ARMED VICTIM FOILS CARJACKING
• A Chehalis man thwarted an attempted car jacking yesterday evening by pulling a pistol from his hip, scaring the would-be robber away. Police said the 22-year-old was parked behind the library on Northeast Washington Avenue looking at his phone when just after 6 p.m., a male pretending to have a weapon in his jacket, reached through the partially open window of the Jeep Cherokee and said “Surprise n*****, give me your car,” according to police. The subject saw the weapon come up and ran, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Officers checked the area but did not find their suspect, Officer Linda Bailey said. He is described as about 5-feet 8-inches tall, with dark hair wearing a dark jacket and blue jeans, according to Bailey. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police or Lewis County Crime Stoppers, Bailey said.
CAR PROWL
• Centralia police took a report yesterday of a vehicle prowl from the 3200 block of Galvin Road in which a bag containing an iPad was taken. The vehicle had been unlocked, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Someone slashed two tires on a vehicle parked outside a residence on the 400 block of North Ash Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police just after 8 p.m. yesterday.
COLLISION
• A stretch of roadway in Centralia was closed this morning after a motorist ran onto a fire hydrant at about 6:30 a.m. Police and aid called to the area where West Main Street turns into Harrison Avenue found the Chehalis man was not injured but the “leaking” flooded the street for a period of time, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants;
responses for alarm, shoplifting, violation of no contact order, trespassing, inquiry about a protection order, subject digging through a dumpster … and more.