Updated at 6:37 p.m.
AUTO THEFT
• A 1995 Honda Accord was stolen sometime between Sunday and yesterday from the 1600 block of Delaware Avenue in Centralia. The four-door car is valued at about $1,400, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• A 26-year-old Chehalis man was arrested yesterday afternoon at the Pepper Tree Motel in Centralia for vehicle theft in connection with a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am taken last month from Terra Bonita Drive in Chehalis. A deputy had learned its 35-year-old owner loaned the car to Robert J. Plascencia who hadn’t yet returned it, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Plascencia was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
MISSING MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
• A deputy was called to Adna Middle School yesterday morning regarding the theft of a $1,000 trumpet. The Yamaha brand instrument vanished sometime between Jan. 24 and Jan. 25, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
BIKE HEIST
• Centralia police were called about 4:30 p.m. yesterday regarding a burglary to a shed on the 700 block of G Street. Missing is a white Trek mountain bike, according to the Centralia Police Department.
POSSIBLE CYBER SEX CRIME
• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning by a parent who discovered their 12-year-old girl had shared inappropriate photos over her cell phone with an older male. The case is under investigation and the phone will be examined by computer experts, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
DRUGS
• A 38-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine yesterday after contact with an officer about 10:40 a.m. at the 1300 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia. Jacob R. Woods was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
SHERIFF: INTOXICATED MOTORIST STRIKES CAR
• A 28-year-old Chehalis woman whose car was struck by a pickup truck early yesterday morning at the Love’s Truck Stop on the 1200 block of Rush Road in Napavine followed the truck to Dorning Road in Winlock and called 911, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responding about 6 a.m. arrested the driver of the Dodge Ram for driving under the influence as well as hit and run, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The collision left her 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer with major front end damage, according to the sheriff’s office. David M. Meyer, 43, of Winlock, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Sgt. Rob Snaza said.
SCHOOL BUS RUNS IN TO STOP SIGN
• A deputy responded about 4:20 p.m. yesterday when a school bus taking a corner too sharply struck a stop sign and ended up with two shattered windows, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened at Brockway Road and Sunnyside Drive west of Chehalis, according to the sheriff’s office. The children were loaded onto a different bus and finished their journey home, Sgt. Rob Snaza said. No ticket was issued, Snaza said.
FROM THE COURTHOUSE
• The 20-year-old Centralia father arrested in December for breaking his six-month-old baby’s arm is now serving a three-month long jail term after pleading guilty last week instead of going to trial. Wayne P. Stalker initially told a story the infant’s older sibling had “plopped” onto the baby’s limb, but confessed to police and then to a judge what happened, according to court documents. The Wal-Mart worker described how after he changed the little one’s diaper it still wouldn’t stop crying and as he held it on his knee, he grabbed its forearm in such a way that he heard a “pop,” according to court documents. Court papers state Stalker urged the baby’s mother to take it to the doctor where a hairline fracture was discovered. Stalker was sentenced last Wednesday in Lewis County Superior Court for second-degree assault.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license, drug arrest for which no information was readily available; responses for alarms, collision on city street, runaway child; request to assist an older couple locate their vehicle in the Wal-Mart parking lot; complaints of railroad crossing arms stuck down, noisy neighbors … and more.