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TRICKED OUT OF MORE THAN A GRAND

• A 40-year-old Centralia resident visited Chehalis police yesterday to report an incident in which he lost $1,350. He said he was attempting to get a loan and was contacted by someone who said they had deposited money into his account and he just needed to go purchase some gift cards and give them the information so they could collect the money, according to the Chehalis Police Department. “We informed him he was being scammed and about precautions he should take,” Chehalis Police Department spokesperson Linda Bailey said. Bailey said there are no suspects and it didn’t look like police would be able to develop a suspect in the case.

DINE AND DASH

• A pair of diners ate nearly $60 worth of food at the 1000 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia and left without paying, according to a report made to police about 1:20 a.m. today.

MONEY MISSING

• An individual at the 1300 block of Alexander Street in Centralia reported the theft of $20, according to a report made to police about 3:45 p.m. yesterday.

CAR PROWL

• A female contacted police just after 4 p.m. yesterday to report her purse had been stolen from her vehicle two weeks earlier in a case associated with the 100 block of East Main Street in Centralia.

REPORT OF ASSAULT

• Jaime Santos Apolonio, 26, of Sacramento, was arrested yesterday for fourth-degree assault following a call to police about 10:20 p.m. to the 300 block of Southwest Third Street, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The arrest was in connection with an incident that allegedly occurred several days earlier, according to the Chehalis Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• Chehalis police were called about 11:15 a.m. yesterday to the 300 block of Southwest 11th Street to take a report of an alleged third-degree assault. Further details were not readily available.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 62-year-old Centralia resident was reportedly uninjured after driving his vehicle through a closed gate at Centralia College near the 500 block of West Pear Street just before 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, but was arrested for driving under the influence, according to the Centralia Police Department. Mahlon L. Wigginton was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• Centralia police were called about 2:30 p.m. yesterday to the 600 block of West Main Street where a 14-year-old boy driving a motor vehicle allegedly caused a two-vehicle injury collision. A case will be referred to prosecutors regarding the teen driving without a license, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, malicious mischief, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vandalism, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, protection order violation … and more among 171 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

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Updated at 4:47 p.m.

BURGLARY CENTRALIA

• Multiple household items were stolen from a residence on the 500 block of South Gold Street in Centralia over a period of months while the victim was in the hospital, according to a report made to police about 3:40 p.m. yesterday.

COFFEE STAND BURGLED

• A Vader man reported yesterday morning someone broke a window to his coffee stand and stole a cash drawer at the 100 block of Cowlitz Loop Drive in Toledo. It happened between 7:45 p.m. on Sunday and 6:45 a.m. yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Missing is $82 cash, according to the sheriff’s office.

BREAK-IN RANDLE

• A deputy was contacted yesterday morning by the owner of property on the 600 block of Skinner Road in Randle who said a neighbor had called him last Wednesday to notify him they had chased a group of people off the property. The owner went to the property and discovered three locks were damaged and a game cam had been stolen, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

BURGLARY STORAGE YARD

• A deputy was called yesterday to a storage facility at the 2400 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia where someone had cut a hole in a chain link fence and stolen food from a travel trailer parked there. A door handle to a camper was also damaged, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

OCCUPIED VEHICLE PROWLED

• Chehalis police were called by a 68-year-old Rochester woman about 12:45 p.m. yesterday who said she was dozing in her car in the Wal-Mart parking lot waiting for her passenger and someone made off with her purse. She called back a couple hours later to report her credit card had been used at Home Depot, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

OTHER THEFT

• Centralia police took a report yesterday morning that several batteries had been stolen from large equipment at the 1000 block of Long Road over recent months.

• Centralia police were called just after 11 a.m. yesterday to take a report regarding fraudulent use of an EBT card in a case associated with the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue. The victim was referred to the state Department of Social and Health Services, according to the Centralia Police Department.

EXPOSED

• Chehalis police were called to the Lewis County Mall about 11:40 a.m. yesterday by females who said the door to the men’s restroom was open and they saw a male in there touching himself. Sean C. Morgan, 29, of Centralia, was cited for indecent exposure and then released, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called about 1:15 p.m. yesterday to take a report a garage door had been tagged at the 600 block of Southwest William Avenue.

• A vehicle’s paint was damaged by an egg during an apparent prank at the 2000 block of Ahlers Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 7:40 a.m. yesterday. No suspects have been identified, according to the Centralia Police Department.

LIFE SAVED AT FREEWAY OVERPASS

• A sheriff’s deputy stopped in traffic near Interstate 5 in Chehalis jumped into action when he spotted a woman standing next to the railing on the 13th Street overpass set her belongings down and then climb over the railing yesterday. He exited his car, ran to the female and grabbed her, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The deputy asked for a Chehalis officer about 3:45 p.m., as other passersby pulled over and called 911. Arrangements were made for the woman to be transported to the hospital, according to police.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 41-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested early yesterday morning with minor injuries after a rollover collision along the Pe Ell-McDonald Road, near Lost Valley Road near Pe Ell. A deputy responding about 2:30 a.m. observed a red car on its top in a ditch with significant damage and contacted Brooks who said she had not been driving the car, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Brooks sustained a laceration to her arm and an abrasion on her eye brow and was booked into the Lewis County Jail for driving under the influence, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A 72-year-old Tenino man was arrested after allegedly pulling out onto U.S. Highway 101 in Pacific County in front of a motorcycle, injuring two people yesterday afternoon. Troopers called about 2:55 p.m. to the scene at Baycenter Road about 14 miles south of South Bend report that Peter L. Gregory, 72, of Tenino, was unhurt but he was booked into the Pacific County Jail for driving under the influence. His 2017 Kia Sorento was impounded, according to the Washington State Patrol. The 2015 BMW R12 motorcycle was totaled and its two occupants from Kirkland were injured, according to the state patrol. John M. Vanenkevort and Lisa A. Vanenkevort, both 56 years old, were transported by aid to Willapa Harbor Hospital, according to the investigating trooper.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, trespassing, shoplifting, probation violation, misdemeanor domestic assault, protection order violation; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, suspicious circumstances … and more among 157 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

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Updated at 6:02 p.m.

ALLEGATION: SOUTH COUNTY MECHANIC RAMS GIRLFRIEND’S VEHICLE

• A 40-year-old man reportedly upset another man was helping his former girlfriend fix her vehicle allegedly rapidly accelerated in reverse throwing gravel about, then stopped, put his pickup truck in drive and sped forward so fast he spun out as he rammed her vehicle. A Toledo police officer was called about 10 p.m. on Friday to the dispute, according to charging documents which make no mention of where it occurred. David G. Rabbit was booked into the Lewis County Jail and this afternoon a defense attorney said her client who is employed as a mechanic resides with the alleged victim so he was opposed to a no contact order. Lewis County Superior Court Judge James Lawler imposed the no contact order and set bail at $10,000. Rabbit is charged with one count of second-degree malicious mischief as well as hit and run. The woman’s bumper ended up partially dismounted, according to court papers.

ASSAULT

• A 29-year-old inmate at the Lewis County Jail was arrested for custodial assault after allegedly spitting at a corrections deputy as the inmate was being placed into additional restraints on Saturday night. Danielle K. Hutchison allegedly also scratched the forearms of the same corrections deputy causing bleeding, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

BURGLARY

• A rural Chehalis woman called 911 after getting phone notification from her residential surveillance system that someone was inside her house, who she recognized as a person who rents space in a shop on the same property. Bradley D. Kelly, 48, of Chehalis, allegedly admitted he went into the home on the 1900 block of Rice Road and took $1.75 in coins, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called after the approximately 7:45 p.m. incident on Saturday arrested Kelly for residential burglary and booked him in to the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

FRAUD

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports it is investigating after someone tried to cash a $1,200 check at a bank in Olympia which had been stolen from the 700 block of Koontz Road south of Chehalis. The victim reported last Wednesday the discovery checks had been stolen between July 30 and Aug. 6, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A Chehalis resident reported on Friday a fraudulent withdrawal of $182 from their bank account at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VEHICLE THEFT

• Centralia police were called to the 200 block of West Hanson Street about 9:10 a.m. yesterday to take a report white 1992 Honda Accord had been stolen during the night. The four-door passenger car bears a license plate reading AAT 0636, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A deputy responded about 6:25 p.m. on Saturday to the 500 block of state Route 122 in Silver Creek where two teenage boys allegedly took a golf cart, afterward saying they thought it could be rented, although they admitted they didn’t rent it. The cart was returned to its owner and the case is being referred to prosecutors for possible charges of taking a motor vehicle without permission, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. They are a 17-year-old from Edgewood and a 14-year-old from Happy Valley, Oregon, according to the sheriff’ office.

DRUGS

• A 22-year-old Onalaska resident walking along the 900 block of Byham Road in Winlock about 2:45 p.m. on Saturday was arrested for an outstanding warrant and then possession of methamphetamine. Jordon N. White was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Chehalis police were called to Green Hill School on Friday to investigate a report of contraband, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The case is under investigation, according to police.

• When drug detectives contacted a 27-year-old Centralia man on Friday for allegedly previously selling some heroin to an informant, he allegedly confessed there was about an ounce of the drug inside his vehicle, and a smaller amount of meth. His vehicle was searched with a warrant today and Brandon M. Cruzan was charged in Lewis County Superior Court with three felonies and ordered held on $100,000 bail. Charging documents in the case allege Cruzan made the sale sometime since June 1 in Lewis County, and Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor Paul Masiello told a judge he expected to file two more charges of delivery. Judge James Lawler said he set the high amount of bail for community safety reasons. Cruzan was charged with one count of delivery of a controlled substance, one count of possession of methamphetamine and one count of possession of heroin with intent to deliver in the case investigated by the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team. His arraignment is scheduled for Thursday.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called about 12:15 p.m. yesterday to a business on the 600 block of Northwest State Avenue following the discovery of spray paint tagging and damage to a door.

EASTERN WASH. WILDFIRE

• Three members of Lewis County Fire District 5 left late Saturday night with a brush truck and a tender to assist with the East Saddle Mountain Fire in Grant County. The fire which began at approximately 3:30 p.m. was estimated at 5,000 acres and growing, threatening crops, infrastructure and homes, according to the Washington state Fire Marshal’s Office.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports the driver of the Nissan Maxima that was totaled on Saturday afternoon when it struck a tree alongside the 3100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia was subsequently arrested for driving under the influence. Alexis J. Barajas, 19, of Centralia, was also arrested for minor in possession/consumption of alcohol, according to the sheriff’s office. Barajas received minor lacerations and abrasions to his head and face, was treated at Providence Centralia Hospital and booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence, driving without required ignition interlock, failure to transfer vehicle title; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, civil issue, suspicious circumstances … and more among 130 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

The 3100 block of Harrison Avenue, Centralia. / Courtesy photo by Riverside Fire Authority

TREE-HUGGING CAR

• Firefighters were dispatched to a single vehicle rollover accident along the 3100 block of Harrison Avenue at about 12:15 p.m. yesterday where they found a passenger vehicle on its side, between the trees. The lone occupant self-extricated from the car and was transported by ambulance to Providence Centralia Hospital with minor injuries, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• Centralia police were called to the 400 block of South Oak Street about 3:45 p.m. on Friday to take a report of the theft of a scooter as well as the tires off a Honda passenger car.

• A tailgate from a black Ford F-250 pickup was stolen overnight at the 300 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police on Friday morning.

• Additional victims of mail and package thefts in the 600 block of F Street in Centralia were discovered ton Friday, according to the Centralia Police Department. The juvenile suspects remain in custody from an attempted mail theft the day before, according to police.

OUTDOOR RECREATION

• Two men were cited for drinking in public at the 100 block of Wast Hanson Street in Centralia at 10 o’clock yesterday morning.

VANDALISM

•  A front window of a residence was broken with what appeared to have been a rock at the 100 block of Jalyn Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 11:50 a.m. yesterday.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, third-degree theft, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence, driving without required ignition interlock; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, suicidal person, suspicious circumstances, visits from fire department to ask residents to douse campfires … and more among 346 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 48-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

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MISSING CAT, ANGRY COMMENTS LEAD TO ARREST

• A 56-year-old Onalaska man was arrested last night after allegedly making threats he would shoot someone over the disappearance of his cat in a case involving a neighbor and other threats at the 200 block of Vantage Lane in Onalaska. Steven E. Norris, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office

THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• Centralia police took a report about 1:30 p.m. yesterday about a purse stolen from the 500 block of Harrison Avenue.

• Police were called to a residence on the 1100 block of Long Road just after 10 o’clock yesterday morning about the theft of tools.

• Cash and other items were missing from an apartment at the 1100 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 8:40 a.m. yesterday.

FRAUD

• Chehalis police were called to a business at the 1700 block of Northeast Kresky Avenue where they learned of phone calls indicating someone was using checks with that business’s information in a scam. The business closed the account and there are no leads to a suspect, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Police were called about 9:40 a.m. yesterday regarding a car prowl at the 300 block of West Pear Street in Centralia. A wallet was missing from the vehicle which had been locked but had an open sunroof, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called to the 1200 block of Alder Street about 7:45 a.m. yesterday to take a report of a theft. A rotary hammer had been removed from inside a locked tool box attached to the bed of a truck, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, reckless driving, driving with suspended license, protection order violation; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, motorist seen speeding up to try to hit a dog… and more among 164 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.