Purse recovered after Centralia robbery, along with drugs and other stolen property

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

Centralia police found stolen guns, signs of gang activity and more than a “personal use” amount of suspected methamphetamine when they searched a Logan district house yesterday as they investigated the stick up of a motorist who said she got lost on Centralia streets the night before.

Two people have been arrested for the robbery that occurred about 12:15 a.m. Tuesday at the 100 block of Harrison Avenue.

Centralia Police Department detective Sgt. Pat Fitzgerald said the Olympia area woman told officers she came to town to help someone move, got lost and pulled into a church parking lot to use her cell phone.

A male appeared of out nowhere and stole her purse and phone at gunpoint, Fitzgerald said. She was reportedly unhurt.

The thief was described as a white male with a distinctive tattoo on his neck wearing jeans and a dark hoodie, according to police. Police were told he fled to a red or maroon sedan which was driven away by a blond female, according to police.

Officers searched the area and eventually located a similar car parked outside a residence on the 1500 block of Delaware, according to Fitzgerald.

Two of the individuals who live or were staying there were arrested. Anthony F. Johnson, 28, from Morton, for first-degree robbery and  Kaylie J. Longmire, 18, of Centralia, for being an accessory to robbery, according to the Centralia Police Department.

A patrol sergeant separately indicated that a 25-year-old Centralia man, David J. Eslick, was arrested just after midnight today, in connection with the robbery as well as for allegedly breaking into the concession stand at the high school football stadium earlier in the night.

Fitzgerald said today detectives were investigating a possible link and believed the participants in the purse theft drove Eslick to the stadium.

Yesterday, a police sergeant said the Olympia woman knew the robbers and was meeting them, but Fitzgerald said that’s not information he was given.

“There may be all kinds of stuff that comes out of this, cause we’re not finished yet,” Fitzgerald said.

During the search of the house, detectives found three stolen firearms, one of which its owner didn’t yet know was missing, according to Fitzgerald.

They also discovered photographs and graffiti in the house that was evidence of gang activity; mostly the so-called Tiny Dukes and some that could be Crips or Surenos connected, he said.

Also found were unspecified items police believe have been stolen in local burglaries as well as the Olympia woman’s purse, according to police.

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7 Responses to “Purse recovered after Centralia robbery, along with drugs and other stolen property”

  1. Old Long Johnson says:

    hey ese clumsy:

    stealing a woman’s purse is a pretty lame. what’s wrong? too scared to stick up a man? what’s wrong? Afraid he’ll fight back?

    Should change the name to “Tiny Dicks”.

    When you graduate from robbing soda-shacks, you might want to put your skills to better use, like flipping burgers. Unfortunately, even McDonald’s has a few standards, like a policy against hiring punks that flash clown signs.

  2. ese clumsy says:

    fuck you haterz tiny dukes gang

  3. Soaper says:

    Tiny PUKES.

  4. The Dirty Cop Enforcer says:

    Wish they could just have a gang unit In LC,

    Yeah the Police are the gang, they dress alike and lie just like gang members.

  5. LC :( says:

    Wish they could just have a gang unit In LC

  6. Disgusted (The Original) says:

    It just shows how stupid gangs and gang members really are. They didn’t get the immediate reference that could be made between Tiny Dukes and Tiny DICKS – something I’m willing to bet afflicts all of their male members (no pun intended with the “members” remark). LOL

  7. secret squirrel says:

    Lock em all up & throw away the keys!! Teeny weeny tiny dukes,, what a bad joke!!