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CHEVY CAN’T ROLL THAT WAY

• Somebody removed all four fancy tires and wheels from a Chevrolet Impala parked outside an auto shop on the 2100 block of North National Avenue in Chehalis, according to a report made to police yesterday morning.

MALL SHOPLIFTING

• Surveillance cameras captured a shoplifting incident at a business on the 1300 block of Lum Road in Centralia yesterday evening, according to the Centralia Police Department. Two females left before police arrived but the investigation is ongoing. Twice last week police were called to the Outlet Mall; once on Saturday to the Coach Outlet, a high-end handbag shop, when a purse valued at $200 was stolen and two days before that when a female stole a number of the expensive purses and fled in a white mini van.

PILLS IN POCKET LEAD TO ARREST

• A 25-year-old Rochester resident was arrested after a traffic stop in Chehalis yesterday when police found suspected prescription drugs in a container, but not in a pill bottle with his name on it, in his pocket, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Mathew R. Takacs was driving with a suspended license when he was pulled over about 1:30 p.m. on Northeast Kresky Avenue, according to police. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of a controlled substance.

VAN MISSES DEBRIS BUT HITS CONCRETE BARRIER

• Two passengers were injured when a van ran into the inside concrete barrier on Interstate 5 in Chehalis yesterday afternoon. A trooper called about 3:25 p.m. to the northbound lanes near Chamber of Commerce Way reported the driver was traveling too fast when swerved to avoid debris in the road and lost control of the vehicle. The damage to the 1991 Ford van was limited to about $1,000 and the driver, Jacob N. Petty, 22, of Rochester was reportedly uninjured according to the Washington State Patrol. Passenger Corey J. Hickman, 25, of Chehalis, was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with an ankle injury, according to the state patrol. A 22-year-old passenger from Tumwater had minor injuries but declined to go the hospital, the state patrol reported.

STOLEN VEHICLE

• Centralia police took a report last night of a car stolen from North Tower Avenue and East Main Street. The victim said he left it in a parking lot with a “for sale” sign on it overnight, according to the Centralia Police Department. The victim learned from Olympia police the car’s license plate was left at the scene of a hit and run accident, Centralia police reported.

BREAK-IN AT CHEHALIS CHURCH

• Chehalis police were called to a church on the 100 block of Prindle Street on Tuesday morning about a theft that had occurred overnight. The door was discovered open and a computer was missing, according to detective Sgt. Rick McNamara.

PARTS LIFTED FROM VEHICLE AT CAR LOT

• Somebody stole a radiator right out of a truck at a car lot in Rochester, a loss of $450, not counting the $850 damage to the vehicle, the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office reported today. It happened at JMJ Auto on the 10,100 block of U.S. Highway 12 sometime between 9 p.m. on Tuesday and the next day, according to the sheriff’s office. It was a 1990 Chevrolet truck.

BEER RUN HALTED

• Centralia police were called after a pair of females attempted to roll a shopping art full of beer out the door at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue about 8 p.m. yesterday. They were stopped by an employee but subsequently fled in a car, according to  the Centralia Police Department. One of the females was identified on a video and will be receiving a summons to court, police reported.

JAILED FOR SHOPLIFTING

• A man who had previously been “trespassed” from a business on the 600 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia was arrested early yesterday morning for second-degree burglary after he went there and was reportedly caught trying to steal something, according to the Centralia Police Department. Ronald R. Meeks, 56, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

RETIREMENT HOME WORKER ARRESTED FOR THEFT

• An employee of Chehalis West Assisted Living was arrested on Tuesday for third-degree theft, for allegedly taking $20 from a resident. Drasilla M. Ocamb, 34, of Chehalis, was arrested and released, according to detective Sgt. Rick McNamara. Police were called again yesterday to the retirement center on Northwest Quincy Place about a a resident who was missing numerous rings.

NO LEADS IN RABBIT’S DEATH

• Chehalis police were called to Southwest 11th Street Monday after a resident discovered their pet rabbit dead. Its cage was unlatched and other than an apparent  broken toe, the animal had no visible injuries, according to police. Detective Sgt. Rick McNamara said the individual suspected someone killed the animal but police have no leads and no suspects.

THEFT AND VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called to a car prowl on Northwest St. Helens Avenue about 5 p.m. on Monday.

• Centralia police took a report of the theft of a flag from a building on the 1000 block of West First Street on Monday afternoon.

• Centralia police were called about someone tearing down a sign to a business on the 700 block of North Tower Avenue on Monday morning.

DRUG ARREST

• Centralia police arrested a Rochester man yesterday for delivery of a controlled substance. Joseph E. Beck, 43, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for that offense and a warrant after contact with an officer about noontime on the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue.

BROKEN BONES LEAD TO ASSAULT ARREST

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported Monday they arrested a 21-year-old Toledo man for second-degree assault following an investigation into a previous incident in which a 23-year-old man suffered a broken pelvis after he was thrown off the deck of of a Fluckinger Road home about seven feet onto concrete. Cody L. Salzer, 21, was booked into the Lewis County Jail last Thursday, according to the sheriff’s office. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said Salzer told a deputy he didn’t recall assaulting anyone as he had been too intoxicated but friends told him about it the next day.

NO ROBBERY AT MALL

• Chehalis police said on Tuesday they concluded a reported armed robbery at the Lewis County Mall over the weekend did not happen in Chehalis. The case was handed over to the Lewis County Sheriff’s office as it apparently occurred in the county, according to detective Sgt. Rick McNamara.

CAR LANDS 50 FEET OFF ROAD

• One person was hospitalized after a single-vehicle wreck at Highway 603 and Kaul Road northwest of Napavine on Tuesday night. Responders to he 7:30 p.m. call found the vehicle about 50 feet off the road, according to Lewis County Fire District 5.