SHOOTING SUSPECT APPREHENDED IN NAPAVINE
• A 24-year-old Longview man was arrested yesterday evening at the McDonalds restaurant in Napavine by multiple law enforcement officers looking for him in connection with a shooting earlier this month in Longview. Lewis County deputies and police from Longview assisted the U.S. Marshal’s Service Fugitive Task Force in picking up Justin H. Nash at about 5 p.m. at the 100 block of Kirkland Road, according to authorities. Longview police say early the morning of October 5, Nash shot a 40-year-old man twice in the legs; the victim then drove himself to the hospital. Longview police say the motive was robbery, unrelated to the victim being a witness in a coming trial. Nash was booked into jail in Cowlitz County for first-degree robbery, first-degree assault and unlawful possession of a fire arm, according to police. Lewis County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sgt. Rob Snaza said deputies later arrested the 37-year-old Chehalis woman who was with Nash, after the federal marshals conducted a search of her home on the 1600 block of Bishop Road. Based on what was found, Lori Mathat was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of methamphetamine and possession of a sawed off shotgun, Snaza said.
WIRING STOLEN FROM NEW STREET LIGHTS
• Someone removed 800 feet of copper wiring from below ground meant for new street lights being installed in area under construction north of Uhlmann Motors on Northwest Louisiana Avenue. A worker who discovered the theft this morning called police; it occurred sometime during the previous week, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The loss to the city is estimated at as much as $8,000 for materials and labor, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said.
THEFT
• A stolen 2003 Honda mini van was recovered yesterday from a wooded area off the 1000 block of Long Road in Centralia. The vehicle, reported missing in August, was stripped down, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police took a report yesterday morning from the 200 block of East Third Street of windows shot out of a building. It appeared a BB or pellet gun was used, according to the Centralia Police Department.
SECRET SANTA COMES EARLY IN TENINO
• The Tenino Police Department announced today a local person who wished to remain anonymous donated $2,500 for the purchase of bullet-proof vests for the agency’s three commissioned officers. “The Chief and the officers are exceptionally happy, relieved and thankful for this person’s compassion and caring,” Chief John Hutchings stated in a news release. “This gift of love certainly lightens our burdens.”
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assaults, shoplifting; responses for alarm, possible shoplifting, minor collisions, suspicious circumstances, someone who thought their car was stolen but learned someone had moved it as a prank … and more.