Updated at 5:54 p.m.
MUGGING
• Centralia police took a report overnight of an individual who said he blacked out in a local park and when he awoke, there were four men standing around him who demanded his money. He handed it over and they fled, according to the Centralia Police Department. The case is associated with an address of the 100 block of South Silver Street. Further details were not readily available
ASSAULT
• A 26-year-old Ethel man was arrested after he allegedly attacked and choked his father on Sunday afternoon. Deputies called to a dispute on the 2200 block of U.S. Highway 12 just before 5 p.m. arrested Robert Donyes for second-degree assault but the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office is evaluating the case for misdemeanor assault instead.
ILLEGAL KNIFE CONFISCATED
• Chehalis police called to a dispute on the 200 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue just before 6 o’clock yesterday evening ended up arrested a 26-year-old man for possession of an illegal weapon. An officer found a butterfly knife in the pocket of Jeff D. Prindle of Chehalis, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Prindle was booked into the Lewis County Jail for the misdemeanor offense, Chehalis Sgt. Gary Wilson said.
PELLET GUN VERSUS CAT
• Police were called about 6:30 p.m. on Sunday to the 700 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue in Chehalis where a cat had reportedly been shot at close range with a pellet gun. Further details were not readily available.
THEFT
• Chehalis police were called about 5:30 p.m. on Saturday to the 1800 block of Southwest Ruzicka Drive about a burglary to a home. A computer was missing, and someone may have gotten inside through an unlocked slider, according to police.
• A deputy was called Friday to a vacant house on the 1000 block of Woodland Avenue in Centralia where the back door had been kicked in. Two lawn chairs were missing, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• Chehalis police were called about 8 o’clock Sunday morning about a break-in to a shed on Southwest Second Street. Someone had pried the metal siding away, according to police. It wasn’t clear what might have been stolen.
• A 1999 Dodge Caravan and several other items were stolen from a shop building on the 900 block of state Route 506 in Vader sometime between Friday and Saturday. Among the other missing valuables are a Honda boat motor, a pressure washer and a lawn mower, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is estimated at almost $5,000.
• A red Honda Dual Sport motorcycle was stolen from a shed on some vacation property on the 12000 block of U.S. Highway 12 in Packwood sometime during the week that ended on Friday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It has a license plate reading 386 592A. The ignition on another motorcycle there was damaged, the sheriff’s office reported. The loss is estimated at $1,500.
• A black 1990 Honda Accord was reported stolen from the 1000 block of Schueber Road in Centralia on Friday. The car, taken sometime overnight, has a license plate of 242 ZAW, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A maple tree and 11 newly planted trees were cut down on two different properties belonging to Sierra Pacific Industries at Telegraph and McClure roads in Vader, according to a report made to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday.
• Centralia police took a report on Saturday of pain pills stolen from the 200 block of West Reynolds Avenue in Centralia.
• Two Selah resident were arrested at the White Pass Ski lodge on Friday after they were identified from security footage as responsible for recent thefts of a a pair of Rosignol skis and a snow board, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Allen D. Noble, 19 and Brett W. Dodward, 21, were booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree theft, the sheriff’s office reported.
• Centralia police were called yesterday morning about a vehicle prowl on the 200 block of East Chestnut Street. Tools had been taken overnight, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• An Alpine CD player was taken from a vehicle on the 400 block of Roe Road in Winlock sometime between Friday and Saturday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• Chehalis police were called Friday about a car prowl in the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue, at Wal-Mart. It apparently occurred two days earlier.
WRECKS
• A 21-year-old woman from Winlock was hospitalized for facial lacerations and a sore back after the truck in which she was a passenger lost control and smashed into a car on the shoulder on Interstate 5 south of Chehalis on Saturday. Troopers called about 1:30 p.m. to the northbound lanes at milepost 66 concluded the drier of the truck, Santiago Ramirez-Hernandez, 35, of Winlock, was traveling too fast. His truck and the parked Toyota Camry were both described as totaled. His passenger, Herminia Santiago Santiago, 21, was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol.
• Troopers were called about 1:30 p.m. today to a single-vehicle collision on Interstate 5 near the Toledo-Winlock interchange, according to the Washington State Patrol. A 33-year-old driver from Edmonds was northbound and going too fast when she lost control of her car, went off the roadway to the west and came to rest on the inside shoulder, according to the state patrol. Gema I. Ebanks, of Edmonds, was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with a back injury, according to the investigating trooper. Her 2003 Toyota was totaled.