Updated at 11:17 a.m.
PUFF PUFF, TAKE THAT
• When a pair of grown brothers who were not getting along called Centralia police to the 1100 block of Cobra Avenue very early this morning, one of them allegedly ripped a cigarette out of his brother’s hand in front of an officer and proceeded to smoke it, prompting his arrest for theft … first-degree, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police say 48-year-old Robeson T. Marvin, from Hoquiam, had earlier been told by police to leave the property and not to return or he would be arrested. However, he went back, confronted his brother and officers responded to a dispute call there at about 2:30 a.m., according to police. Officer John Panco said if one takes something off another person, it is considered theft in the first degree. Unless you use force, then it’s robbery, he said. It’s a a felony with a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and / or a $20,000 fine. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
POLICE PURSUIT CENTRALIA
• Centralia police looking for a person on South Silver Street late yesterday afternoon came across a wanted person who led officers on a short chase around city streets at about 5:30 p.m. Officer John Panco said Jose A. Escamilla is a fugitive with multiple felony and misdemeanor warrants. An officer recognized him in the area and not long after, a pursuit began near South Ash and West Cherry streets, finally being terminated near Summa and Woodland Avenue because of the danger posed to the public, according to the Centralia Police Department. The 19-year-old, also known as Angel, remains at large but now faces a possible charge of eluding, according to police.
TWO SELF STORAGE BUSINESSES HIT WITH THEFT
• A 54-year-old Chehalis man reported yesterday someone got into his unit at Chehalis Mini Storage on the 200 block of Interstate Avenue in Chehalis and stole numerous items, including a compressor, a chainsaw, electric hedge trimmers, a leaf blower and a heater. Forced entry was made and evidence at the scene was collected, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The break-in occurred sometime since last Thursday, according to the sheriff’s office.
• A deputy was called yesterday to Reynolds Avenue where someone had broken into a storage unit and left various valuable property untouched, but made off with paperwork containing financial and personal information. The lock was cut at Centralia Self Storage and no other units were affected, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened between 11:30 a.m. on Monday and 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
DRUGS
• A 33-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested yesterday evening or possession of methamphetamine and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Michael R. Chown was booked into the Lewis County Jail after contact with police at the 1200 block of Alder Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.
MESSAGE ON CAR DRAWS POLICE
• Chehalis police were called about 11:30 a.m. yesterday to the parking lot at the Lewis County Mall on Hampe Way regarding a threatening note left on the windshield of a vehicle. The message included the phrase, ” … karma is a bitc*,” according to police. Police have no firm suspect so a report was taken for informational purposes only, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
THREE-FER
• A Rochester resident and two homeless individuals all wanted on various warrants were arrested last night when they were found hiding in a garage on the 1000 block of South Tower Avenue. Booked into the Lewis County Jail after the approximately 9:15 p.m. discovery were Jacob R. Woods, 39, Alyssa E. Taylor, 26, and then Max A. Lyons, 24, from Rochester, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence, resisting arrest; responses for suspicious circumstances, collisions on city streets, to assist a pregnant homeless woman with no place to sleep, to help a pedestrian on a trek long enough there were foot blisters and then a trip to the hospital; complaints of teens smoking pot … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
My mammas name is Karma!!!
Yes, Karma IS a bitch.
Oh yeah, that’s right….it is ALLLL choice. This woman is a burden on society by choice…probably because mental illness isn’t real. We all know addiction isn’t real. Bible reading (if you can read) heals everything! All they need is love. Everyone is as capable and fully functioning . Anyone who isn’t… it is their choice.
She “chose” pregnancy (unless she is cognitively deficient or mentally ill). She “chose” homelessness (because – who WOULDN’T!!!)
Her baby will be “just fine” – LOTS of babies are “fine”, and those who aren’t … well, those little trouble makers are just CHOOSING to be retarded and emotionally defective.
Indeed – all those rich white ladies should really stop spending ALL that useless money on prenatal care and just donate it to the Safe Family Ministries… their little babies will be JUST FINE. Unless they choose to be burdens on society.
Gad. Idiots abound.
@BrokenSystem – The blessed thing about babies is that they do pretty well on their own. There have been numerous stories abounding of women not realizing that they were pregnant, only to find out that the sudden pains that brought them to the emergency room was actually labor. For as many stories as I’ve heard about such occurrences, I’ve yet to hear that such a baby became a burden on society, unless by choice.
And -yes, she does have choices – it sounds like she made the choices to become pregnant, and she made the choice to call for help when needed. There is also the choice of giving up her baby at the pregnancy resource center in Centralia, or seek help for her “addiction or mental illness” at the Safe Family Ministries in Chehalis.
Well……..karma IS a bitch. Someone really called the law for that? Jeez!
And a pregnant woman is homeless…. so police have to respond. Because we don’t really HAVE social services anymore – do we?. I suppose if she was compliant and intelligent enough to sign up for services, she might not be homeless, but the wait list for housing is so long (over a year) they closed it. And if she has addiction or mental illness the odds of her being able to sign up for and show up for services is about nil. And she carries a baby who, without prenatal care, is very likely to become a burden on society. So – doesn’t forcing her to undergo treatment, medication if necessary and provision of housing sound more cost effective than just leaving her on the street and having the POLICE provide social services?
Really theft for a cigarette? Wow there must be a need for arrests.
Ya, uhmmm….the cigarette bandit, is going to cost tax payers thousands……..absolutely rifukindikulous! Remember the day when siblings could just beat the snot out of each other, and be best friends the next day? What a waste of time, and resources~