CHEHALIS POLICE DEPARTMENT
Vehicle accidents
• A motorcycle versus pickup truck collision was reported at the intersection of North National Avenue and Northeast Coal Creek Road at 2:20 p.m. on Aug. 4. The motorcyclist suffered a possible broken wrist, but their helmet was intact and they were conscious and breathing OK at the scene, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The driver of the pickup was uninjured. The at-fault party was issued a citation.
• A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported in the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard just before 5:55 p.m. on Aug. 4.
Hit-and-run
• A hit-and-run was reported in the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue just after 3:45 p.m. on Aug. 4.
Theft
• At approximately 6 p.m. on Aug. 4, a theft that occurred at about 2 a.m. the previous morning in the 10 block of Southwest 11th Street was reported.
• A subject reportedly shoplifted from a business in the 1700 block of North National Avenue just after 2:40 p.m. on Aug. 6.
Juvenile problems
• Three teenagers were reportedly knocking on doors and throwing firecrackers at vehicles in the 200 block of Southwest Second Street just before 7:15 p.m. on Aug. 4. When contacted by law enforcement, they advised “they found a firecracker earlier and lit it but did not realize it would be so loud,” according to the Chehalis Police Department. They denied knocking on doors or throwing the firecrackers at vehicles. The juveniles were given a verbal warning.
• A group of juveniles was reportedly throwing things at multiple houses at the intersection of Southwest 10th Street and Southwest Cascade Avenue just before 11:15 p.m. on Aug. 4.
• At 8:50 p.m. on Aug. 5, a caller reported her child “told her they saw teens with a possible gun” in the 300 block of Southwest Third Street and the teens “offered the kids candy,” which the kids did not take.
• At 10:15 p.m. on Aug. 5, a caller reported a group of kids approached him in a parking lot in the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue, told him he had run over their RC car and told him he owed them $20.
• Juveniles were reportedly beating up a kid in the 300 block of Southwest Third Street just after 11:20 p.m. on Aug. 5. The victim “would not identify himself and wanted no police assistance,” according to the Chehalis Police Department.
Disorderly conduct
• A male was reportedly threatening to stab people with a 2-inch safety pin in the 500 block of Southeast Washington Avenue just after 11:35 a.m. on Aug. 5.
• A woman was reportedly “screaming obscenities” at the intersection of Southwest Cascade Avenue and Southwest 11th Street just before 10:35 p.m. on Aug. 5. Officers patrolled the area and found no one in distress.
• A man and a woman were reportedly “hanging out in the street, just being weirdos” at the intersection of Southwest Sixth Street and Southwest William Avenue just after 4:20 a.m. on Aug. 6.
• A male subject was reportedly knocking on the door, trying doors and looking in the windows of a vacant residence in the 1300 block of Southwest Johnson Avenue at 8:50 p.m. on Aug. 6. The reporting party told law enforcement they “ran him off.”
Scam
• Just before 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 5, a caller reported seeing a 5-year-old girl who was reported missing out of Olympia in the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue. Law enforcement have confirmed that the missing person report is a scam.
Criminal trespass
• A case of criminal trespassing reported in the 1500 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue just after 8:55 p.m. on Aug. 5 is under investigation.
Assault
• A male subject allegedly assaulted an employee at a business in the 500 block of Southeast Washington Avenue with a 3- inch safety pin just after 11 a.m. on Aug. 6. He was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for fourth-degree assault.
Sexual assault
• A case of sexual assault was reported in the 1500 block of North National Avenue just after 3:25 p.m. on Aug. 6.
Dispute
• A verbal dispute was reported in the 200 block of Southwest 15th Street at approximately 7:45 p.m. on Aug. 6.
CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Criminal trespass
• Just after 8:45 a.m. on Aug. 4, a business in the 1000 block of Johnson Road submitted a complaint regarding multiple homeless people camping in their vehicles along the roadway behind their business.
• A homeless man was reportedly “attempting to urinate” on a business’s property in the 300 block of North Gold Street just after 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 4. Officers located the man and trespassed him from the property per the business management’s request.
• A camper trailer occupied by two homeless women was reportedly trespassing on private property in the 1600 block of Lum Road at 1:35 p.m. on Aug. 4.
• A 42-year-old Chehalis man was cited for trespassing at a business in the 900 block of Harrison Avenue just before 10:25 p.m. on Aug. 4.
• A disorderly woman was trespassed from a business in the 500 block of South Tower Avenue at 8:20 a.m. on Aug. 5 at the business's request.
• Two “transient campers” were trespassed from property in the 800 block of Harrison Avenue just before 1:25 p.m. on Aug. 5 at the property owner’s request.
• A homeless man who had reportedly “scattered garbage in front of the entryway of a business” in the 100 block of North Rock Street was trespassed from the property per the owner’s request just after 3:10 p.m. on Aug. 5.
• A broken-down motor home was reportedly parked on private property in the 1600 block of Lum Road at approximately 9:10 p.m. on Aug. 5. An officer arrived and attempted to make contact with the motor home’s occupants, “but nobody would answer the door.” The property owner advised he was having a tow company come to remove the vehicle.
• A homeless man was trespassed from a business in the 900 block of Harrison Avenue just after 4 a.m. on Aug. 6.
• A man and a woman were trespassed from a business in the 1200 block of Mellen Street just after 6:35 p.m. on Aug. 6.
• A homeless man from Hawaii was trespassed from a business in the 1000 block of Harrison Avenue at 7:30 a.m. on Aug. 6 for allegedly “threatening a customer who would not buy him alcohol.”
Theft
• A vehicle prowl was reported in the 800 block of Marion Street at 9:05 a.m. on Aug. 4.
• A foldable cart was reported stolen from the 1200 block of Eckerson Road just before 1:05 a.m. on Aug. 5.
• Two juveniles reportedly stole alcoholic beverages from a store in the 1000 block of Harrison Avenue just after 4:20 a.m. on Aug. 5. Officers were unable to locate the suspects in the area but have requested the business’s security footage.
• Several car batteries and wiring were reported stolen in a burglary to a city-owned storage shed in the 900 block of Johnson Road just after 6:50 a.m. on Aug. 5.
• A case of shoplifting was reported in the 500 block of South Tower Avenue at 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 5. An 18-year-old Centralia resident was cited for attempting to steal a bottle of liquor and was given a verbal warning for providing false information to a police officer.
• A male reportedly stole “armloads of apparel” from a business in the 1400 block of Lum Road just after 4:15 p.m. on Aug. 5. Officers were unable to locate the suspect.
• A six-pack of beer was reported stolen from a store in the 900 block of Harrison Avenue just after 9:20 p.m. on Aug. 5.
• Approximately $40 in electronic equipment was reported stolen from a business in the 600 block of Harrison Avenue just after 9:35 a.m. on Aug. 6.
Hit-and-run
• A hit-and-run was reported in the 100 block of North Tower Avenue just after 9:05 a.m. on Aug. 4.
Vehicle accidents
• A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported at the intersection of North Tower Avenue and West Main Street just before 12:40 p.m. on Aug. 4.
• A motorcycle rider fled on foot from the 1000 block of South Tower Avenue just before 6:20 p.m. on Aug. 4 after they attempted a wheelie and crashed the motorcycle on the pavement, rendering the motorcycle inoperable.
Malicious mischief
• Vandalism to Centralia College property in the 900 block of West Walnut Street was reported just after 9:10 p.m. on Aug. 4.
• A case of vandalism to a vehicle in the 200 block of West Main Street that was reported at 12:15 p.m. on Aug. 4 is under investigation.
Child abuse or neglect
• A child abuse report made in the 3000 block of Borst Avenue just before 1:55 p.m. on Aug. 4 is under investigation.
Criminal impersonation
• A 46-year-old Spanaway man was arrested in the 1100 block of South Gold Street at approximately 1:15 p.m. on Aug. 4 and was booked into the Lewis County Jail for criminal impersonation after he allegedly provided officers a false identity in an attempt to avoid being arrested for an outstanding Department of Corrections warrant.
Assault
• A Centralia resident was arrested in the 800 block of Euclid Way just after 7:55 p.m. on Aug. 4 and was booked into the Lewis County Jail for fourth-degree assault, domestic violence, after they were allegedly involved in a physical dispute with a former roommate.
• A 37-year-old Centralia man was arrested in the 800 block of J Street just after 11:55 p.m. on Aug. 5 and was booked into the Lewis County Jail for fourth-degree assault, domestic violence.
• A 39-year-old Alaska man was arrested in the 1000 block of Eckerson Road at approximately 6:55 p.m. on Aug. 6 and was booked into the Lewis County Jail for fourth-degree assault, domestic violence.
• A 19-year-old Centralia man was arrested in the 400 block of North Ash Street just after 7:55 a.m. on Aug. 6 and was booked into the Lewis County Jail for fourth-degree assault, domestic violence.
Scam
• Just after 11:15 a.m. on Aug. 5, a scam phone call was reported in the 2500 block of Fords Prairie Avenue. The caller told the victim that “they won millions of dollars. In order to retrieve their prize money however, they had to put money on gift cards and send the cards to them, along with whatever money they had in their bank account,” according to the Centralia Police Department. The victim reportedly sent the scam caller $2,000 before realizing it was fraudulent.
Disorderly conduct
• A homeless man was reportedly “yelling and throwing a bicycle around” at the intersection of West Center and North Pearl streets just before 1 p.m. on Aug. 5. An officer contacted the man after “observing him walking in the middle of the roadway, obstructing traffic.” The man was given a verbal warning “to stay off the roadway and not to disrupt the peace.”
LEWIS COUNTY JAIL STATISTICS
As of Monday morning, the Lewis County Jail had a total system population of 164 inmates, including 151 in the general population and 13 in the Work Ethic and Restitution Center (WERC). Of general population inmates, 117 were reported male, and 34 were reported female. Of the WERC inmates, 11 were reported male, and two were reported female.
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Sirens are compiled by reporter 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 and the Morton Police Department can be reached at 360-496-6636. 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.
