VICTIM FINDS STOLEN ITEM ON CRAIGSLIST
• When a 32-year-old Tacoma man found his stolen snowboard for sale on Craigslist and arranged a meeting to buy it at a grocery store parking lot in Packwood on Saturday, he was joined by deputies who arrested the seller. The item was taken from Snoqualmie Pass a little more than two weeks earlier, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The seller, 28-year-old John L. Huddleston of Yakima, was arrested for third-degree possession of stolen property and then released pending a court date, according to the sheriff’s office. The snowboard was left in the hands of its original owner, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
PICTO-THREAT LANDS MAN IN JAIL
• A 35-year-old homeless man was arrested for malicious harassment after he was asked to leave a Centralia coffee shop and threw a wadded up piece of paper at a barista, the paper depicting an image of a man being hung, according to the Centralia Police Department. It happened about 10:25 a.m. on Friday at the 200 block of South Tower Avenue, according to police. John A. Chacon II was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
ASSAULT
• Centralia police responded about 7:30 p.m. on Friday to the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue regarding a felony domestic assault. The suspect had left prior to officers’ arrival and was not located, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police were called about 1:15 a.m. yesterday to the 200 block of West Second Street where three sisters allegedly assaulted a fourth sister, according to the Centralia Police Department. Summons to court for domestic misdemeanor assault were requested to be issued, according to police.
BREAK-INS
• A 56-year-old Federal Way resident reported on Saturday that someone broke into his vacation house at the 100 block of Wennasee Loop in Silver Creek sometime since November and stole a skill saw, two cordless drills, five gallons of gas and other tools, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office
• A deputy was called on Saturday to the 100 block of Wennasee Loop in Silver Creek after a 55-year-old Sumner man discovered some had ransacked his trailer and storage shed. Missing was a roll of quarters, a propane torch and propane heater sometime since November, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office
• A woman who recently purchased a home on the 600 block of Curtis Hill Road west of Chehalis contacted law enforcement on Friday evening after discovering someone went inside the unlocked residence and left with two ladders, painting supplies, a cordless drill, a bucket, a garden hose, tools and other items, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
AUTO THEFT
• Chehalis police were called just before 3 p.m. on Saturday to Northeast Debra Lane where they were told of a teenage relative stealing a pickup truck. The 14-year-old was located and taken to the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for taking a motor vehicle without permission, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• A 1989 Honda Accord was reported stolen about 3 p.m. on Friday from the 1400 bock of Johnson Road in Centralia.
CAR PROWL
• Police were called just before 2 p.m. yesterday regarding a vehicle prowl at the 2300 block of Eureka Avenue in Centralia.
• Police were called just before 1 p.m. on Saturday about two Bibles and other items stolen from a vehicle parked on the 400 block of Northeast Adams Avenue in Chehalis. The victim thought it was locked and the break-in occurred sometime since Feb. 23, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Deputies are reviewing surveillance video to discover who broke into a vehicle in Vader early on Thursday morning stealing two speakers, a CD player and $10, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened at the 100 block of Alpine Court.
BIKE PROWL
• A 49-year-old Rochester man called police just after 5 p.m. yesterday when he discovered someone had stolen a small pack off his bicycle while it was parked outside Yard Birds Mall on the 2000 block of North National Avenue in Chehalis. He said he was away from his bike for five or ten minutes and then found missing his wallet with money inside, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
WRECK
• A deputy was called about 10 p.m. on Saturday to milepost two of Winlock-Vader Road where a 22-year-old Longview driver hit standing water, lost control of his Volkswagen Rabbit and ran into a water-filled ditch. He was able to get out before the car was fully submerged, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The car was described as totaled.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarms, disputes, shoplifting, vandalism, collisions on city streets; complaints of dogs running loose, neighbor’s loud party, homeless-looking person talking to customers … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter