Sharyn’s Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Updated at 6:04 p.m.

VEHICLE VERSUS POLE

• A 22-year-old driver is hospitalized in fair condition this morning after his vehicle collided with a sign pole in the area of West Main and Yew streets in Centralia overnight. Police called just after 1 a.m. arrested Tyler J. Aust, of Centralia, for driving under the influence, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was wearing a seatbelt, but had pain in his face and was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

GIRL FIGHT

• Police were called about 8:20 a.m. yesterday to the 900 block of Johnson Road in Centralia about two girls in a dispute with another girl. Charges of misdemeanor assault will be recommended to prosecutors in the case regarding two of the females according to the Centralia Police Department. No one was arrested, according to police. Further details were not readily available.

THE OPPOSITE OF A HOUSE WARMING PARTY

• Someone burglarized a Packwood area home making off with a king-sized mattress with sheets, a dresser and its contents and other furnishings including miscellaneous artwork, a vacuum cleaner and a shower curtain with its rod, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called to the 100 block of Sunstone Road yesterday was told the break-in occurred sometime since Oct. 12, according to the sheriff’s office. Also missing are a stereo and a floor lamp, Cmdr. Steve Aust said.

ZOOM ZOOM

• Centralia police were called about 7:45 p.m. yesterday to the 2700 block of Eureka Avenue where a red with silver Honda 70 motorcycle had gone missing from a shed sometime during the previous two weeks.

FRAUD

• An individual from New Mexico called Chehalis police yesterday after discovering a fraudulent purchase from their account, amounting to about $400 from the Chehalis Wal-Mart, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called about 5 a.m. today regarding a case of possible identity theft. Further details were not readily available.

SWASTIKA SHOWS UP IN NORTH CENTRALIA

• Someone spray painted a swastika on a building on the 1300 block of Rose Street in north Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday morning.

UNWANTED REPTILES RETURN

• Police were called yesterday afternoon to the Vintage apartments on the 1500 block of North National Avenue in Chehalis where a woman wanted help ridding her home of a stink-emitting snake. She said there were two; one behind a chair and another behind her television, according to the Chehalis Police Department. One of them stuck his head out to drink some milk, police were told. There was no arrest, there is no written report, there are no snakes, according to police. Police detective Rick Silva said he responded to the afternoon call and looked around the apartment. He saw no signs of snakes, only the trap she’d bought to catch them and little dishes of milk and fruit set out to entice them, he said. The woman, he thought might be in her 60s but wasn’t sure, told him maybe they’d crawled behind her dishwasher so she pulled it out so Silva could examine the area, he said. They could have been hiding up under the TV stand, so she flipped it over and they looked there as well, he said. “Once she did that, I said, well, I must have scared them away,” Silva said. “She was happy with that.” She’ll call back if they return. An officer was at the same apartment last month because the resident thought the snakes were coming through her microwave. Police actually get a lot of calls from people who see things that aren’t really there, the detective said, recounting instances where folks have been sure their phones are tapped, they are being videotaped or think listening devices have been planted in their home. He recalled one man who was certain there was a gorilla in his closet, he said. In yesterday’s case, he asked the woman if she wanted to go to the hospital; she said no. She had food, her home was clean, there wasn’t much more he could do, he said. “It’s just people see these things, they think it’s real,” he said. “To them, it is real. You just try and appease them, and help them the best you can.”

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

  1. Ridge says:

    Rick Silva is one of the few good cops. It’s reassuring to some (not altogether there) folks that he will come and (scare) these snakes and other (invisable) animals away. They are all to real to people that see these visions. (I’m not one of them) but I do have other eccentricities. (I like to play poker even though I never win!) 🙂

  2. chris says:

    now i know where my gorilla went.

  3. ProudOfCops says:

    How nice to hear such kind and compassionate words from the police responding to the lady with the snakes. He is absolutely correct… she truly believes she sees them. I doubt her hallucinations have much to do with “Big Pharma”… it sounds like symptoms of mental illness or dementia…. your every day, garden variety mental illness than ANY of us may one day fall victim to.

    When it is your mom, your sister or you… and the laws don’t allow for you to “do” anything, will you be as willing to make fun? I hope whomever responds is as understanding as the authorities in this case.

  4. OldLongJohnson says:

    “This person is a citizen in our community and deserves support and respect.”

    You’re absolutely right! But how are you going to convince big pharma of that?

    It’s most likely the pills her doctor is pushing on her that makes her and others like her that way.

    Even children are not respected or supported by big pharma. ADHD drugs such as Ritalin cause hallucination in children!!! Now, our government is going to allow big pharma to sell adult psychotic drugs to doctors to give to children.

    So yeah, you’re right, the elderly need the respect from ALL of society, not just the regular people.

    But oh well. Nothing will change. That poor woman’s doctor will most likely just up the dose and call it good.

  5. In the know... says:

    This person has diminished mental capacity. Local resources are limited for people such as herself. Mental disease is not something that should be mocked/made fun of, it should be discussed productively. This person is a citizen in our community and deserves support and respect.

  6. OldLongJohnson says:

    Those darned trouser-snakes!!

  7. Big Lou says:

    My wife reported the snakes. I’m sorry for the confusion, I won’t do that again. 🙂

  8. Snakes?? says:

    @News Junky I wasn’t aware it was for elderly citizens. I was thinking maybe someone on drugs?

  9. Snakes?? says:

    Wasn’t that lady calling about a snake falling from her ceiling maybe a month ago?! Psycho… Lewis County’s finest!

  10. News Junky says:

    It’s pretty sad about the snakes. The vintage apartments are for senior citizens aren’t they? Perhaps this person is in need if more care, sadly I doubt that will happen. We need to care for our seniors as best we can. I mean without them, we wouldn’t be here, right? Just saying………..:(

  11. OlyChris says:

    Depending on the orientation and angle of the swastika it could actually mean something quite nice… Wait, who am I kidding? We all know that even if the “artist” painted the wrong one it was probaly meant to be the Nazi one.