Lewis County Sirens.com

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CHEHALIS EATERY CATCHES FIRE

• Firefighters were called just before 4 o’clock this morning after a passerby spotted a fire at Kit Carson restaurant on the 100 block of Southwest Interstate Avenue in Chehalis. It appeared to have started outside in a planting bed next to the concrete front steps, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. The crew was joined by personnel from Lewis County Fire District 6 and Riverside Fire Authority, Capt. Ted McCarty said. The fire spread inside the wall just a little bit before it was extinguished, McCarty said. He estimated $10,000 damage. The business was closed, but peat moss and shrubbery in the flower bed may have been ignited by a cigarette discarded earlier, he said.

CENTRALIA MAN BEAT UP

• A 29-year-old Centralia man was taken to the emergency room yesterday after he was assaulted by two individuals at the 600 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to police. Officer responding just after 2 p.m. note the victim was punched and kicked. An investigation is ongoing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• Police were called to the 100 block of West Third Street in Centralia about 1:50 p.m. yesterday to take a report that DVDs had been stolen from the front porch of a home.

• Centralia police were called about 12:15 p.m. yesterday regarding a yellow pressure washer stolen during the night from a yard at the 300 block of N Street.

• Centralia police were called about 10:40 a.m. yesterday to the 600 block of North Tower Avenue where a business reported receiving several bad checks over the course of two years. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• A 38-year-old Centralia woman was arrested yesterday after allegedly attempting to break into a vehicle at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia and fleeing from police around 11:20 a.m.. Jessica R.J. Gladue was subsequently booked into the Lewis County Jail for attempted vehicle prowl and obstructing a law enforcement officer as well as three warrants, according to the Centralia Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 35-year-old Centralia motorist allegedly struck a utility pole at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue and left the scene last night. Police responding about 9:10 p.m. subsequently arrested Micah C. Mollerstuen for driving under the influence and booked him into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A head-on collision about 8:30 p.m. yesterday at Northwest Louisiana Avenue and Chamber of Commerce Way in Chehalis sent one woman to the hospital with a possible broken wrist, according to the Chehalis Fire Department.

• A two-vehicle collision just before 5 p.m. yesterday on National Avenue in Chehalis sent one person to the hospital with neck pain, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. The other driver was not hurt, according to Fire Capt. Ted McCarty.

• Just as a westbound Chevrolet Tahoe began to make a left turn off of U.S. Highway 12, the motorcycle behind her attempted to pass on the left, injuring the motorcyclist when they collided about halfway between Randle and Packwood. Troopers called just before noon yesterday to the scene at milepost 123 blamed the wreck on improper passing, according to the Washington State Patrol. Robert D. Estep, 56, from Crosby, Texas, was taken to Morton General Hospital, according to the state patrol. His 2008 Honda Goldwing was totaled. The 70-year-old driver of the Tahoe, Patricia L. Brown, from Arlington, was reportedly unhurt. Her sport utility vehicle was able to be driven away from the scene, according to the investigating trooper.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 192 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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UNWELCOME VISITOR

• A 32-year-old Centralia man was arrested early this morning after allegedly entering someone else’s home at the 200 block of West Magnolia Street in Centralia and frightening the occupants. Officers responding to a 3:30 a.m. call booked Sparticas Arrington IV into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree trespassing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 29-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act when police contacted her yesterday at the 200 block of Southwest 14th Street in Chehalis after a 12:40 p.m. call about a person staying in a camper parked at a condemned house. Megan M. Murphy was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• A 22-year-old Toledo resident who allegedly gave police someone else’s name as his own to avoid arrest on an outstanding warrant was arrested just after noon yesterday for identity theft, possession of meth and possession of heroin. Centralia police contacted Tavryn L. Lindsey at the 800 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Lindsey also swallowed a small plastic baggie he later said contained cocaine, according to the Centralia Police Department. Lindsey was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police. Centralia police indicate they plan to forward information to prosecutors for a potential additional charge of tampering with evidence,.

• Centralia police say a motorist tossed drugs out the window of his vehicle as he was being pulled over early yesterday morning at the 1500 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia. It happened just before 7 a.m.  David C. Rahnert, 40, a homeless person, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of methamphetamine, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 51-year-old Rochester man contacted because he was riding a bicycle in an area where a car prowl had occurred on Wednesday night was frisked and a glass pipe was found in his pocket with a white powder residue that field tested a presumptive positive reading for methamphetamine, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Gerald P. Abbott was contacted at a gas station at the 1100 block of state Route 6, arrested for possession of methamphetamine and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office. Prosecutors declined to file the charge and he was released yesterday.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports this morning that five small marijuana gardens discovered in the woods off Forest Service Road 25 south of Randle were photographed and then pulled up to be taken into evidence. Forest service employees found them when they were out spraying weeds on Monday near the Woods Creek wildlife area, Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey said. Seized were 43 adult plants, according to Kimsey.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called about 8:10 p.m. yesterday to the 2600 block of Seward Avenue where someone had damaged  vehicle with rocks and eggs.

• Chehalis police were called about 10:50 a.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Southwest Eighth Street to take a report of a fence getting tagged with spray paint.

ANIMAL ENCOUNTER

• An individual was airlifted to an unspecified hospital after getting attacked by a bull at the 700 block of Hamilton Road in Chehalis about 5:30 p.m. yesterday, according to Lewis County Fire District 6.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving with suspended license, driving with no license, protection order violation; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, shoplifting, disorderly person, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, dog alone in parked vehicle … and more among 221 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 6:20 p.m.

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY

• A Glenoma resident who arrived home yesterday to discover people inside his residence called 911 and then got in his vehicle to follow their car down U.S. Highway 12, which was stopped by a trooper at Morton. Deputies dispatched at 5:08 p.m. for the burglary at the 300 block of Meade Hill Road interviewed the two suspects and one of them reportedly admitted she had gone inside “to look around,” according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. An investigation was ongoing to find what if anything had been stolen, according to the sheriff’s office. Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey said they learned items were being thrown from the suspect’s vehicle as it fled, and a glass pipe was located with a substance that field-tested positive for meth. Richard E. Prangley, 34, and Krista M. Dodson, 39, both from Graham, were arrested for residential burglary, Kimsey said. Dodson was additionally arrested for possession of methamphetamine, he said. Both were booked into the Lewis County Jail. Prosecutors charged the pair today with second-degree burglary and a judge allowed them release on $10,000 unsecured bail.

VEHICLE PROWL

• A deputy called about 8 p.m. yesterday for a vehicle prowl in the area of Twin Oaks Road and Highway 603 west of Chehalis learned from the victim she was walking on the Rails to Trails when she heard her car alarm and then found someone had broken out her front passenger window and stolen a bag containing glasses, books and other items, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

DRUGS

• A 36-year-old Rochester man was arrested yesterday by JNET drug detectives who visited him at his home and persuaded him to allow them to search the residence and his vehicle. According to charging documents, they found $3,300 cash, two firearms, a small amount of a crystal substance, another bag that contained a crystal substance and then approximately four ounces of methamphetamine. Miguel A. Gallardo allegedly confessed to giving two packages to another individual who was to deliver them to three separate people, two of which were in Lewis County, according to charging documents. Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor Paul Masiello wrote that Gallardo said he was in the United States illegally and had obtained his social security card illegally. Gallardo was charged today in Lewis County Superior Court possession of methamphetamine with intent to manufacture or deliver, possession of methamphetamine and also alien in possession of a firearm without an alien firearm license. The defendant spoke through a Spanish interpreter in court this afternoon. Lewis County Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Brad Meagher asked that he be held on $10,000 bail. Temporary defense attorney Rachael Tiller said she was aware of absolutely no prior criminal convictions. Judge James Lawler set bail at $20,000.

• In response to complaints from downtown Centralia business owners of suspected drug activity in the area, JNET worked a street-level narcotics enforcement detail downtown Centralia yesterday and arrested four people for drug violations plus one person for an outstanding warrant. Arrested for unlawful possession of a controlled substance, and then released pending the filing of charges by prosecutors were Daniel W. Schroeder, 57, of Centralia; Lonny D. Clevenger, 27, of Centralia; Cole E. Taylor, 25, of Winlock; and Shyanne L. Chamberlain, 19, of Covington, according to the Centralia Police Department. Arrested and booked into jail for an outstanding misdemeanor warrant was Rebecca L. McIntire, 29 of Centralia. JNET is the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team made up of law enforcement officers from Centralia, Chehalis and the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. JNET plans on conducting similar details in other areas of Centralia and other communities throughout Lewis County over the next several months.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, disorderly conduct, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence, protection order violation; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, third-degree theft, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 213 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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SEX ASSAULT INVESTIGATION

• Centralia police were called about 10:35 p.m. yesterday to take a report from two girls who reported being sexually assaulted by a boy in the area of the 1100 block of G Street. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WALLET LIFTED FROM SHOPPING CART

• Chehalis police were called by a woman yesterday who reported her wallet went missing while she was shopping at Wal-Mart on Sunday. She said she had noticed a male and a female following her, but didn’t think much about it until later, according to the Chehalis Police Department. When she got to the check stand to pay, her wallet was no longer in her cart, according to police. The woman learned from law enforcement in Thurston County that some of the items from her wallet were found laying in a yard there, Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said. Kaut said it wasn’t clear from the written report if the wallet had been in a purse in the cart or just loose in the cart.

OTHER THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 11:30 a.m. yesterday regarding the theft of a purse – and its contents – during the night from the 1000 block of Harrison Avenue.

• A generator was stolen out of the back of a pickup truck at the 1500 block of View Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 7:25 a.m. today.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for fourth-degree domestic assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, civil issue, third-degree theft, disorderly person, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, dog alone in parked vehicle … and more among 153 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.