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Sharyn’s Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

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BREAK-IN AT TRANSALTA

• Someone stole a truck from TransAlta and drove it through a chain link fence there where they made off with four welding leads early yesterday morning, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The $12,000 Ford F350 pickup missing from the power plant off the Big Hanaford Road outside Centralia was subsequently located in an elementary school parking lot in Tacoma, according to the sheriff’s office.

WIRES CUT FROM EQUIPMENT

• A deputy was called about 2 o’clock this morning to Lakeside Industries on the 2000 block of Johnson Road in Centralia after intruders cut heavy gauge wire from a machine, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The night watchman had seen two people wearing dark clothing running away, according to the sheriff’s office.

BUSINESS THEFT

• Centralia police took a report yesterday about the theft of cash deposits last month from a business on the 500 block of Harrision Avenue. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

OFFICE THEFT

• Chehalis police were called about 9 a.m. yesterday about an overnight burglary to a locked office building on Main Street near Market Boulevard. Missing were two laptop computers and a briefcase, but the intruder left the cash, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

RESIDENTIAL THEFT

• A deputy was called about 2:45 p.m. yesterday about a burglarized shop building on the 2700 block of Sandra Avenue in Centralia. Numerous items were stolen, including tools and fishing poles, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

POSSIBLE MISSING GUNS

• Chehalis police took a report yesterday about the possible theft of firearms from a storage unit at the 1500 block of North National Avenue. The case is under investigation.

FRAUD

• Centralia police took a report yesterday from a woman who said her credit card was used twice following the theft of her purse from a Centralia tavern on Friday morning. The loss is about $260, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VEHICLE MISSING

• Chehalis police were called about 5:45 p.m. yesterday by a woman who said she was at the Lewis County Mall with her ex-boyfriend and he took her vehicle. An officer was notified this morning by Centralia police they located the vehicle, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

THEFT OF DRUGS

• An officer was called just after 3 p.m. yesterday to the 1000 block of Eckerson Road in Centralia regarding stolen medication.

DRUGS

• Justin R. Smith, 25, of Centralia, was arrested early yesterday for three counts of delivery of a controlled substance, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Tyson J. Anderson, 22, of Centralia, was arrested yesterday for possession of a controlled substance, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DISAGREEMENT LEADS TO ARREST

• A 42-year-old Winlock woman who allegedly damaged a china hutch and bit her estranged husband in the pinky finger was allegedly intoxicated when she was subsequently found in her truck which was stuck in a ditch. It happened around 1 a.m. on Saturday in Winlock and Bambi Jo L. Smith was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She faces multiple misdemeanor charges.

• Morton police reported yesterday an officer was called to a dispute on Friday afternoon at the 200 block of Main Avenue where the officer warned the parties to settle their differences in a more peaceful manner.

• A Morton officer responding to a dispute just before 3 a.m. on Thursday at the 800 block of Overlook Drive advised those involved to go to bed and sober up, according to the Morton Police Department.

• An officer responding to a complaint of harassment last Tuesday at the 100 block of Main Avenue in Morton advised the parties not to worry about if their neighbors watched them or not while they moved out.

FAKE NAME GETS ARRESTEE IN TROUBLE

• Chehalis police over the weekend concluded a man they arrested earlier this month  for disorderly conduct and malicious mischief in the Wal-Mart parking lot gave police a false name. The man arrested on Dec. 5 after a fight broke out said he was Michael P. Arrants, 23, of Vancouver, Wash., however fingerprints showed he really was 29-year-old Matthew Arrants, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The real Arrants faces potential charges of forgery and identity theft, according to police.

PEDESTRIAN STRUCK IN WAL-MART PARKING LOT

• Chehalis police were called to Wal-Mart about 4:50 p.m. yesterday by a woman who said she was hit by a vehicle. She reported pain to her foot and declined to go to the hospital. No arrest was made. Further details were unavailable.

SCHOOL BUS SLIDES INTO POWER POLE

• Firefighters were called abut 7:20 a.m. yesterday to the end of Martin Road in Glenoma when a school bus turning around slid on the soft shoulder and became wedged against a power pole. A transformer blew and the driver kept all the children on the bus until responders could determine there was no danger from the electric lines, according to White Pass School District Superintendent Rebecca Miner. They were late to school but there were no injuries, according to Miner.

PASSENGER VEHICLE SLIDES INTO RIVER

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports an SUV with two occupants slid off a road and into the Chehalis River last night west of Chehalis. A deputy responded about 11 p.m. to the area near the 100 block of Twin Oaks Road learned the 55-year-old Chehalis man and 41-year-old man from West Linn, Ore. were out of the vehicle and taken to a nearby home, according to the sheriff’s office.

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Chehalis River off Twin Oaks Road. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Sheriff’s Office