DRUNKEN SUPER HERO ARRESTED IN CENTRALIA AFTER REPORT OF PROWLER, POLICE SAY
• A man dressed in a green Power Ranger costume was arrested last night in Centralia after police were called about a prowler in a motor home on the 2900 block of Russell Road. When officers arrived after the 11:11 p.m. call, they found Kristopher S. Lummus, 28, standing in the doorway of the RV dressed as a Power Ranger, a children’s cartoon character, with his mask in his hand, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police Sgt. Stacy Denham said the subject was highly intoxicated and said he had been at a party and then friends showed him to this motor home and left him there, so he went inside. Denham said he didn’t know why Lummus was dressed up. “He definitely indicated he didn’t know where he was at at that point in time,” Denham said this morning. The Centralia man was booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree criminal trespass.
“HABIT I GUESS”, RUNNING FROM COPS, SUSPECT SAYS
• A motorcyclist speeding through Winlock Saturday escaped temporarily but its driver was found at his home a short while later because the pursuing officer recognized the passenger, according to the Winlock Police Department. An officer went to the suspect’s Rhodes Road home and ended up tackling Gerald H. Andersen after a short foot pursuit toward a wooded area, according to Chief Terry Williams. When asked why he fled, Andersen responded, “Habit, I guess,” the chief said. Williams said the pursuit began just before 6 p.m. at the liquor store and went down Cemetery Road, onto state Route 505 and up Kakela Road at speeds of at least 80 mph. The motorcycle turned east on Nevil and then north on Minkler where the officer lost sight of it, according to Williams. Andersen, 44, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for attempting to elude, according to the chief. The chase followed a complaint of two motorcycles just after 5 p.m. traveling an estimated 100 mph and heading into Chehalis. No arrests were made in Chehalis, according to police there.
METH ARREST
• Centralia police arrested a 53-year-old early this morning possession for methamphetamine and cocaine as well as an outstanding warrant. Cecillia A. Leyva was booked into the Lewis County Jail after a contact with an officer about 3 a.m. at the 300 block of North Railroad Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.
TWO UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT ARRESTS
• Centralia police arrested two men within about an hour of each other early Sunday in two unrelated incidents of unlawful imprisonment and fourth-degree assault domestic violence. Officers were called about 2:20 a.m. on Sunday to the 1000 block of North Schueber Road where a 26-year-old woman had yelled for help out her apartment window after her husband had grabbed her arm and prevented her from leaving a bedroom, according to police. Anthony J. Lynch, 26, of Centralia, was later booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to Officer John Panco. Officers called about 1:25 a.m. the same morning to the 400 block of South Silver Street arrested Willie J. Jordan, 24, of Centralia, for unlawful imprisonment and fourth-degree assault domestic violence and booked him into the jail. Panco didn’t have further details on the Silver Street incident.
INTRUDER STEALS ELECTRICAL WIRING AND COPPER PIPE FROM HOME
• Somebody entered an unoccupied Chehalis residence and made off with some of its wiring as well as copper water pipes, according to a report made to police about 5 p.m. on Saturday.
REPORTS OF GUNS IN THE CITY
• Chehalis police were called Southwest Cascade and Fifth avenues on Friday evening after an individual reported somebody in a car “pulled a shotgun” on them. However, the car in question was checked and no weapon was found, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called Sunday evening about kids approaching other kids with a BB gun. The parties were warned they can’t shoot a BB gun inside city limits, according to police.
CAR PROWLS
• Centralia police took a report of a vehicle prowl about 6:15 p.m. on Saturday at the 100 block of West High Street.
• Chehalis police were called Friday evening about an attempted vehicle prowl that occurred at Wal-Mart on the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue while the victim was at work. The door lock was damaged, according to police.
• Police were called just before 4 p.m. on Friday to the 1500 block of North National Avenue about a possible attempted vehicle theft. The ignition was damaged, according to police.
• Chehalis police were called just after 3 p.m. on Friday about a vehicle prowl in which s subject reportedly left a cell phone and tools in a car at the auto shop at Yard Birds mall on the 2100 block of North National Avenue.
STOLEN TRUCK FOUND IN MINERAL
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning a vehicle stolen from a woman in Roy was found on Thursday behind a gate off Mineral Hill Road in Mineral. The 1991 Chevrolet pickup was in the same condition it had been when it was taken, according to the sheriff’s office.
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