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CHEHALIS MAN ARRESTED AFTER TEENAGE GIRL’S MOTHER REPORTS SEXUAL CONTACT

• Chehalis police arrested a 44-year-old man yesterday for allegedly having sex with a 13-year-old girl. The incident occurred within the last week and the girl’s mother reported it on Wednesday, according to Chehalis police detective Sgt. Rick McNamara. The sergeant said the two were acquainted from living near each other and that the suspect is a registered sex offender. Raymond L. Criteser, 44, of Chehalis, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree rape of a child, McNamara said.

THREE-VEHICLE REAR-ENDER ON FREEWAY

• Firefighters were called about 10 p.m. last night to a multiple vehicle rear end collision on Interstate 5 in Chehalis. Riverside Fire Authority Capt. Terry Ternan said three vehicles were involved and it happened in the southbound lanes near the off ramp at Chamber of Commerce Way interchange. Ternan described it as fairly minor, although one female was taken by ambulance to the hospital with neck pain.

WEAPONS AND BADGE STOLEN FROM VEHICLE

• A .22 caliber Sig Sauer handgun, a bow and arrow and a badge (not a law officer’s badge) were taken in a vehicle prowl reported in Centralia about 11:20 yesterday morning. Officers are continuing to investigate the theft from the 1100 block of L Street, according to police.

BURGLARY REPORTED IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called about 8:20 p.m. last night about a burglary at the 1000 block of Alder Street in Centralia. Missing were a set of Volcom ski pants and jacket, comic books and baseball cards, according to police. Officers have no suspects or leads, according to a summary of the police report this morning.

INTRUDER INTO ROCHESTER HOME ALMOST CAUGHT

• An observant neighbor seems to have thwarted an attempted burglary in Rochester yesterday, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’ deputies were called about 1:50 p.m. to a house on the 18,600 block of Old Highway 99 Southwest after the neighbor saw a man remove a for sale sign from the front yard of a home and jump over a fence into the backyard, according to sheriff’s Lt. Chris Mealy. An arriving deputy saw a man with a baseball cap enter the home through a side door, then another deputy and his K-9 partner arrived and conducted a search inside, Mealy said. They followed a track but didn’t find anyone, Mealy said. The owner couldn’t determine that anything was stolen, but the for sale sign was found in the laundry room, according to Mealy

POLICE CATCH PAIR TRYING TO BREAK IN TO POLICE FACILITY

• Centralia police responded to a burglar alarm at their own training facility early this morning and found a door had been forced open. They arrested two individuals who had been trying to get into a vehicle that police had taken from them previously, according to police Sgt. Brian Warren. He said he couldn’t talk about what police believe they were attempting to take. Makia D. Adams, 34, of Centralia, surrendered to officers shortly after the 3:15 a.m. response to the building on Mellen Street west of Interstate 5. A second suspect fled across a creek, Warren said. Warren’s German Shepherd partner, Kayo, captured Daniel J. Miller, 49, of Centralia, after the sergeant announced to Miller they knew he was out there, according to Warren. Miller and the dog fought and Miller was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital to be treated for his dog bites, according to Warren. Adams and Miller were booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary. It was just Tuesday morning that a patrol car parked at the facility was broken into. The window had been smashed and a computer stolen.

VEHICULAR ASSAULT

• A 37-year-old Centralia woman was arrested yesterday evening after she allegedly twice drove her vehicle into the vehicle occupied by a male following a dispute with him. Cristina M. Morris was arrested for four counts of second-degree assault after the incident on the 1200 block of Ham Hill Road in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. The call came just after 5 p.m. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

BURGLARY

• Chehalis police were called about 7:45 p.m. yesterday to a burglary in Chehalis that reportedly occurred between 4 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Items were missing, forced entry was made, according to the report made to police.

ATTEMPTED VEHICLE PROWL

• Centralia police were called to the 600 block of South Rock Street about 8:20 yesterday morning where somebody had tried to pry the back window out of a vehicle. Nothing appeared to be taken, according to police.

CHILD RECEIVES SEXUAL TEXTS

• Centralia police were contacted about 4:45 p.m. yesterday at Mellon Street and Interstate 5 about texts of a sexual nature to a minor child.