Updated at 7:57 p.m.
CENTRALIA WOMAN STRUCK WITH BAT
• A 54-year-old Centralia woman making her regular check upon a neighbor yesterday was met at his doorway and hit in the head with a baseball bat, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officers called just after 1 p.m. to the 300 block of West Magnolia arrested Craig A. Olson, 51, according to police. The assault came out of nowhere, according to Sgt. Kurt Reichert, who said there was no prior conflict between the two. It appears Olson has “issues,” Reichert said. The victim was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with a cut to her head, he said. Olson was booked into the Lewis County Jail for for second-degree assault.
MISBEHAVING TEENS
• A 14-year-old boy at the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center allegedly kicked a staff member causing her to fall down and spit on others yesterday morning because he didn’t want to go back to his room, according to police. A Chehalis police officer is referring the case to juvenile prosecutors for possible charges of assault, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• A Chehalis police officer was summoned to the principal’s office at W.F. West High School in Chehalis yesterday morning regarding a complaint from a 15-year-old girl that she was inappropriately touched by a 14-year-old boy. The case is being referred to juvenile prosecutors for a possible charge of simple assault, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
GONE CAMPING
• Centralia police were called to the 1000 block of Airport Road yesterday afternoon after a 28-foot travel trailer was discovered missing. A witness had seen a red Dodge pickup towing the white Kit trailer away around 2 p.m., according to the Centralia Police Department. The camping trailer has a license of 1581RV, according to police.
BREAK-IN AT CEMETERY
• Gas cans, fuel, tools and other items were discovered missing from a storage shed at the Mineral Creek Cemetery sometime between April 7 and Tuesday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
JOY RIDE THWARTED
• A 43-year-old woman pulled over on her moped on Interstate 5 in Chehalis because she was swerving as she used one hand to eat from a bag of Doritoes ended up in the Lewis County Jail yesterday evening. A deputy noticed the scooter had no license plate and its ignition wires were taped together, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Kristina M. Andrews, of Vancouver, Wash., said she had just purchased the moped from a friend and was heading to Seattle, the sheriff’s office reported. It turned out the vehicle had been reported stolen in Portland, so Andrews was arrested for first-degree possession of stolen property, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
FROM THE COURTHOUSE
• A pair of teenage cousins from the Tacoma area who allegedly stole [1] at gunpoint some marijuana they showed up to buy from a Centralia man in December – and then found their car being shot up as they fled East Van Buren Street – won’t be going to trial. Eighteen-year-old Yahdriel E. Jones was in court today, where attorneys told a judge he intends to change his plea to guilty. Howard E. Ross 19, had already “pleaded out” and agreed to testify, Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor Kjell Warner said. A 28-year-old Centralia man who had placed an ad online on Craigslist that he had “extra quality meds” up for donation, of $125 per ounce, found himself struck in the face by a pistol on Dec. 15 when he got inside their car in front of his house to conduct business, according to charging documents. Jones will return to a courtroom on Tuesday to change his plea.
• A pair of brothers arrested in January after a marijuana growing operation was discovered in their Seminary Hill Road home have accepted a plea offer and will return to court May 15 for further proceedings. Zeshawn H. Hasnani, 27, and Sohail Hasnani, 24, allegedly sold their product to medical marijuana dispensaries and have been jailed since their Jan. 10 arrest by Centralia police. Attorneys told a judge today the men will change their pleas.
BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY
• “I’m not going to hold her on $35,000, this is totally ridiculous.” – Judge Richard Brosey remarking upon a bail request after being informed Rachelle L. Braaten, 24, was charged with burglary because she went inside her Centralia home, in violation of a no contact order regarding her child. The Centralia mother was initially charged, and ordered to stay away from her toddler, after allegedly giving the little one a hit off a bong.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with a suspended license, misdemeanor assault, responses for non-injury collision, possible fraud, disturbances, suspicious circumstances, suicide attempt, dog fight … and more.