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Sharyn’s Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

ANOTHER HONDA MISSING

• Centralia police reported this morning they were called yesterday to the 600 block of South Tower Avenue about a blue Honda Civic stolen sometime in the previous 12 days. Its license plate should read 153 TLK.

MORE VEHICLE PROWLS

• A call to the 1200 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia about 3 p.m. yesterday revealed a purse was taken from an unlocked vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• An MP3 player and keys were stolen from a vehicle on the 700 block of Euclid Way in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 9:40 a.m. yesterday.

• Somebody broke a window to get inside a car an steal a speaker on the 500 block of North Rock Street in Centralia sometime before about 9:25 a.m. yesterday, according to police.

News brief: Sheriff decides not to arrest man who shot burglar in Onalaska

Monday, July 12th, 2010

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

Sheriff Steve Mansfield is going to let the prosecutor’s office decide if April’s fatal shooting of a suspected burglar in Onalaska was or was not justified.

However, Mansfield, who is running for reelection, says he feels the homeowner acted in a manner which makes the use of force reasonable, according to a news release from the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

The investigation concluded Thomas  McKenzie, the 56-year-old Morton man who was fatally shot, was at the home on the 2100 block of state Route 508 on April 19 to commit a burglary and had earlier in the day committed a burglary, according to the news release.

The sheriff’s office won’t be taking the 59-year-old homeowner, Ronald Brady into custody, but will send the case to the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office for its review, according to the sheriff’s office.

Deputies on Friday arrested McKenzie’s wife, Joanna McKenzie, 32, for burglary for her involvement.

Sharyn’s Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Monday, July 12th, 2010

TEEN KICKS ANOTHER TEEN IN FACE, SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS

• Deputies are looking for a 17-year-old Centralia resident after a Saturday incident in which he allegedly punched a 16-year-old Rochester male in the face, grabbed him by the throat and threw him to the ground and then – while the victim lay unmoving – ran up and kicked him in the face. It began when the Rochester teen and friends were at the Chehalis River off Prather Road and after the teen took a phone call from a girl he previously knew well, the girl’s brother called him and threatened to find him and beat him up, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. The teen and his friends left and soon after encountered the 17-year-old brother, the girl and two other males at a stop sign and then again in the driveway of the 16-year-old’s home on the 18,700 block of Sargent Road where the assault took place, sheriff’s Lt. Chris Mealy said. The 17-year-old is facing possible arrest for felony assault, Mealy said.

PASSING MOTORIST STRIKES BICYCLE RIDER WITH OBJECT

• Chehalis police were called just before 7 p.m. last night after a male riding a bicycle along Chamber of Commerce Way was struck by a flashlight or something similar from a passing motorist, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The victim was struck in the arm but declined aid, according to police.

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES PILFERED FROM CONSTRUCTION SITE

• An estimated $5,200 stolen from a construction site at the end of Hobson Road outside Centralia included 300 feet of heavy-gauge wire, an electric water pump and a 60-gallon fuel tank, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. The theft took place sometime between 6 p.m. last Wednesday and 8 o’clock the following morning, according to the sheriff’s office.

FOUR FIREARMS STOLEN

• A Toledo-area resident reported last Thursday two rifles, a shotgun and a pistol had been stolen from his Collins Road residence and on Friday contacted the Lewis County Office again to say he had recovered two of them and was in the courthouse parking lot with the suspect, his nephew, the sheriff’s office reported this morning. Johnathan R.C. Miller, 18, of Toledo, was subsequently arrested by deputies for multiple counts involving the theft of the firearms, according to Cmdr. Steve Aust.

VEHICLE STOLEN, ANOTHER RETURNED

• Centralia police on Sunday evening recovered a vehicle stolen previously from Chehalis after a resident on the 1400 block of Logan Street in Centralia reported she noticed it parked on her block for the previous four days.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning a black and gray 1988 Chevrolet Suburban was stolen sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning from the 200 block of Hamilton Road outside Chehalis.

BURGLARIES IN CENTRALIA AND CHEHALIS

• Centralia police took a report about 8 p.m. on Saturday that somebody stole two laptop computers, a Wii entertainment system and a small amount of cash from the 200 block of E. Carson Street in Centralia.

• Chehalis police took a report about 11:30 a.m. on Saturday that somebody entered through an unlocked garage door on the 300 block of James Street and stole electronics, including video games.

PROWLING VEHICLES, SMASHING WINDOWS

• An iPod and a wallet were taken from a vehicle on the 900 block of H Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. At noon the same day, police took a report somebody broke a window of a vehicle on the 500 block of North Iron Street and took a purse.

• The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office this morning reported they received an online report of vandalism to a vehicle last week. The window of a car was broken out sometime on the 18,800 block of Guava Street in Rochester sometime on July 4.

• Centralia police took a report about 2:20 p.m. on Sunday a window was broken out a vehicle on the 2600 block of Borst Avenue. Just before noon on Saturday, police were called about the windshield being broken out another vehicle on the 100 block of South Barner Drive. The inside of that vehicle was ransacked, but nothing was taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.

News brief: Morton woman arrested for burglary in connection with April incident in Onalaska when her husband was fatally shot

Monday, July 12th, 2010

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

Lewis County sheriff’s deputies on Friday arrested the wife of Thomas  McKenzie, the 56-year-old Morton man who was fatally shot by an Onalaska home owner who was staying overnight at his house-under-construction in case burglars from earlier in the day returned.

Joanna McKenzie was arrested and booked into jail on Friday for burglary in connection with the incidents that took place on April 19 at the 2100 block of state Route 508 in Onalaska, according to Lewis County Sheriff’s Office Cmdr. Steve Aust.

The sheriff’s office this morning turned over the file on the case to the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office for its evaluation, Aust said.

The 59-year-old homeowner, whose name has not been released, told sheriff’s detectives at the time he heard a noise and opened the outer garage door to see flashlights shining in his eyes. He fired his weapon.

More on the case to come later.

News brief: Rochester woman among the injured in rollover crash in Olympia

Monday, July 12th, 2010
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A 2009 Chevrolet Aveo totaled Sunday night in Olympia carried a Rochester woman and four others

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

A Rochester woman was among four passengers who escaped with minor injuries in a single-vehicle crash in Olympia last night that left the 19-year-old driver in critical condition.

Alicia G. Schneider, 19, of Olympia, was traveling on the onramp from Evergreen Parkway to southbound state Route 101 when her car veered to the right and came to rest on its top, according to the Washington State Patrol.

Troopers called about 9:30 p.m. reported Schneider was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected. She remains in critical condition this morning at Providence St. Peter Hospital this morning. Her 2009 Chevrolet Aveo was described as totaled.

The other four occupants, including Barbara R. Prew, 27, of Rochester, sustained only minor injuries, according to the state patrol.

The cause remains under investigation, but the state patrol issued a news release about the collision noting speed affects crash severity as well as reminding the public that seat belts save lives.

The other occupants included Melissa A. Kennedy, 32, Olympia; William E. Wilcox, 37, Tacoma; and Daniel W. Slaven, 35, Vancouver, according to the patrol.

Sharyn’s Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

MAN ARRESTED AFTER THREATENING TO BLOW UP HIS MOTOR HOME AT CHEHALIS AIRPORT

• A 63-year-old man from Curtis was arrested at gun point today in Chehalis after he told an employee at Walgreens he wanted to get rid of his motor home and was headed to the airport to get in his private jet and “when he was 1,000 feet up, he was going to blow it sky high,” according to Chehalis police. Officers called about the incident at the store on Chamber of Commerce Way found the suspect in an older model motor home parked not at the airport but behind Steck clinic off Bishop Road about 2:35 p.m. Chehalis Officer Jeff Elder had George Gould at gunpoint, and when Gould reached for something in his vehicle, Elder punched Gould in the face, according to Elder. Gould was handcuffed, and firefighters and medics came to check him out, but he declined aid, according to police. Chehalis police Sgt. Brian Hickey said the man had gone in to Walgreens demanding to sell his motor home, and even asked for the manager to make his appeal. Hickey expected to book Gould for threat to bomb or a similar offense, Hickey said.

MAN RETURNS TO SCENE OF THEFT AND GETS ARRESTED

• Centralia police reported this morning that a 41-year-old Centralia man was arrested last night for stealing a motorcycle from behind the Hub tavern. According to police, Keith A. Obrist was apprehended by officers when he returned to the scene on the 100 block of South Tower Avenue to retrieve his bicycle. He led an officer to where the motorcycle was hidden and it was returned to the owner, according to the Centralia Police Department. Obrist was arrested and then released, police reported.

ANOTHER HONDA GOES MISSING

• A red 1993 Honda Civic was reported stolen from Airport Road and Mellen Street in Centralia about 5:45 p.m. yesterday, according to Centralia police. It bears a license plate reading 106 TLI.

DOG KEEPS MAN FROM SNEAKING IN THROUGH DOG DOOR

• Police took a report just before 5 p.m. yesterday that somebody kicked in the dog door at the rear of a residence on the 500 block of Woodland Avenue in Centralia. According to police, the homeowner’s dog scared the would-be burglar away.

Sharyn’s Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Friday, July 9th, 2010

CAR PROWLER CAUGHT ON CAMERA

• Chehalis police called to the Wal-Mart parking lot at about 2:25 p.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowl were able to obtain security camera video which showed an individual from an older Jeep Cherokee breaking out the window of a Ford pickup truck. A nylon briefcase was taken from the truck, sometime within the hour before the call, according to Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut.

THEFT FROM STORAGE UNIT

• Somebody broke into a storage unit on Northeast Kresky Avenue in Chehalis and removed a trailer carrying a riding lawn mower, a push mower and a chain saw, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The officer called at 1:20 p.m. was told by the victim they believed a couple of other units had recently been burglarized, Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut said this morning. Police don’t know how the individual got into the gated compound, he said.

RED TRAIL BIKE STOLEN

• Centralia police were called just after 5 p.m. last evening about a motorcycle stolen from the 800 block of J Street. The red trail bike-style Honda 250 has a vehicle identification number of JH2ME10397M305509, according to the Centralia Police Department.

TWO ARRESTS FOR SECOND DEGREE THEFT

• Centralia police reported they arrested two Bellingham residents near the Outlet Malls last night for second degree theft. The 8:20 p.m. and 9:20 p.m. incidents involved Bernita L. Madera, 28, and Rolondo L. Clizbe, 33, according to the Centralia Police Department. Madera was also booked for felony harassment, police reported. Further details were not readily available.