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PACK OF DOGS SUSPECTED IN MASS ALPACA ATTACK

• Six alpacas were killed yesterday at the 1400 block of South Schueber Road outside Centralia, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said a farmer heard noise and went outside early yesterday morning and saw something had attacked his animals. “He saw eyes, with a  flashlight, he thought were dogs, we don’t know if it was dogs or coyotes or what,” Brown said. Six other alpacas were left alive, she said. Brown said she assumes it was more than one dog. A deputy took a report and notified the code enforcement people, she said. Unless they get reports of another incident or sighting of a pack of dogs, there isn’t much the sheriff’s office can do, according to Brown. “Sometimes, unfortunately, Mother Nature – the animals – takes it course,” she said.

TRUCK TAKEN OVERNIGHT IN CENTRALIA

• A blue 1984 Toyota pickup truck was reported stolen  just before 5:30 a.m. today from the 500 block of North Iron Street in Centralia. The four-wheel drive vehicle has a black canopy and a black tube bumper and black aluminum wheels, according to police. It bears the license plate B38191L, according to police.

ROCK PIT OFFICE RANSACKED

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning somebody broke into a small office at the Hope Creek rock pit off the 400 block of state Route 6 and stole two generators, a CB radio and two five-gallon gas cans. The break in occurred sometime between Friday and Monday when it was reported, according to the sheriff’s office. Somebody cut a lock on a gate to get in. The loss is estimated at more than $1,400.

TEEN ARRESTED WITH METH

• Officers arrested a male juvenile on a warrant about 6 p.m. last night at a home on the 1500 block of Delaware Avenue. The subject, whose age and name were not released, was also found to be in  possession of suspected methamphetamine, according to police. He was booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center.

TOOL BOX, CABLES TAKEN FROM VEHICLE

• Centralia police were called las night about 9:20 p.m. about a car prowl earlier in the evening on the 800 block of North Pearl Street. Jumper cables and a tool box were missing.

QUICK DRAW CHAMP SHOOTS SELF IN LEG

• A Tenino area man who told deputies he is a national “quick draw” champion was injured when he was practicing in his living room and his .45 caliber revolver discharged before it cleared its holster, the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office said this morning. It happened on the 17,800 block of Brittney Lane Southwest on Friday afternoon. The projectile lodged under the skin above his knee, and the 53-year-old told deputies he thought it was not a round – because the gun is normally loaded with blanks – but was the packing for the cartridge, according to the sheriff’s office. However, it was a .45 caliber bullet that put a hole in his holster and entered his thigh, according to the sheriff’s office. Medics said the injury was not life-threatening, Lt. Chris Mealy said this morning.

FEMALE CALLS POLICE, GETS ARRESTED

• A woman who contacted Centralia police yesterday about her vehicle being impounded found herself in jail after an officer discovered she had an outstanding municipal court warrant and then a search turned up suspected methamphetamine. Rachel L. Myers, 22, of Oakville, was arrested and then booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

MAN ARRESTED WITH STOLEN VEHICLE

• A 41-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday morning for driving with a suspended license and possession a stolen vehicle after a contact with an officer about 10 a.m. near exit 82 in Centralia. Keith A. Obrist was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

TEAM WORK AT GLASS PLANT PAYS OFF, FIRE DEPT. SAYS

• Lewis County Fire District 5 is praising the emergency response  team in place at Cardinal Glass in Winlock after an incident yesterday morning in which 911 was called for an employee having chest pains. Fire Districts 5 and 15 have been training with the industrial plants in-house responders, something that yesterday morning helped achieve  what Fire Lt. Laura Hanson called  a seamless response at the plant with multiple buildings and doors. The man, whose name and age were not released, was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital and then transferred to Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia where he was in critical condition yesterday afternoon, Hanson said.

COLLISION SENDS CAR OFF FREEWAY INTO WATER

• A car was pushed off Interstate 5 into about two feet of water yesterday near Centralia when a pickup truck changed lanes and collided with the car. Troopers were called just before 6 p.m. to the northbound lanes in between Mellen Street and Chamber of Commerce Way. The 62-year-old Tumwater woman in the wrecked Nissan Maxima was reportedly uninjured. A 43-year-old motorist from Raymond was cited for an unsafe lane change, according to the state patrol.