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WRECKS

• A 16-year-old driver was arrested yesterday after he allegedly struck three vehicles on the 900 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia and then ran from the scene about 5:30 p.m. One of the victims followed him and the Chehalis teenager was subsequently found walking down the street at West First Street near J Street, according to Centralia police. Police reported the teen refused to comply with them and they used a Taser to take him into custody. He was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with injuries that included at least a bloody nose, according to Sgt. Stacy Denham. The boy, whose name was not released because he is a juvenile, was arrested for three counts of hit and run, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A log truck driver escaped serious injury in a rollover accident about 9:30 a.m. yesterday outside Chehalis. The truck was northbound on Highway 603 and turning right onto Shorey Road when the trailer tipped over and lost its load, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The driver was examined by aid  but not transported to the hospital, according to Chief Deputy Stacy Brown.

DRUGS

• Police were called to Centralia Middle School yesterday morning where they arrested a 14-year-old student for illegal possession of prescription medication. The boy was booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center.

THREAT WITH GUN

• A pair of Longview residents were arrested for felony harassment yesterday afternoon after police were called to the 1400 block of William Avenue in Chehalis. James P. Dutra, 49, reportedly threatened to harm some individuals and indicated he had a gun in his pocket, according to Chehalis police. He and Diane K. Norris, 48, were booked into the Lewis County Jail. Police detective Sgt. Rick McNamara said police are still trying to figure out the details of the dispute. The victims told police they didn’t know the couple, he said.

THEFTS

• Police were called about 7:50 a.m. yesterday to the 2000 block of Southwest Olympic Drive where someone had broken into a shed and stolen “some kind of engine for a midget” car, according to Chehalis police.

• A coat, some chaps, a three-foot grow light and a bicycle were among the items stolen from the 100 block of Fifth Street in Dryad sometime between Sunday and Monday, according to a report taken yesterday by the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is estimated at $1,000.

• The Morton Police Department reported yesterday $100 worth of various items were stolen in a burglary on the 200 block of Main Avenue in Morton. The break-in to the residence was reported on Wednesday morning. The intruder apparently got inside though an open window, according to police.

• A laptop computer was stolen from a vehicle parked at W.F. West High School in Chehalis on Saturday, according to a report made to police yesterday.

DRUGS

• A pair of Centralia residents were arrested yesterday afternoon for allegedly attempting to pass a forged prescription for pain killers at the 500 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia. Manana R. Rivera, 39, and Richard Rivera, 32, were booked into the Lewis County Jail for forgery, according to the Centralia Police Department,

• Chehalis police were called to the parking lot at Wal-Mart yesterday morning where an individual in a car was reportedly in the process of shooting up drugs. Bryan L. Housden, 21, of Centralia, was subsequently arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of heroin, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DISPUTE

• A 25-year-old Chehalis man who allegedly expressed his anger during a dispute by pulling down his pants was arrested for indecent exposure yesterday afternoon. Don E. Braley was booked into the Lewis County Jail following the incident with an apartment building owner on the 200 block of Chehalis Avenue, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VANDALISM

• A 49-year-old man was jailed for third-degree malicious mischief after he was caught spray painting on the side of Cascade Mental Health in Chehalis on Friday. Police reported Steven M. Fullerton had a ladder and written out close to a paragraph before he was detained.

THEFTS

• Somebody broke into a Morton-area shop and took more than $5,000 of property, including a 2003 Suzuki, a flat screen television and various tools. A deputy who took a report on Saturday from the 1000 block of Davis Lake Road was told it happened sometime since the day before, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Somebody stole two yellow metal wagon wheels from a sign at the VFW hall on the 5500 block of Jackson Highway in Toledo, according to a report made to the sheriff’s office. The wheels, which are three to four feet in diameter, went missing sometime between Thursday and Friday, according to Chief Deputy Stacy Brown. The loss is estimated at $150.

• Chehalis police were called yesterday afternoon to a possible burglary to a garage on Grandview Avenue. A gate as also reportedly damaged.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called Sunday afternoon about graffiti spray painted on a fence at the 400 block of West Pine Street.

• Police were called on Saturday morning about graffiti found on a garage door on the 500 block of Genge Street.

VEHICLE THEFTS

• Police took a report about 5:20 a.m. yesterday that a gray 1990 Mazda pickup truck was stolen overnight from the 500 block of Hemlock Street in Centralia. The four-wheel drive king cab truck has a license plate of A49940W, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called to the 500 block of South Iron Street about noon on Friday about the overnight theft of a brown 1987 Mazda pickup truck. The vehicle has a Seahawks sticker in the back window and a license plate reading B82341N, according to police.

BURGLARY

• Someone broke into a house under renovation on the 1400 block of Crescent Avenue in Centralia and stole tools, according to a report made to police yesterday.

CAR PROWLS

• Centralia police were called to the 800 block of Swanson Drive about 11:40 p.m. last night about somebody breaking into a vehicle and stealing a purse.

• Police took a report yesterday morning that somebody stole prescription medications from an unlocked vehicle at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took a report yesterday afternoon that someone broke the rear window out of a vehicle at the 900 block of Marion Street.

DRUGS

• Centralia police were called to the 900 block of Johnson Road about noon on Friday where they arrested a juvenile male – age not reported – for delivery of drugs. He as taken to the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center.

• Centralia police reported yesterday they detained a 22-year-old Centralia resident at the 900 block of Harrison Avenue the day before after finding a substance they suspected to be drugs. The subject was released pending the results of testing from the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• Chehalis police were called to a drug and alcohol treatment center on Washington Avenue yesterday after suspected methamphetamine was found in a client’s room. Lynette R. Malo, 40, from Auburn, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• Officers responding to a Centralia home for a report of a vicious dog yesterday subsequently discovered three marijuana plants growing there. The case of the 18-year-old resident of the home on the 600 block of South Gold Street is being referred to the Lewis County Prosecutor’s office for possible charges, according to the Centralia Police Department.

ASSAULT

• A 28-year-old Toledo man was arrested for second-degree assault after police were called early Thursday morning to the 1200 block of Eckerson Road in Centralia. William L. Kennedy was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called to a shoplifting incident about 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in which at least one of the two suspects engaged in a physical altercation with a security officer before they fled. No arrests were made.

THEFT

• Centralia police called to the 500 block of East Main Street yesterday took a report of $2,000 stolen from an individual’s pre-paid credit card.

• Police took a report on Wednesday from the 1400 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia of somebody using an individual’s name to cash checks.

VANDALISM

• Police were called about noon on Wednesday to the 1100 block of West Pear Street where someone had thrown a rock through a window.

• Centralia police were called to the 200 block of West Pear Street on Wednesday morning where there were two small holes in the rear window of a vehicle.

WRECK

• An adult male was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital after an early-morning single-vehicle wreck on North Gold Street at Ham Hill Road yesterday. Aid and police were called about 12:30 a.m. when his pickup truck slid into a light pole, according to responders.