POLICE: MAN FIGHTS TO STAY OUT OF PRISON
• A 20-year-old Centralia man is facing a potential robbery charge after he allegedly used physical force in the course of stealing something late yesterday morning. Police called just before noon to the 500 block of South Tower Avenue were told Galen R. Whitmire shoplifted an $8 box of facial wipes from a grocery store and when two security personnel chased and tackled him, he fought back, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police Sgt. Carl Buster said Whitmore is facing 42 months in prison for an unrelated situation and a warrant had been issued for his arrest. Injuries to all involved were limited to scrapes, according to Buster. Whitmore was arrested and booked yesterday into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree robbery. In late March, Whitmire was arrested for multiple offenses after he reportedly sped away from a police car and then crashed into two vehicles, fled on foot and was subsequently found by a police dog hiding in some bushes along Long Road in Centralia. He has a history of being captured by both of Centralia’s two police dogs, Buster said.
STRANGER CUTS TEEN WITH NEEDLE
• Chehalis police were called about 9:30 p.m. yesterday after three teenage boys said they were walking through Penny Playground when they were confronted by a person wearing dark clothing who stabbed one of them with a needle or knife in the finger, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Further details were not readily available.
MAN ARRESTED FOR BITING, CHOKING GIRLFRIEND
• A 34-year-old man police were looking for after an early Sunday morning domestic assault at the 300 block of North Diamond Street in Centralia was arrested about 10:40 p.m. last night back at his girlfriend’s home, according to the Centralia Police Department. CJ Boynton, a Centralia resident, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault because he allegedly choked his 37-year-old girlfriend leaving bruises on her neck and bit her fingers, according to Sgt. Carl Buster. The case is being referred by prosecutors to municipal court for a misdemeanor crime instead of a felony.
THEFT
• A pry bar found at the scene of an attempted burglary yesterday evening near Centralia is being processed for fingerprints, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called to the Galvin School on the 100 block of Joppish Road was told someone tried to pry open a door on a tool shed and stole items from a scrap pile, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Missing is an industrial heat pump and a pressure pump, sometime since Saturday evening, Brown said. The loss is estimated at $605.
• Somebody stole two propane tanks, two pictures, a metal table and a pair of chairs from a residence on the 100 block of Nancy Lane in Centralia, according to a report made yesterday afternoon. The 31-year-old victim said someone got inside her home sometime since June 1, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. There was no sign of forced entry, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
• Morton police are investigating the theft of items from a storage shed on the 300 block of Division Avenue.
WE CAN’T HELP YOU
• An individual from Southwest Chehalis Avenue in Chehalis called 911 on Friday afternoon saying he wanted to talk to an officer because although his chickens won at the fair last year, nobody will buy his eggs. He wanted to take someone to court, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Further details were no readily available as no report was written. It was labeled a civil issue, police said.
OVER THE LIMIT
• A 41-year-old man caught by police with 43 fish in Gus Backstrom Park in Morton on Friday evening was cited for first-degree unlawful recreational fishing. Carmelo Ginez Tecpil is from Lakewood, according to the Morton Police Department.