Updated at 5:57 p.m.
POLICE: MAN HITS WOMAN WITH TRUCK FOLLOWING DISPUTE
• A 41-year-old Centralia man was arrested for second-degree assault on Friday afternoon after he allegedly struck his girlfriend with his truck. Police called about 1:25 p.m. to the 900 block of West Plum Street in Centralia were told the couple got in an argument and she exited the vehicle and then was hit in the leg. She was not seriously injured, Sgt. Brian Warren said. Clayton S. Carter was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DOG SHOT BY PEDESTRIAN
• A black Labrador dog was shot in the leg when it allegedly came running at a man walking with his wife on a Chehalis area road on Saturday. Deputies called about 11:15 a.m. were told the pair was approaching the 400 block of Yates Road when the dog approached, barking and showing its teeth, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 55-year-old pedestrian used his 40 caliber Glock to shoot the dog, sending it running, according to the sheriff’s office. The owner took the animal to the vet and it survived, but will have to be quarantined, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The man was found to have safely discharged his weapon, according to Brown.
BURGLARY AND THEFT
• A business on the 400 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia was burglarized, according to a report made to police about 1:15 p.m. on Saturday. A door was forced open and among the missing items are a computer, a printer a picnic table and an ice machine, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police are investigating.
• A deputy took a report on Sunday about a break-in to three units at Chehalis Mini Storage on the 200 block of Interstate Avenue in Chehalis. The victim said that sometime since Oct. 4 the locks had been cut off and at least one item was missing – a medium-sized tool box, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• A 19-year-old Longview man was arrested on Saturday following a Toledo-are burglary reported on Friday afternoon. A resident at the 100 block of Collins Road told a deputy she returned home about 4:30 p.m. and found her front door open and a DVD player missing, according to court documents. It was subsequently found outside beneath a bush by the road and a deputy contacted Laine C. Buck who “reluctantly admitted” he and another man broke into the home, court documents allege. Buck was booked into the Lewis County Jail for residential burglary. He was not charged when he appeared in court this afternoon, but is being held temporarily without bail.
• Centralia police were called just before 8 p.m. yesterday to the 1400 block of Johnson Road in where an officer was told a garage was burglarized and some shelving was among the items missing. Police have no suspects, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Binoculars, a stereo and 80 tablets of an unspecified medication were among the items reported missing from a motor home on the 100 block of Katula Road west of Chehalis. The theft occurred between noon and 4 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• A drill and bits were stolen from an “outdoor storage room” at the 3300 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia sometime between Friday and Saturday. A padlock had been cut, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
VEHICLE STOLEN
• A deputy took a report on Saturday of a vehicle stolen from the 600 block of Grove Street in Centralia. Sometime between 3 am. on Thursday and 5 p.m. on Saturday, the 1991 Nissan NX Coupe was taken from its parking spot in front of a house, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
ARREST
• A 30-year-old Chehalis man was arrested on Saturday after his ex-girlfriend called 911 about 5:20 a.m. to say he had just left her home on the 500 block of Highway 603 west of Chehalis and was intoxicated, driving on a suspended license and had violated a protection order. The woman said Jason B. Roehl had several hours earlier forced his way into her home through an upstairs window and she had found him in her bed, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy caught up to Roehl near Raymond and booked him into the Lewis County Jail for burglary, according to the sheriff’s office.
SHOPLIFTING SPIRITS
• Police were called just before 1 a.m. on Saturday to Safeway grocery on the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard in Chehalis where an officer was told a male ran out of the store with a bottle of liquor hidden in his sleeve. An officer will be reviewing surveillance video, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Police suspect a 17-year-old male of stealing alcohol from a business on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia before 2 a.m. on Saturday. The case is being referred for possible charges, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police took a report about 2 p.m. on Saturday of a front door kicked open on a vacant house on the 2100 block of North Tower Avenue. Nothing was taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• An officer took a report yesterday of graffiti painted on the side of a business on the 600 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia.
VEHICLE PROWL
• A deputy was called Saturday morning about a car prowl on the 300 block of East Oakview Avenue in Centralia. The victim said sometime between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. someone came into her driveway and somehow got into her locked vehicle, leaving with a stereo, a carton of cigarettes, a Halloween costume and other items, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• A toolbox was stolen from the back of a pickup truck on the 1600 block of South Gold Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 11 p.m. on Friday.
GARAGE BURNS
• A garage and the pickup truck inside were destroyed by a fire on Saturday on the 2500 block of Little Hanaford Road outside Centralia. Firefighters called by neighbors about 8:20 a.m. were able to keep the flames from spreading to brush and trees but the approximately 20 foot by 20 foot structure was lost, according to Riverside Fire Authority.
WRECK
• One girl was hospitalized after a two-vehicle collision about 7:30 p.m. Friday on the 1300 block of state Route 6 west of Chehalis. Her injuries were not serious, according to Lewis County Fire District 6.