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ICE AND DITCHES

• A driver was reportedly uninjured when his fully loaded log truck rolled over yesterday on Lincoln Creek Road near Summers Road outside Centralia. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said the truck drifted and its tires caught in a ditch pulling the 1992 Kenworth onto its side. Firefighters called about 11:15 a.m. said the driver got himself out. The accident took out a a utility pole, according to the sheriff’s office. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Stacy Brown said 32-year-old Winlock man was cited for defective equipment, expired insurance and expired “tonnage”.

• Two young women were hospitalized yesterday after a single-vehicle wreck on the 300 block of Big Hanaford Road outside Centralia. Firefighters called at 12:15 p.m. said the airbags deployed and the occupants were taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Fire Capt. Ken Colombo said they were told by neighbors it was the third wreck along the bend in the road that morning. The 19-year-old driver and her 21-year-old passenger were transported because of back and neck pain, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A 34-year-old Centralia man escaped serious injury when his Jeep Cherokee left Centralia-Alpha Road and landed on its top in a ditch yesterday afternoon. Aid and deputies were called about 2 p.m. to the crash east of Coal Creek Road. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said he was traveling southbound about 50 mph when “he felt the sheet of ice on a sweeping curve”.

THEFT AND FRAUD

• Centralia police took a report Monday afternoon from the 1200 block of Alder Street in which someone made fraudulent charges on a food stamp card.

• Earlier Monday afternoon, police were called to the 1100 block of Virginia Drive in Centralia about a stolen wallet and somebody then using the victim’s food stamp card.

• And even earlier on Monday, Centralia police took a report about fraudulent activity on a credit card belonging to an individual reporting from the 1200 block of View Street.

DRUGS

• Chehalis police were called to the Rite Aid store on South Market Boulevard yesterday to a report a prescription was altered. A 23-year-old Winlock woman was arrested later when she returned, as she had altered the quantity of pills in her Percocet prescription, according to Chehalis police. Amanda D. Barnhart was booked for into the Lewis County Jail for forgery of a prescription, detective Sgt. Rick McNamara said.

• A 34-year-old Centralia man was found in possession of a small baggie of suspected methamphetamine after he was arrested on Thursday afternoon when he was picked by Chehalis police and a Department of Corrections officer on the 300 block of North Market Boulevard, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Matthew W. Rackley was wanted for a DOC violation, according to police.

STOLEN GUN GETS ALLEGED SHOPLIFTER JAILED

• A 20-year-old Centralia man allegedly trying to shoplift ear ache medicine at Shop n Kart on North National Avenue in Chehalis was jailed Friday night as he was found with a .22 caliber pistol stolen out of Tacoma, according to police. Guillermo Rodriguez was charged yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court with possession of a stolen firearm and third-degree theft. He was ordered held on $20,000 bail.

THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office was called early Sunday morning to the 100 block of Mineral Hill Road in Mineral where they learned a 2008 Jeep Patriot had been stolen about 11 p.m. the night before. The vehicle was subsequently found wrecked and abandoned on the 400 block of Mineral Hill Road, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A 32-year-old Longview woman was arrested Saturday evening by Centralia police after allegedly shoplifting some $1,200 in merchandise at the Outlet Mall on High Street. Amber M. Davis was booked into the Lewis County Jail and charged today with second-degree theft. Bail was set at $5,000 cash or bond. The stolen items were recovered, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called twice yesterday about fraudulent use of bank cards. Someone from the 300 block of Noel Avenue reported charges on their credit card and later in the day, someone from the 200 block of West Reynolds Avenue reported somebody used their debit card, according to police. The amounts in question were not readily available. Police say they don’t know if the cases are related, but detectives will be investigating.

• A deputy took a report on Saturday of theft from the 3100 block of Russell Road outside Centralia where a woman said her patio furniture was missing as well as the front bumper to her Volkswagen Beetle, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office

• Chehalis police were called just before 7 o’clock this morning about a chainsaw stolen from a work truck on Northwest Maryland Avenue.

BROKEN WINDOWS

• Individuals from two locations in Centralia the 600 block of North Pearl Street and the 1000 block South Tower Avenue – reported on Saturday windows discovered broken on their vehicles. Centralia police noted it wasn’t clear if the second incident was related to the cold weather or vandalism.

• Chehalis police took reports on Thursday morning of at least two incidents on South Market Boulevard in which individuals thought a bullet or a BB damaged windows.

DRUGS

• Michael A. Kellogg was arrested and booked into jail early this morning for possession of methamphetamine, The Centralia resident was charged with that offense, as well as possession of a misdemeanor amount of marijuana and second-degree driving without a license, today in Lewis County Superior Court. Bail was set at $5,000.

• Sherry K. Dixon 44, of Chehalis, was arrested by Chehalis police following a traffic stop on West Main Street on Saturday and charged today with with possession of methamphetamine, paraphernalia and third-degree driving with s suspended license. Her bail was set with a $5,000 signature bond.

• Jessica Walton, of Seattle, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail on Friday and then charged today with possession of methamphetamine, cocaine, a misdemeanor amount of marijuana and paraphernalia as well as obstruction and third-degree driving without a license. Her bail was set with a $10,000 signature bond.