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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.

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.