SUSPECT FLEES AFTER BAR BRAWL
• Police are looking for a man after a bar fight in Centralia on Saturday night in which he allegedly attempted to hit another patron with a chair but accidentally hit a woman instead. The woman ended up with a small cut on her head and several customers chased the subject who fled, according to the Centralia Police Department. It happened around 11:15 p.m. on the 100 block of South Tower Avenue.
POLICE: MOTORIST TRIES TO AVOID OFFICER
• A 21-year-old Centralia man was arrested around 4:30 a.m. today for attempting to elude a police officer and driving with a suspended license, according to the Centralia Police Department. Mario Vaquez Jr. was booked into the Lewis County Jail following the incident in the area of East Sixth and B streets in Centralia, according to police.
THEFT
• A pair of ATVs, a dirt bike, two tents and a 55-gallon cooler were stolen from property on the 700 block of state Route 505 in Toledo sometime between July 21 and Saturday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 52-year-old Aberdeen man who uses the property for summer camping estimated the loss at $6,000, according to the sheriff’s office.
• Someone kicked open a barn door on the 200 block of Kennedy Road in Onalaska and made off with a box of women’s clothing sometime between Thursday afternoon and Friday night, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The building was broken into several weeks ago as well, the sheriff’s office reported.
• A riding mower, a tent and a fishing pole were missing form a shed on the 100 block of Jerrells Road in Mossyrock, according to a report made to the sheriff’s office on Friday evening. The Puyallup man who owns the property told a deputy it must have occurred sometime since July 24
• A black 2000 Saturn was reported stolen about 9:15 a.m. on Saturday from the 200 block of Tilley Avenue in Centralia. The four-door car ha a license plate reading 652 ZUN, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• Centralia police took a report of the theft of prescription medications from the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia on Saturday afternoon.
• Natalie J. Soto, 27, of Napavine, was arrested yesterday morning for possession of methamphetamine and heroin following a traffic stop, according to the Centralia Police Department. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail following an approximately 6:30 a.m. contact with an officer at the 2000 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to police.
• A 35-year-old Centralia man was arrested for illegal possession of prescription medication and an outstanding warrant on Friday night, according to police. Dennis L. Allen was booked into the Lewis County Jail after contact with an office about 11:42 p.m. at the 400 block of West Pine Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Sam W. Currier, 48, of Centralia, was arrested Friday night for possession of methamphetamine and an outstanding warrant, according to police. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail following contact with an officer at the 900 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A 25-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and a warrant about 9:25 a.m. on Friday at the 2400 block of Seward Avenue in Centralia. Brandy L. Evans was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CAR PROWLS
• Police were called just after 2 a.m. on Saturday to a car prowl on the 300 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia in which a purse was stolen. The thief used a screwdriver to break out a window, according to the Centralia Police Department. The handbag was in plain view, police noted.
• Chehalis police were called about 7:40 p.m. on Saturday to Stan Hedwall Park on the 1500 block of Rice Road about a car prowl.
WRECKS
• A 63-year-old Seattle woman and her passenger were hospitalized with possible neck injuries when an oncoming car struck the driver’s side ripping off the passenger door of their Volvo on Saturday night at Skate Creek Road near Osborne Road northwest of Packwood, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called to the scene about 9 p.m. on Saturday was told both vehicles stopped in the road, but the tan Honda backed up and drove away, turning left on state Route 706 in Pierce County. The driver was not found, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• A 44-year-old Chehalis man was arrested after his boat collided head-on with a 19-foot Bayliner at Mayfield Lake on Saturday afternoon. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said the Bayliner had its flag up and an adult skier in the water preparing to go. Both boats had passengers, but no injuries were reported, according to the sheriff’s office. It happened at the east end of the lake just before 3:30 p.m., according to the sheriff’s office. John R. D. Kirkeide, was arrested and jailed for boating under the influence of alcohol and reckless boating as well as a warrant for failing to appear in court in Thurston County related to a DUI there, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter