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TEEN BARRICADES SELF INSIDE BEDROOM

• A 17-year-old male barricaded himself in his bedroom and then threatened to jump out the second-story window when police went to a Centralia home yesterday to arrest the teenager on an outstanding warrant. The approximately 8:30 a.m. incident at the 800 block of North Pearl Street ended after police forced their way through his bedroom door and took him into custody without further incident, according to the Centralia police Department.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called about a tire slashed on a vehicle at the 1400 block of Lewis Street last night.

• Police took a report yesterday afternoon that the back window of a vehicle at the 400 block of East Locust Street had been smashed out with a can of vegetables.

• Centralia police took a report yesterday afternoon that rear window of a truck was broken out at the 1400 block of Central Boulevard.

NAPAVINE WOMAN HIT BY CAR IN CROSSWALK

• A Napavine woman crossing Pearl Street in Centralia was struck by a car yesterday and taken to Providence Centralia Hospital. Police were called about 1:30 p.m. to the intersection of Centralia College Boulevard and South Pearl Street, according to the Centralia Police Department. The 50-year-old pedestrian had injuries to her back, neck and legs, according to police Sgt. Kurt Reichert. The driver, Kathey Moon, 69, of Centralia, was ticketed for failing to yield the right of way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk, according to Reichert.

ROLLOVER WRECK ON INTERSTATE 5

• A Chehalis woman was hospitalized after rolling her car on Interstate 5 in Chehalis this morning. It happened about 7:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes just south of the Main Street interchange, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. Firefighters had to pry open the driver’s door to extricate the 58-year-old driver, who appeared to have escaped any serious injuries, according to fire Capt. Kevin Curfman.

CAR CRASHES INTO MACHINERY

• Police and aid were called about 2 o’clock this morning after a vehicle crashed into some heavy equipment parked at Reynolds Avenue and Lum Road in Centralia. Riverside Fire Authority Capt. Greg Schwartz said there was nobody in the vehicle when firefighters arrived, but police subsequently found the driver, who declined aid.

BANK CARD THEFT

• Chehalis police were called yesterday evening about a stolen bank card being used to take money out of an ATM on North Market Boulevard in Chehalis.

BROKEN CAR WINDOWS

• Centralia police took three calls this morning of windows being broken out of vehicles. The first one was at 5:15 a.m. on the 200 block of North Ash Street. Less than an hour later, an individual reported someone had thrown a stereo speaker through the rear window of a vehicle on the 1000 block of Centralia College Boulevard. The third incident occurred at the 500 block of East Locust Street.

TIRES SLASHED

• Chehalis police were called yesterday afternoon about tires being slashed on Northeast Washington Avenue in Chehalis.

CENTRALIA MAN THREATENS GRANDMOTHER WITH KNIFE, POLICE SAY

• Centralia police arrested a 33-year-old man yesterday evening who reportedly armed himself with a kitchen knife and threatened to cut his grandmother’s throat. When officers arrived to the home on the 300 block of Yew Street, Rainier P. Wagner was laying outside on the ground crying and shouting, according to the Centralia Police Department. Sgt. Kurt Reichert said the 81-year-old grandmother had gone to Wagner’s home to check on him and he was upset because he couldn’t find his cigarette papers. Wagner was rambling about how much pain he was in and talking about imaginary people, Reichert said. Wagner was booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree assault, domestic violence, according to police.

FIGHT OVER MOTHER’S WILL LANDS WOMAN IN JAIL

• A 50-year-old woman was arrested for misdemeanor assault in Centralia last night following a dispute with her sister over their mother’s will, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officers called about 10 p.m. to the 900 block of South Schueber Road booked Linda L. Schultz, of Chehalis, into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

CARETAKER ARRESTED FOR STEALING CHECKS

• An 84-year-old Centralia-area woman reported yesterday nine of her checks had been stolen and then cashed at various locations, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The total was $7,700. The woman’s caretaker, Kaci L. Comstock, 24, of Centralia, was subsequently arrested and booked for first-degree theft, detective Sgt. Dusty Breen said.

THEFTS

• Sometime between 3:15 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. yesterday, somebody entered an unlocked house on the 3700 block of Mayberry Road outside Centralia and stole a laptop computer, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Centralia police took a report about 4 p.m. yesterday of a greenish 1993 Honda Accord stolen from North Washington Avenue. The four door car has a license plate reading 666 ZHA, light-colored window tinting which is bubbling up and a trailer hitch-style dent in the front bumper, according to police.

• Chehalis police were called yesterday about the theft of a gray 1990 Honda Accord. from the corner of Northwest Rhode Island Avenue and Northwest West Street.

• Police were called to the 1100 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia yesterday where someone had attempted overnight to remove stereo equipment from a vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FIRE

• Firefighters were called to a residence in Grand Mound yesterday afternoon when a BBQ apparently malfunctioned and caught the side of a house on fire. Fire Chief Robert Scott said an individual had attempted to douse it with a garden hose, but firefighters finished putting it out with a dry chemical extinguisher. The damage to the siding on the home at the 6400 block of 201st Avenue Southwest was minimal, Scott said. The chief said he believed a hose for the BBQ failed.