FISHERMAN RESCUED AFTER LANDSLIDE KNOCKS HIM INTO COWLITZ RIVER
• A 48-year-old fisherman called 911 after a landslide near the Blue Creek Boat Launch swept him into the Cowlitz River on Sunday afternoon. A deputy called about 4:30 p.m. was told the Bonney Lake man had been on the bank of the north side of the river when he heard trees snapping, looked behind him and saw a three- to four-foot high wave of debris coming at him, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. He tried to run but he was hit by branches and knocked into the water, the deputy was told. A boater picked the fisherman up downstream, Brown said. The man had no serious injuries, but he lost his fishing gear and a backpack, she said. The boat launch is south of Ethel. The loss is estimated at $1,000, according to the deputy’s report.
POLICE: INTOXICATED HIT AND RUN DRIVER ARRESTED
• A 32-year-old Centralia man was arrested about 10 p.m. last night for hit and run after his vehicle collided with a power pole on South Street in Centralia. When he was found on the 1100 block of Tower Avenue, he was cited also for driving under the influence and making a false statement to a police officer, according to the Centralia Police Department. Jaime Gariclazo-Avila was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
GUN AND BOOZE TAKEN FROM WINLOCK TRAILER
• A deputy was called late yesterday afternoon about a Winchester rifle stolen from a trailer at the 100 block of Wilson Road in Winlock. The owner said he’d last been there on Tuesday and when he returned, he discovered the theft, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Also missing was a bottle of Crown Royal whiskey and two boxes of ammunition, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
WHISKEY AND WOMEN’S CLOTHING STOLEN FROM WINLOCK HOME
• Two teenage girls were blamed for breaking into a Winlock residence and stealing a bottle of Fireball whiskey as well as a pink Victoria’s Secret jacket and jeans with rhinestones on their back pockets, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called just before 7 p.m. Friday to the home on the 1400 block of Ferrier Road was told the girls – ages 13 and 14 – had been seen there the previous Tuesday and told they were not welcome there, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The teenagers were contacted and denied then admitted taking the items, Brown said. The case was referred for possible charges of residential burglary, Brown said.
SHED BURGLED OF EQUIPMENT
• Someone broke into an Onalaska shed while the resident was hospitalized and stole several items including a well pump and a Honda 3000 watt generator, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called on Saturday to the 2000 block of state Route 508 reported that also missing was a socket set and a Briggs and Stratton motor, according to the sheriff’s office. The loss is estimated at about $1,000, Chief Civl Deputy Stacy Brown said.
ART, ANTIQUE MIRROR STOLEN FROM SALKUM HOME
• A carved wooden statue and antique wall mirror were reported stolen in a burglary a the 100 block of Forest Retreat Drive in Salkum. The victim said it occurred sometime since the previous Saturday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
ALCOHOL THEFT
ª Police were called just before 9 p.m. last night to a grocery store on the 500 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia after a male shoplifted two bottles of alcohol and left.
PURSE SNATCHED FROM SHOPPING CART
• Police called around 2:30 p.m. on Friday about a purse stolen from a shopping cart a Wal-Mart in Chehalis subsequently viewed security video from the Chehalis store showing someone taking the purse. No suspect found, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
MISSING CAR FOUND
• A car reported stolen Thursday morning from the he 400 block of Ash Street in Centralia turned up on Saturday morning on the 1100 block of South Silver Street. The purple Saturn was found parked and unoccupied, according to the Centralia Police Department.
WANTED MAN FOUND HIDING IN VACANT HOUSE
• A K-9 track last Sunday turned up a man wanted on warrants hiding in an unoccupied house on the 1000 block of E Street in Centralia. Officers got information Craig D. Ballard, 25, was at the 900 block of H Street at about 6 p.m. and when officers arrived, he fled, according to Officer John Panco. Ballard was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
WOMAN ANGRY WHEN NEW CELL PHONE OWNER GETS WRONG NUMBER, HERS
• An individual called Chehalis police on Friday to complain that she had been getting harassing phone calls from another woman. The first woman had bought a cell phone from Wal-Mart and the second woman was complaining she’d had her phone number for decades and now the other woman had been assigned the same telephone number, according to police. An officer determined it must be a mix up and advised the woman to return her new phone and get a different phone number, Sgt. Gary Wilson said.
UNDERAGE DRINKING CITATIONS
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that seven young men and women were caught after a call about underage drinking last Tuesday night at the 600 block of Oppelt Road in Onalaska. The case of the youth, ages 16 through 20, was referred to the Lewis County Prosecutors Office for possible charges of minor in possession of alcohol, according to the sherif’s office.
GAS STOVE CAUSES INJURIES
• Lewis County Fire District 15 was called to the Frost Road Trailer Park in Winlock just after 5 p.m. on Saturday about an explosion inside a residence. Two individuals had been attempting to light a propane stove, it flashed and left them both with minor burns, according to Assistant Fire Chief Kevin Anderson. One declined treatment, but a 44-year-old woman was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital, Anderson said.
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Correction: The news item about the 25-year-old man found by police in a house on H Street has been corrected to reflect it occurred Sunday night.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
The house on E street where the man was hiding is not vacant just to let everyone know.