PURSUIT OF YOUNG TEEN DRIVER ENDS IN WRECK
• A 14-year-old Chehalis area boy was arrested after he allegedly tried to outrun a deputy who was trying to stop him for speeding yesterday afternoon. It happened about 2 p.m. northbound on Jackson Highway south of Chehalis, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 1994 Dodge Intrepid was traveling 69 mph in a 40 mph zone and instead of pulling over, continued forward until the driver tried to make a right-hand turn onto Panorama Drive, where it struck a tree according to Sgt. Rob Snaza. Three occupants tried to run away and the driver did get away, Snaza said. He was subsequently contacted and taken into custody for attempted eluding and three counts of reckless endangerment, according to Snaza. Nobody at the scene was injured, according to Lewis County Fire District 5. However, the registered owner of the Intrepid was cited for allowing the teen to drive, according to Snaza.
THEFT
• Centralia police were called about 2:30 p.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of Eckerson Road about someone changing the name and account numbers on someone else’s account. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• An investigation into a late July theft from the 600 block of Falls Road in Randle ended yesterday with a deputy forwarding recommended charges of second-degree burglary regarding a pair of Randle residents. Missing was a boat motor valued at more than $1,500, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The suspects are men ages 51 and 24, according to the sheriff’s office.
• Officers were called about 5:30 p.m. yesterday to the 300 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia after two individuals reportedly stole keys from a business and the fled.
• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning after a man accidentally left his wallet at Sears in the Lewis County Mall and upon return, located it but missing its credit cards and a “couple hundred” dollars cash, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Various items including CDs were stolen and the gas tank apparently siphoned from a car parked at the 500 block of Northwest Quincy Avenue in Chehalis, according to a report made to police yesterday morning. There was no forced entry, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespass; responses for alarms, littering, other misdemeanor theft, collision, hit and run, babies and / or children allegedly left or accidentally locked inside vehicles, one of which resulted in a warning … and more.