THEFT
• A resident called police about 1:45 a.m. today after returning home to his apartment on the 100 block of South Tower Avenue and finding someone had made off with his television, laptop computer and other valuables. He told police he thought he had locked the front door was not uncertain of that, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police were called just after noon time yesterday to a burglary at the 1300 block of Delaware Street. An Xbox was stolen, according to police.
• A 25-year-old Centralia resident was arrested yesterday afternoon for burglary after witnesses said they saw someone going into a residence and adjacent shop and removing items. A deputy called about 1:30 p.m. to the 400 block of South Street was told by Timothy M. Howe he had permission from the owner, but the owner said he did not, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Howe was booked for two counts of second-degree burglary, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning.
• Police were called just before noon yesterday about the theft of a vehicle from the 3000 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia. Missing was a maroon and gray 1994 Dodge van. Its license plate reads 169 TIY, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A license plate was stolen off a vehicle while it was parked on the 400 block of South Iron Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday evening.
ASSAULT
• Chehalis police yesterday arrested a resident of Green Hill School for second-degree assault in connection with a fight last August at the state juvenile lockup facility. A detective was told the 19-year-old victim required surgery for a broken bone in his face after he was hit several times in the head by an 18-year-old inmate, according to Chehalis police. The 18-year-old was left at Green Hill and the case will be referred to the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office for charge A of second-degree assault, according to police.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter