North Pearl Street residents flocked to their porches Wednesday afternoon as officers with the Centralia Police Department took up arms outside a house near the Fourth Street intersection.
Officers had responded to a 911 hangup call from a woman who “sounded in distress” at the address, according to the Centralia Police Department.
A responding Centralia sergeant saw the man walk to the street where a vehicle was parked, stop, turn around and walk back into the residence, according to court documents.
The sergeant then ran the vehicle’s license plate and found there was a domestic violence protection order out of King County, which prohibited the man from contacting the woman who lives at the Pearl Street address and from entering the residence.
The Chronicle is not releasing the name or photos of the man in order to protect the identity of the victim.
After “several unsuccessful attempts” to get the victim or the man to come out of the house, police obtained a warrant to enter the residence, according to court documents.
Officers waited outside the residence while the department secured the search warrant, hailing the man multiple times over a public address speaker.
When told the warrant had been granted and police were going to enter the house, the man willingly came outside and was taken into custody, according to the Centralia Police Department.
He was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail.
The man has since been charged with one count each of residential burglary, domestic violence and violation of a court order, domestic violence.
Given the man “has a long and extensive history,” which includes robbery convictions and multiple previous court order violations, Deputy Prosecutor Scott Jackson asked Judge Joely Yeager during an April 7 hearing to set the man’s bail at $100,000.
Defense Attorney Rachael Tiller noted that much of the man’s criminal history was “extremely aged,” with most of the convictions occurring in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Tiller asked Yaeger to consider “an extreme reduction of bail” or allow the man to be released on unsecured bail.
“Even not taking these aged cases into account, this is a case where (the defendant) is accused of violating court orders,” said Yeager during Thursday’s hearing.
Yeager said the previous court order violations on his record — and Wednesday’s “standoff” with police — “have given the court zero confidence (the defendant) will return to court and follow court orders,” said Yaeger.
Yeager granted Jackson’s request for the $100,000 bail.
