NO DRUGS IN COURT
• A 21-year-old woman was arrested when she arrived at Centralia Municipal Court yesterday morning and tried to pass through courtroom security with two syringes on her. They contained suspected heroin residue and Mariah L. Parker, of Toledo, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for a drug violation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
PRESCRIPTION MED MADNESS CONTINUES
• Centralia police took a report yesterday afternoon from the 400 block of North Diamond Street regarding the theft of prescription medication – hydrocodone – from a purse.
• Centralia police a reinvestigating the theft of a prescription pad from the 1800 block of Cooks Hill Road. The incident was reported about 11 a.m. yesterday, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A Chehalis police officer was called to Wal-Mart yesterday afternoon about a forged prescription.
FLASHLIGHTS IN BARN DRAW DEPUTIES
• A deputy called about 3 a.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Swigert Road in Mossyrock – when a man saw flashlights around his barn and heard the sound of a vehicle – found a pickup stuck in the mud and two trespassers, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The men, Jeffrey A. Bennett of Olympia and Jauquin D. Sinclair of Lacey, both 32 years old, were booked onto the Lewis County Jail. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said there was no information about why the men were on the property.
SHERIFF’S OFFICE: MAN BITES WOMAN
• A 23-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday evening after he allegedly bit his girlfriend in the stomach and whacked her on the side of the head splitting her ear lobe. Responding deputies at about 6:25 p.m. found a suspect vehicle parked at North Pearl Street near Zenkner Valley Road, but the subject fled on foot into the woods, initiating a dog track, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect subsequently was found back in his driveway on Northridge Drive and ran once again before he was taken in to custody, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Michael A. Hammett, 23, of Centralia, was arrested and booked for fourth-degree assault domestic violence and resisting arrest, according to Brown.
VEHICLE THEFT
• Morton police were called to the 600 block of Temple Avenue about 8:40 a.m. on Sunday about a stolen vehicle. It was found a short distance away but unspecified items were missing, according to the Morton Police Department.
CAR PROWL
• Police took a report of a vehicle prowl yesterday afternoon at the 500 block of South Tower Avenue.
• Chehalis police were called to Southwest Snively Avenue yesterday morning about a vehicle prowl that occurred overnight.