CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Dispute
• A verbal dispute was reported in the 2500 block of Sharon Street at 2 p.m. on April 15.
• A dispute was reported in the 900 block of Eckerson Road just after 12:30 p.m. on April 16. Officers were unable to locate the involved parties.
Drug violation
• A 29-year-old Lacey man was arrested on outstanding warrants following a traffic stop in the 100 block of West High Street at approximately 2:05 p.m. on April 15. The vehicle’s passenger, a 30-year-old Kelso woman, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance.
Animal negligence/abuse
• An officer responded to the report of an abandoned vehicle with three dogs inside in the 1500 block of Lewis Street just after 5:40 p.m. on April 15. The vehicle had reportedly been there for about a week. All three dogs appeared malnourished and were left in the vehicle without food or water. The dogs were relocated to the city kennels and the vehicle was towed from the roadway. If you know who these dogs belong to, contact the Centralia Police Department at 360-330-7680 or www.cityofcentralia.com/crimetips.
Welfare check
• Railroad police asked officers for help checking on a person lying near the railroad tracks at the intersection of East Chestnut Street and South Tower Avenue just before 6:55 a.m. on April 16. The person got up and walked away before officers arrived.
Hit-and-run
• A gray Mustang with blue stripes reportedly fled the scene of a vehicle accident at the intersection of Harrison Avenue and Caveness Drive at approximately 11:20 a.m. on April 16.
Fraud
• Fake currency was reportedly passed at an outlet store in the 1400 block of Lum Road just after 2:50 p.m. on April 16.
Criminal trespass
• A homeless Winlock resident was trespassed from a business in the 800 block of Harrison Avenue just before 10:45 a.m. on April 15 for disorderly conduct.
• A homeless Centralia resident was trespassed from a business in the 1000 block of Eckerson Road just before 1:35 p.m. on April 15.
• Six homeless people were trespassed from a business in the 600 block of North Tower Avenue at approximately 4:55 p.m. on April 15.
• Two homeless Sequim residents were trespassed from a restaurant in the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue at approximately 4:20 p.m. on April 16 for “being unruly.”
• A homeless Montesano man was trespassed from a business in the 100 block of North Gold Street just after 6:10 p.m. on April 16 for “refusing to leave.”
Theft
• Items were reported stolen from a business in the 500 block of North Tower Avenue just before 6:10 p.m. on April 16.
CHEHALIS POLICE DEPARTMENT
Criminal trespass
• A male subject who was “zapped out” and sleeping at the back door of a business in the 10 block of Southwest 11th Street was trespassed from the business.
• A homeless camp was reported in the 10 block of Southwest Chehalis Avenue just before 11:25 a.m. on April 16.
Harassment
• Just after 9:05 a.m. on April 15, a citizen in the 300 block of Northwest North Street reported someone made a threat to their friend on April 12 that “she would kill (the reporting party) someday.” She was advised to get a civil anti-harassment order.
• An employee at a business in the 1700 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue reported someone had “made threats ‘to come in and kill all the staff’” just after 5:15 p.m. on April 16. The employee asked officers to walk employees out to their cars when the building closed for the night.
Disputes
• Just after 10:25 a.m. on April 15, a physical dispute that occurred in the 500 block of Southeast Washington Avenue the day prior was reported.
• A physical dispute was reported in the 300 block of Southwest Third Street at 1:05 p.m. on April 16.
Suspicious circumstances
• Just before 4:05 p.m. on April 15, a citizen reported “four males and one elderly female (were) smoking crack” in the 10 block of Southwest Chehalis Avenue.
• A citizen reported a “tweaker (was) going through a car” in the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue at 7:30 p.m. on April 16. An officer confirmed “two parties (were) meeting up to sell a sewer camera” and “nobody appeared to be ‘tweaking.’”
• Just before 8:25 p.m. on April 16, a citizen reported one of two Army helicopters that landed at the Centralia Airport in the 900 block of Northwest Airport Road was making a “squawking noise” and “flew about 500 feet above his head.” The reporting party advised he “worked with helicopters in Vietnam and that is not the way it is supposed to sound.”
Hit-and-run
• A hit-and-run that occurred in the 1700 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue on April 13 was reported just after 4:25 p.m. on April 15.
Burglary
• Just after 4:25 p.m. on April 15, a citizen reported his neighbor’s vehicle was possibly stolen from the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard the day prior.
Sexual misconduct
• A report of sexual misconduct made in the 300 block of Southwest Third Street just after 8:30 a.m. on April 16 is under investigation.
Disorderly conduct
• Just after 12:10 p.m. on April 16, a staff member at a behavioral health facility in the 500 block of Southeast Washington Avenue reported a client was refusing to leave on transport to Mason County.
• A woman was reportedly “throwing stuff from (a) vehicle and yelling at passersby” at the intersection of Northwest Center Street and Northwest Chehalis Avenue just before 4:50 p.m. on April 16.
Malicious mischief
• A third-degree malicious mischief reported in the 400 block of Southwest 16th Street just before 1:30 p.m. on April 16 is under investigation.
FIRE AND EMS CALLS
• Between Monday morning and Wednesday morning, Lewis County 911 Communications logged approximately 35 illness-related calls, nine injury-related calls, four fire-related calls, six non-emergency service calls, one vehicle accident, two overdoses, one hazardous conditions report, two 911 hangup calls, one minor rescue, one ambulance request and three other calls.
JAIL STATISTICS
• As of Wednesday morning, the Lewis County Jail had a total system population of 154 inmates, including 142 in the general population and 12 in the Work Ethic and Restitution Center (WERC). Of general population inmates, 115 were reported male and 27 were reported female. Of the WERC inmates, 10 were reported male and two were reported female.
• As of Wednesday morning, the Chehalis Tribal Jail had a total system population of 19 inmates, including five booked by the Centralia Police Department, nine booked by the state Department of Corrections, one booked by the Lummi Nation, one booked by the Tenino Police Department and three booked by Chehalis Tribal Court.
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Sirens are compiled by assistant editor Emily Fitzgerald, who can be reached at emily@chronline.com. The Centralia Police Department can be reached at 360-330-7680, the Chehalis Police Department can be reached at 360-748-8605. If you were a victim of physical or sexual abuse, domestic violence or sexual assault, call Hope Alliance at 360-748-6601 or the Youth Advocacy Center of Lewis County at 360-623-1990.
