CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Vehicle accidents
• A vehicle struck a road sign in a center island at the intersection of H and West First streets at approximately 12:55 p.m. on May 13. No injuries were reported. The sign was destroyed and the underside of the vehicle was damaged.
• A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported at the intersection of North Pearl and West Sixth streets at approximately 2:55 p.m. on May 14.
• A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported in the 600 block of South Tower Avenue just after 3:05 p.m. on May 14.
Hit-and-run
• A hit-and-run was reported in a parking lot in the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue just after 2:20 p.m. on May 13.
• A hit-and-run reported at the intersection of North Pearl and West Third streets just before 9:05 a.m. on May 14 is under investigation.
Theft
• Items were reported stolen from a business in the 1500 block of Lum Road just before 5:50 p.m. on May 13. The investigating officer is awaiting video footage from the business and confirmation on what was taken.
• Just after 1 p.m. on May 14, a theft that occurred in the 1500 block of Lum Road the day prior was reported. The case is under investigation.
Criminal trespass
• Three homeless men were trespassed for life from a business in the 100 block of Belmont Avenue just after 1 a.m. on May 14 after they refused to leave the property and one of the men attempted to strike an employee. The employee did not want to press charges.
• A homeless man was trespassed from a business in the 700 block of West Pine Street just after 12:45 p.m. on May 14.
• A 35-year-old Centralia man was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for trespassing in the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue just after 7:10 p.m. on May 14.
• A homeless woman was trespassed from private property in the 1300 block of Harrison Avenue at 6:30 a.m. on May 15.
Disputes
• A dispute was reported in the 500 block of North Pearl Street just before 12:10 p.m. on May 14.
• A verbal dispute over medication was reported in the 1000 block of Scammon Creek Road just before 6:55 p.m. on May 14.
Assault
• A man reportedly hit another man in the face with an ax handle in the 1200 block of Alder Street just after 3:10 p.m. on May 14. The victim was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital for medical treatment. The case is under investigation.
DUI
• Just after 8:30 p.m. on May 14, officers received the report of an intoxicated male riding a motorcycle on West First Street without a helmet. An officer located and stopped the rider, who was suspected to be under the influence of drugs, in the 700 block of F Street. The rider, a 35-year-old Centralia man, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for DUI.
Malicious mischief
• A 17-year-old boy was arrested in the 800 block of South Tower Avenue just before 9:45 p.m. on May 14 and was booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for third-degree malicious mischief, domestic violence.
CHEHALIS POLICE DEPARTMENT
Harassment
• At 9:35 a.m. on May 13, a citizen in the 1000 block of Southwest 20th street reported receiving ongoing threats from a neighbor. They were advised to seek a civil anti-harassment order.
• A citizen reported someone was “making homicidal threats” in the 500 block of Southeast Washington Avenue just before 8:55 a.m. on May 14.
Vicious dog
• A large, possibly vicious dog was reported inside a vehicle with its windows open in a parking lot in the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard at 1:15 p.m. on May 13. The reporting party said the dog was “barking and growling at him” and said he was “concerned the dog was going to jump out and attack him and his granddaughter when they walked by.” The vehicle with the dog left the scene at about 1:40 p.m.
Hit-and-run
• A hit-and-run was reported in the 1700 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue just before 2:40 p.m. on May 13.
Disputes
• Just after 3 p.m. on May 13, a verbal dispute that occurred in the 300 block of Southwest Third Street sometime overnight was reported.
• Just after 8:35 p.m. on May 13, a citizen reported their neighbor pulled a handgun on someone during a dispute in the 500 block of Southwest 19th Street.
Malicious mischief
• Possible vandalism to a vehicle in the 300 block of Southeast Washington Avenue was reported just after 3:20 p.m. on May 13.
Assault
• Just before 5:05 p.m. on May 13, a possible assault where a juvenile tripped another juvenile at Lintott Elementary School in the 1200 block of Bishop Road on May 10 was reported. The school has been notified.
• A fourth-degree assault was reported in the 500 block of Southeast Washington Avenue at noon on May 14.
• A fourth-degree assault that occurred during a physical dispute between two men in the 500 block of Southeast Washington Avenue just after 7 p.m. on May 14.
Theft
• At 6:45 p.m. on May 13, a BBQ grill was reported stolen off of a porch in the 200 block of Northwest State Avenue sometime after 8 p.m. the night prior.
• At 9:25 a.m. on May 14, a vehicle was reported stolen from the 500 block of Southeast Washington Avenue sometime overnight.
• Possible fraudulent use of credit card airline miles was reported in the 600 block of Northwest Rhode Island Place just before 11:45 a.m. on May 14.
• A possible vehicle prowl was reported in the 500 block of Northeast Adams Avenue just after 11:45 p.m. on May 14.
Criminal trespass
• A case of trespassing was reported on the northbound Interstate 5 Exit 77 off-ramp just after 7:25 p.m. on May 13.
Suspicious circumstances
• A blue backpack was left unattended in an alley in the 300 block of Southwest Ninth Street just after 7:30 p.m. on May 13.
• A homeless man was reportedly “pushing (a) rolling cart with pipes” in the 700 block of West Main Street just after 7:55 p.m. on May 13. The man advised he was “just taking a stroll with his newly acquired pop-up canopy.”
• A citizen reported someone who had previously threatened to assault them was following them in the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue just before 9:30 p.m. on May 13. The citizen followed a dispatcher’s instructions to pull into a parking lot where an officer was stationed. The suspect vehicle drove off when the driver saw the officer, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Just after 9:40 a.m. on May 14, a mother reported a woman she did not know with pink and green hair said hello to her 10-year-old daughter. The mother said “they have lived here for two years but don’t really know anyone” and admitted the woman “could have been a teacher or a mother of another child that her daughter plays with.”
• A woman was reportedly in distress in the 600 block of Southwest Lafayette Street just after 11:20 p.m. on May 14.
Public urination
• A juvenile girl reportedly urinated in a parking lot in the 100 block of Southwest Interstate Avenue at approximately 1 a.m. on May 14.
DUI
• A subject was arrested for DUI at the intersection of Southwest Chehalis Avenue and Southwest Third Street at approximately 1:30 a.m. on May 14.
Animal negligence/abuse
• A citizen reported a dog was left alone in a vehicle in the 1500 block of Rice Road just after 3:45 p.m. on May 14. An officer confirmed there was no dog in the vehicle just after 4:05 p.m.
Malicious mischief
• A 14-year-old student at Olympic Academy in the 100 block of Northeast Hampe Way reportedly “became angry and destroyed a Macbook computer” at approximately 4:40 p.m. on May 14.
FIRE AND EMS CALLS
• Between Monday morning and Wednesday morning, Lewis County 911 Communications logged approximately 38 illness-related calls, 10 injury-related calls, 10 fire-related calls, six non-emergency service calls, four vehicle accidents, one report of a dead body, two overdoses, one suicide-related call, one medical helicopter request and five other calls.
JAIL STATISTICS
• As of Wednesday morning, the Lewis County Jail had a total system population of 130 inmates, including 117 in the general population and 13 in the Work Ethic and Restitution Center (WERC). Of general population inmates, 95 were reported male and 22 were reported female. Of the WERC inmates, 11 were reported male and two were reported female.
• As of Wednesday morning, the Chehalis Tribal Jail had a total system population of 13 inmates, including five booked by the Centralia Police Department, seven booked by the state Department of Corrections and one booked by the Lummi Nation.
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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.