Sharyn’s Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

RUN, RUN, RUN … RUN AWAY

• Centralia police were called about 2:35 p.m. yesterday to the 1600 block of South Gold Street and a report store employees were chasing a shoplifter who disappeared in the area of the bowling alley. A search by police and deputies turned up a suspect hiding in some bushes, according to the Centralia Police Department. Matthew D. Christensen, 20, of Centralia, was arrested for shoplifting and an outstanding warrant and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

SCHOOL BUS HIT IN CENTRALIA

• Police and aid were called about 12:20 p.m. yesterday when a vehicle rear ended a school bus on the 3400 block of Galvin Road in Centralia. It happened at slow speed and no students were injured, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 27-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of heroin and an outstanding warrant about 9:30 a.m. yesterday in the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia, according to police. Zachary W. Gallagher was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

LEAKING LIQUID DRAWS LARGE RESPONSE TO STORAGE BUSINESS

• Firefighters, police and responders from the state Department of Ecology and the county health department converged on a storage unit business in Centralia yesterday where a suspicious red liquid was discovered leaking from one unit. Riverside Fire Authority personnel were on the scene at the 300 block of West Reynolds Avenue about four hours while the substance was evaluated and people kept away, according to Fire Chief Jim Walkowski. The chief said it was probably less than five gallons that spilled inside and outside the unit and smelled of petroleum. Exactly what it was isn’t known but police contacted the renter of the unit who said it was part of a tea making process, Walkowski said. There were chemicals being stored inside the unit that shouldn’t have been however, he said.

WRECK

• Two cars were totaled when a 16-year-old Winlock girl neglected to stop on Military Road before entering state Route 505 in Winlock yesterday evening. Troopers called to the scene about 5:35 p.m. said Kayleigh D. Anderson was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital and a 71-year-old Olympia man in the second vehicle was unhurt. The teenager was cited for second-degree negligent driving, according to the Washington State Patrol

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5 Responses to “Sharyn’s Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup”

  1. Huh? says:

    Isn’t that always the story – I know this person, they are just great and couldn’t be as bad as anyone says, yada yada yada. So instead of allowing mistakes to be made fun of, someone has to go personally insult the joker.

    Wow @JW, have you NEVER made fun of anyone else’s mistakes? I would think that you are quite the person, until I read your personal attack. Yup, quite the person indeed.

  2. commoncents says:

    That’s right no humor here guys….

  3. jw says:

    @WC suggest you keep your. Insinuated comment to yourself. I I happen to know that teeanage girl very well. She is a responsible..great. kid who just made a mistake which we all have at one point. So zip it asshole!

  4. WC says:

    Or more likely…”The old mans car got in my way while I was TEXTING!!”

  5. Dunker says:

    I was just sleeping and all of a sudden I’m being arrested!