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THREAT ABOUT JUDGE SENDS WOMAN TO JAIL

• A woman who apparently didn’t like the way her case went was arrested yesterday after she made a statement to the bailiff “to the effect that somebody should shoot the judge,” according to Chehalis police. Jammie A. Carpenter, 26, of Rochester, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for harassment following the incident at Chehalis Municipal Court, according to detective Sgt. Rick McNamara. She is set to be released, without charges, pending further investigation.

DRUGS

• A 21-year-old Chehalis man was booked into the Lewis County Jail yesterday evening following an interview with officers at the Chehalis Police Department. The case of Drake A. Lorber was referred for possible charges of delivery of marijuana that resulted from an ongoing investigation, according to detective Sgt. Rick McNamara. The jail log shows he was arrested and booked for felony possession of marijuana.

• A 25-year-old Kelso woman was arrested late yesterday afternoon when she arrived to pick up her car from Centralia police after it had recently been impounded. Officers had been investigating a shoplifting incident from the Centralia Outlet Mall and were looking for stolen property, according to Sgt. Kurt Reichert. Instead they found heroin and morphine inside her vehicle, he said. Jaci M. Ireland was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• A 27-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday for felony possession of marijuana and an outstanding warrant after contact with police on Kearney Street in Centralia. Alejandro Morales-Meza was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called just before 1 p.m. yesterday to the 600 block of North Pearl Street about a window being broken out of a vehicle, possibly by a BB.

• Centralia police took a report yesterday of a tire punctured and vehicle scratched in the 1100 block of South Gold Street.

• Centralia police were called yesterday morning abut gang graffiti spray painted on a fence in the 1100 block of Cobra Lane.

NEIGHBORS EVACUATED FOR BROKEN GAS LINE

• Nearby residences were evacuated after a natural gas line ruptured last night at the 2100 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia. Riverside Fire Authority called about 9:10 p.m. established a safe zone and stood by so Puget Sound Energy could come and shut off the gas. The line had been broken by a lawn mower, according to fire Capt. Greg Schwartz. Firefighters were on the scene until about 10:30 p.m.

THREAT

• Chehalis police were called yesterday afternoon after a man allegedly told a collection agency employee he was going to burn down their building. He was contacted but not arrested, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

THEFT

• A 46-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for trafficking in stolen property yesterday evening after officers concluded she sold somebody else’s bicycle to a business on Tower Avenue in Centralia. Jinney Unger was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 38-year-old man was arrested for misdemeanor theft yesterday afternoon after his image was recognized on a video of a security camera stolen from a building on the 500 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia. Michael Kauer of Centralia was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree theft, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called about 10:30 a.m. yesterday to the 2800 block of Russell Road in Centralia where someone had cut the convertible top and a tire on a vehicle.

NOT AN ATTEMPTED LURING

• Police were called on Monday after a 9-year-old child told their parent two males offered the child candy near a school bus stop in Chehalis. Police said a detective happened to be in the area when it occurred and found the candy-offerers were teenagers who were joking and messing around, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

MARIJUANA PIPE AT SCHOOL

• The case of a 15-year-old Onalaska High School student being allegedly found with a marijuana pipe at school is being referred for a possible charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. A deputy was contacted yesterday by the school principal, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said the girl was expelled for the remainder of the school year.

ASSAULT

• Chehalis police called to the 2200 block of Jackson Highway yesterday evening arrested a 20-year-old man for second-degree assault. Police detective Sgt. Rick McNamara said the victim, the suspect’s girlfriend, was choked. Thomas H. Soeby, of Chehalis, was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

THEFT

• A deputy was called yesterday morning to the Packwood Senior Center about a burglary believed to have occurred between Friday and yesterday. An employee discovered the coffee donation box had been moved and most of its cash was missing. The loss is estimated at as much as $80.

• Centralia police took a report yesterday from the 1600 block of North Pearl Street that a brown 1977 Chevrolet Nova was stolen over the Mother’s Day weekend. The car’s license plate reads IVW 182.

• Police were called about 4:30 p.m. yesterday about a car prowl on the 400 block of Lakeshore Avenue in Centralia.

• Chehalis police were called yesterday about a vehicle prowl on Northwest Airport Road.