NEAR MISS OF POLICE CAR
• A police officer traveling north on Washington Avenue in Centralia yesterday morning woman ticketed a driver who blew a stop sign at Pine Street and nearly caused a wreck, with the officer’s patrol car, according to police. It happened just before 8:30 a.m. Carol L. Nelson, 45, of Centralia, told the officer she knew the stop sign was there but was in a hurry, Officer John Panco said. Nelson was cited for reckless driving, according to the Centralia Police Department.
THEFT OF BIBLE
• Police were called yesterday to a Christian book store at the Outlet Mall in Centralia about someone shoplifting a Bible. An officer who responded to the Tree of Life Christian store on the 1300 block of Lum Road was shown security video of a woman leaving the retailer with a $50 copy of the book on Saturday, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CARPORT BURGLARIES
• Fishing gear, gas cans and a mountain bike were among the items stolen from carports on the 100 block of Osprey Lane near the Cowlitz Trout Hatchery south of Ethel, according to a report taken yesterday by a sheriff’s deputy.
CREDIT CARD MISUSED FOR SAUDI AIRLINES
• A 34-year-old Centralia man called police yesterday after his bank informed him someone had used his credit card number to try to purchase three tickets on Saudi AIrlines. The bank, or credit union, said there had been other victims, according to police. Officer John Panco said the department would follow up as much as it could, but usually they let the financial institutions deal with that kind of fraud, as the culprit may be in another country.
INMATE ARRESTED FOR STEALING FELLOW INMATES PIN NUMBER
• A 25-year-old inmate at the Lewis County Jail was arrested for multiple violations of a no contact order as sheriff’s office employees were investigating another inmate allegedly using his personal identification number to make phone calls from the jail. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning that during the investigation, it was found Travis J. Parude, from Lacey, had actually used the other inmate’s PIN number to make calls to a person he was order not to have contact with. Pardue was arrested for five counts of violating a no contact order, Brown said.
SCHOOL BUS REAR ENDED IN CHEHALIS
• Police were called about 4:25 p.m. yesterday to a rear end collision involving a Head Start school bus in Chehalis. There were no injuries and the damage was minor, according to Deputy Chief Randy Kaut. A Jeep Wrangler was behind the bus as both were headed west on Main Street just east of Interstate 5, according to the Chehalis Police Department.