Sharyn’s Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

THEFT

• A deputy was called about 2 o’clock this morning to the 2200 block of Seminary Hill Road outside Centralia where someone stole $900 out of an unlocked parked truck. Also missing was an Eclipse CD player and CDs, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Morton police reported yesterday a purse was stolen from an unlocked vehicle on the 400 block of Second Street sometime before 3 p.m. on Dec. 27. The loss is estimated at $50.

• Tools and gasoline were stolen from a city of Toledo shop on the 1100 block of state Rout 505, according to a report made yesterday morning to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Also taken in the burglary that occurred sometime since Dec. 30 was a “Chicago” welder belonging to a city employee valued at $220, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

• Someone stole a $1,000 solar panel from a flashing a school zone speed sign in Boistfort, again, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday. It happened sometime between Thursday and Friday, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown, and happened before in mid-August.

VANDALISM

• Somebody shot two pellet holes into a window at the Onalaska School District Office on the 500 block of Carlisle Avenue sometime between Dec. 20 and yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

DRUGS

• Centralia police arrested a 31-year-old man for possession of heroin after contact on the 500 block of Northeast Washington Avenue in Centralia about 7:30 p.m. yesterday. Eathon A. Wesen, no hometown noted, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

SMOKE IN HOUSE, NEW FIRE CHIEF

• Lewis County Fire District 6 called about 7:45 a.m. today to a house on the 600 block of Logan Hill Road outside Chehalis found a malfunctioning heat pump that spread light smoke throughout the home, according to new Fire Chief Tim Kinder. Kinder, 49, said this morning he took on the new role in the middle of last month after 10 years as a firefighter-paramedic with the mostly volunteer department. Kinder has been a paramedic for 27 years.

TRIPLE-FATALITY: DRIVER INTOXICATED

• The Grays Harbor County Coroner said the driver in the New Year’s Eve day crash that left him and two others dead died from blunt force injuries, but alcohol intoxication as well as cardiovascular disease were significant conditions that contributed to Gregory D. Martin’s death. Martin, 49, was driving a small pickup truck along the 400 block of Brooklyn Road west of Oakville when it ran off the road into some trees. Dead at the scene were Martin, of Rochester; Travis W. Bennett, 26, and Jessica L. Brick, 22, both of Centralia. Passenger Colleen L. Stuart, 49, of Rochester, was flown to to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after the 5 p.m. wreck, but has been released. Coroner Dan Burns said he wouldn’t know the level of alcohol in Martin’s system until after toxicology reports come back.

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  1. With Mom says:
    Friday, January 6, 2012 at 11:05 am

    A deputy was called about 2 o’clock this morning to the 2200 block of Seminary Hill Road outside Centralia where someone stole $900 out of an unlocked parked truck. Also missing was an Eclipse CD player and CDs, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

    Who leaves $900 in cash laying around, and in an UNlocked truck to boot! I have left some funny things in my rig parked outside my house and forgot to lock the door, but nearly $1000? ???