DRUGS
• A 40-year-old woman and 48-year-old man were arrested for possession of methamphetamine after they were detained on outstanding warrants about 2:45 a.m. today on the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Felicia F. Harris, of Centralia, and Gregory A. Brown, from Castle Rock, were booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. They are being released with no charges pending further investigation.
• A 33-year-old Rochester man was arrested about 4:45 p.m. yesterday at the 500 block of South Market Boulevard in Chehalis for a suspended license warrant and possession of suspected heroin was booked into the Lewis County Jail, and released a few hours later.
• A 27-year-old woman from Auburn was arrested for alleged illegal possession of prescription morphine and other drugs following a traffic stop on Friday night at the 1100 block of North National Avenue in Chehalis, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Jennifer D. Anderson was released without charges pending further investigation.
• The case of a 28-year-old Centralia woman was referred for a possible charge of possession of heroin following a traffic stop about 4:15 p.m. on Friday at the 400 block of South Market Avenue in Chehalis, according to police.
CAR PROWL
• A cup holder containing some change was stolen from a vehicle parked on the 1900 block of Southwest Snively Avenue in Chehalis, according to a report made to police about 6:30 a.m. today. The vehicle may have been left unlocked, police were told.
VANDALISM
• Police were called to the parking lot at Wal-Mart on Friday morning where someone had smashed out the window of a vehicle parked there overnight, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
CRASH
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning a 51-year-old Randle man was unhurt but intoxicated when he rolled his Chevrolet pickup truck off the 600 block of Cispus Road in Randle just before 2 o’clock on Saturday morning. The vehicle sustained extensive damage and James J. Sharples was booked into the Lewis County Jail for driving under the influence, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Drug Court is just one of those programs that keeps people out of jail, IF they complete the program. IF. Charges against them are dismissed with successful completion of the program, meaning that they aren’t being held responsible for their actions. When you don’t hold people responsible for their actions (basically, letting them go unpunished), you are giving these people free reign to continue to commit crimes.
Now, if they were to build some sort of camp (wait, don’t they have one up there near Grand Mound?) where they could send these druggies… have it set up not like a traditional jail in that you’re not in a cell 24/7, but do the boot camp thing. They are still locked up, and don’t have their freedom, but there would be a chance to get them help.
However, “addicts” won’t change their behavior unless and until THEY want to. You can send someone to “rehab” over and over and over, and the only thing you will get is… nothing. Just look at one of those druggies who was swept up in that bust just before Christmas?
By the way, leave my kilt out of this…. LOL
I wouldnt be so quick to end drug court.
understand, this is coming from someone who has sat around with a group of fed up lewis county hillbillies (yes I’m one) and talked about bounties and open seasons on them, it was a way of venting to be sure, and it made us all feel better for a little while anyway.
I think if drug court works 35% of the time its a step in the right direction, I do however, think the drug court program should be more military oriented, in otherwords harsher, like boot camp.., nothing better than challenging someone, physically, mentally and emotionally when they are in that grey zone..
Ive known folks who have kicked on their own, and many others who needed help to do so, and have..
Still, its a frustrating situation and a scourge on us all…
Just my opine, your mileage may vary…
Relax George, or your scottish kilt will wilt….
I’m thinking they are on the “Snitch”, which is fine with me, I hope they all go on a “snitcha-thon” and rat each other out…
We are all tired of the tweakers, so I can appreciate your frustration…
So, they catch people with outstanding warrants, and find drugs on them. Great! But WHY are they releasing them “without charges, pending further investigation”? If they got drugs on them, and the test kits prove them to be drugs, then CHARGE THEM and DO NOT RELEASE THEM!!!!
Or has the Lewis County Law Enforcement community gone to a “catch and release” program? Ever wonder why there are so many drug problems here? It’s because of things like this. It’s because they aren’t holding these people accountable. And when they DO charge them (read that as IF they charge them…), they always bring up “Drug Court”… time to end that program. It’s not doing any good….