LARGE MARIJUANA STASH DISCOVERED IN TIRE
• Chehalis police are trying to track down what they can after a call over the weekend from Les Schwab about a truck tired filled with marijuana. “It’s actually quite a large amount,” Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said. Kaut said a Centralia resident bought a truck a year or so ago with a spare tire in it he never used. He took it to the tire store on North Market Boulevard to have them destroy it, or whatever they do, Kaut said. That’s when the drugs were found, according to Kaut.
FOOT PURSUITS END WITH ARRESTS
• A Packwood man was booked into jail Saturday following a visit to Morton General Hospital after he was Tased by a deputy and fell to the ground, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies went to a residence late Friday night on the 13,000 block of U.S. Highway 12 looking for Efren E. Barron, wanted on a warrant, according to the sheriff’s office. Barron took off running and was chased, Cmdr. Steve Aust said. He was transported for treatment of what Aust described as minor cuts to his hands, knee and arm, before being booked into the Lewis County Jail for his warrant and obstruction, according to Aust.
• When Centralia police tried to contact a man wanted on a warrant about 8:20 p.m. on Friday in the 600 block of Harrison Avenue, he fled through a restaurant and was caught coming out the back door, according to the Centralia Police Department. Randy M. Haroldson, 29, of Centralia was found to be in possession of both methamphetamine and marijuana, according to police. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
VANDALISM
• Somebody threw a brick through the front window of a home on the 2900 block of Borst Avenue breaking a television set as well as the window, according to the Centralia Police Department. An officer was called to the scene just before 1 a.m. yesterday, according to police.
THEFT
• A blue scooter was reported taken from a garage on the 100 block of Haliday Road in Centralia on Saturday morning. It is a 202 Yamaha with a license plate reading 6A6980, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A deputy was called late Saturday afternoon to the 400 block of Jorgensen Road in Onalaska about the theft of a water pump and chain saw. The items were stolen sometime between April 12 and Thursday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is estimated at $850, according to the sheriff’s office
• Police were called on Friday afternoon to the 1100 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia where an officer took a report that a 17-year-old boy stole medication and made unauthorized charges on a credit card including purchasing a cell phone, according to the Centralia Police Department
• Centralia police were called late Sunday afternoon about money stolen from a juke box at the 1200 block of Alder Street.
• Police were called about 11:50 p.m. on Saturday about a car prowl on the 1400 block of Johnson Road in Centralia. Someone rifled through some papers in the vehicle, but nothing appeared to be missing, according to police.
• A wallet was stolen from a vehicle parked on the 1400 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police Saturday afternoon. A passenger window was broken out to get inside, according to police.
DRUGS
• A 45-year-old motorist was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after he was pulled over about 4:40 a.m. today in Centralia for driving with a suspended license. Eugene Amburgy was booked into the Lewis County Jail following his contact with n officer on the 300 block of Centralia College Boulevard, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
• A 23-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for possession of heroin after she was detained for allegedly trying to steal a car cell phone charger about 7:20 p.m. on Friday at the 600 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia, according to police. Jennifer M. Smith was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
WRECKS
• Centralia police assisted with a multiple vehicle collision on southbound Interstate 5 around 10 p.m. on Saturday that closed the freeway briefly. Nobody was seriously injured, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A 39-year-old Onalaska woman was hospitalized after a two-vehicle collision about 7:30 a.m. today on U.S. Highway 12 at Morton, according to the Washington State Patrol. Debra Brehmeyer was traveling eastbound when she slowed to turn and her Jeep was struck by an eastbound Ford F350 pickup, according to the state patrol. Both vehicles were totaled, according to the patrol. Brehmeyer was transported to Morton General Hospital for back pain, according to the investigating trooper. The driver of the truck, 25-year-old Cody Carson of Oakland, Ore., was reportedly not injured.
CHILDREN SUSPECTED BEHIND SATURDAY’S SHOP FIRE IN CHEHALIS
• Three Chehalis boys detained after a fire on Saturday that destroyed a two-story shop building may have been playing with matches they found inside, according to police. Some kids were seen running away from the area of the Ohio Avenue fire and interviewed, according to Deputy Chief Randy Kaut. They are 10, 11 and 14 years old, he said. Kaut said it appeared, depending on which of the boys you talk to, it was either an accident or intentional igniting of items. A cardboard box caught fire and it sounds like they tried to put it out themselves, but then ran away, he said. The case is being referred to the Lewis County Prosecutors Office for possible charges of arson, he said.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter