalis K-Mart and subsequently arrested three people, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said the sale was arranged after a citizen told deputies on Thursday they were being solicited to buy drugs by phone calls and texts by someone they didn’t know. Detectives began communicating with “Justin” who said he could sell a half ounce of marijuana for $160, Brown said. Arrested from the 1700 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue were Hillary Wayland, 20, Justin D. Mask, 20, and Christopher A. Miller, 23, according to Brown. They are Woodland residents, she said. When they were arrested and what offense each was arrested for was not reported by the sheriff’s office.

GUN MISSING FROM CENTRALIA GARAGE

• A .357 pistol and tools were among items reported stolen in a burglary to a garage on the 1800 block of Hillview Drive in Centralia, according to a report made Saturday morning to Centralia police.

DRUG ARRESTS

• Centralia police made several arrests for possession of methamphetamine over the weekend. About 3 o’clock this morning, Felicia F. Harris, 39, of Centralia was arrested and booked following contact with an officer on the 700 block of North Pearl Street, according to the Centralia Police Department. A Spokane resident was arrested last night following contact with an officer on the 600 block of Harrison Avenue. Jeremy D. McCurdy, 28, was booked for methamphetamine as well as possession of stolen property and obstructing a police officer, according to police. Kassie M. Martin, 27, of Centralia, was arrested last night after contact with an officer at Kresky Avenue and East Summa Street, police reported. On Saturday night, Rebecca L. Hodge, 50, of Centralia, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and heroin at the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue. And Brian M. Williams, 22, of Centralia, was arrested about 5 p.m. Saturday from the 100 block of South Gold Street.

STEREO STOLEN FROM VEHICLE IN WINLOCK

• A deputy took report of a car prowl from the 100 block of Tingle Road in Winlock, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. Taken was a stereo sometime between 2 a.m. and 2 p.m. last Thursday, according to the report.

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF

• Chehalis police took reports of four incident of malicious mischief on Cascade Avenue about 12:30 a.m. on Sunday. Further details were not readily available.

CRASH IN BOISTFORT VALLEY

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning a 60-year-old man was hospitalized with head and face injuries after a single-vehicle collision on Friday afternoon near Curtis. The driver was headed south near the 700 block of Wildwood Road when his vehicle left the roadway and came to rest in some trees and brush, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.