[1]The state patrol reports the chase up Interstate 5 ended safely. / Courtesy photo by Washington State Patrol
Updated at 8:10 p.m.
JOY RIDE BEGINS IN CHEHALIS, ENDS IN FIFE
• A 24-year-old man who picked up a set of car keys off a counter at Wendy’s restaurant in Chehalis got away with a vehicle but was stopped after high speed pursuit through Tacoma yesterday. Police called about 10:10 a.m. to the 1500 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue learned the 2008 Toyota Camry headed north on Interstate 5. After stealing the keys, the subject tried several vehicles in the lot before finding the correct one and taking off, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The 35-year-old Chehalis woman’s purse was inside her car as well, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said. Lacey police briefly caught up with him and troopers joined in near Lakewood as speeds reached as much as 120 mph, according to law enforcement. A trooper used the so-called pit maneuver to spin the car out and make it stop in Fife shortly after 11 a.m., according to the Washington State Patrol. The driver, Victor J. Hobbs, who is tagged in the local law enforcement database as transient from Vader, was arrested without further incident, according to Chehalis police and the state patrol.
VEHICLE THEFT
• A white 12-foot utility trailer containing emergency decontamination equipment and materials was stolen from Providence Centralia Hospital, according to a report made to police about 7 a.m. yesterday. Officers called to the 900 block of South Schueber Road were told the loss is probably more than $15,000, according to the Centralia Police Department. It disappeared during the night, according to police.
• A deputy was called yesterday about a 2005 BMW stolen sometime since the day before from the 100 block of Joppish Road in Centralia. The car, valued at $10,000, has a license plate of AKJ 9351, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• Centralia police responded about 10 a.m. on Saturday to a report of a vehicle stolen from the 100 block of West Third Street. The 1995 Chevrolet pickup truck was subsequently located on Ham Hill Road, according to the Centralia Police Department.
BURGLARY
• Someone broke into a building on the 600 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia and stole unspecified old military gear and other items belonging to a local collector, according to a report made to police about 7:30 p.m. yesterday.
GREEN HILL BEATING
• A student-inmate at Green Hill School for Boys in Chehalis was arrested for second-degree assault non Friday and then released back into the custody of the juvenile incarceration facility. An officer called that afternoon to the 300 block of Southwest 11th Street learned the 18-year-old had punched a 16-year-old knocking him unconscious earlier in the day, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Police also investigated a less serious assault of personnel from the same morning.
BAR FIGHT
• Police called to a dispute at a Chehalis bar around 1:50 p.m. on Sunday ended up arresting a man for shoving another man in the presence of an arriving officer. Apolinar Ruelas, 34, of Chehalis was arrested for misdemeanor assault at the 300 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue and then booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Police were called about 8:50 a.m. yesterday to the 2800 block of Russell Road in Centralia regarding two slashed vehicle tires.
RECKLESS DRIVING
• Law enforcement is looking for a 46-year-old Mineral area man who rather than pull over when a deputy attempted to make a traffic stop on Saturday night ran through stop signs and then leaped from his moving vehicle on and ran off into the brush. It happened around 10:15 p.m. near the 100 block of Washington Street in Mineral, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office says Timothy C. Saterdal left his passenger in the rolling vehicle. A track with a police dog was unsuccessful, according to the sheriff’s office.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence of prescription medication, shoplifting; responses for alarms, other misdemeanor assault, family disturbance, horses at large, apparent shoplifting which turned out to be unfounded, minor collisions such as car running into mailboxes; complaints of music so loud it vibrated the neighbor’s apartment … and more.