Updated at 6:56 p.m.
SHOTGUN SHELL POWERED MOLE TRAP MISFIRES
• A man in his early 70s was airlifted after a mishap with a high-powered mole trap today. Deputies and firefighters were called about 4:25 p.m. to the 400 block of Collins Road just outside Toledo where the patient was found with a serious hand injury, according to Lewis County Fire District 2. “He was setting a mole trap utilizing a 12-gauge shotgun shell and it accidentally discharged,” Fire Chief Grant Wiltbank said. A woman friend and a retired firefighter from across the street were helping the man when the fire department arrived, Wiltbank said. He was transported by ambulance to the Toledo Airport and was to be flown to Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver, Wiltbank said
COMMERCIAL THEFT
• A 36-year-old Chehalis man was arrested yesterday in connection with approximately $100,000 worth of cell phones, clothing and DVDs stolen from the UPS distribution center on Hamilton Road last year. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office this morning said the arrest for first-degree theft came in the ongoing investigation when deputies learned information that William M. Eaton was involved in the thefts that took place between last August and November. Eaton was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office. A part-time employee was arrested [1] in December, Roland E. Camps, 40, from Winlock, who was accused of stealing and re-selling thousands of dollars worth of cell phones and other merchandise, according to the sheriff’s office.
RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY MORTON
• Morton police were called to the 800 block of Overlook Drive about 2:10 a.m. yesterday after a resident arrived home to find at least two rooms were ransacked. it wasn’t readily apparent if anything was stolen, according to the Morton Police Department. The case is under investigation.
TOLEDO BURGLARY
• A 24-year-old Toledo area man reported every room was ransacked at his home on the 400 block of Eadon Road and thousands of dollars worth of cash and rare coins including wheat pennies and silver dollars were missing. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said this morning the burglary occurred between 12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, and that someone had used a credit card to “swipe” the lock to the front door.
CENTRALIA BURGLARY
• Centralia police took a report of a burglary to a trailer at about 6 p.m. on Friday at the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue. Missing were medications and a small amount of money, according to the Centralia Police Department.
PACKWOOD CARGO TRAILER PROWL
• Sometime between 10 a.m. on Saturday and 7:30 yesterday morning someone stole numerous tools when they broke in to a cargo trailer parked at a construction site described as isolated on the 300 block of Skate Creek Road South near Packwood. Among the missing are two nail guns, two circular saws and a compressor, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss to the 59-year-old Packwood resident is more than $800, according to the sheriff’s office.
CENTRALIA BOAT PROWL
• Centralia police took a report yesterday of a boat prowling, at the 1300 block of Lakeshore Drive. Someone got onto the the water craft which was tied up to a dock and stole fishing poles, tackle boxes its battery, its motor and some other unspecified items, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AUTO THEFT
• Police were called about 2:40 a.m. yesterday when a 1998 Honda Civic was stolen from the 100 block of West Maple Street in Centralia. Officers had a suspect in mind regarding the multi-colored hoodless car, according to the Centralia Police Department.
IT’S HASH OIL, SAYS BOY
• A 17-year-old Onalaska boy was returned to his mother but faces a possible drug charge after a traffic stop in which a deputy found two small containers with a black substance which the boy said was hash oil, he’d made himself after reading how in the Internet. The teen was pulled over just before 4 a.m. yesterday at the 1000 block of Long Road, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He didn’t have a driver’s license, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
VANDALISM
• Sometime after 11:30 p.m. on Saturday and before the following morning, someone keyed a 36-year-old Adna man’s vehicle in multiple places as it was parked at a friend’s on the 3000 block of Ives Road in Centralia, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The damage is estimated at $2,000, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
• A 37-year-old Winlock man was arrested after he allegedly used a drill bit to puncture his estranged wife’s tire, with a loss estimated at $650, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. Corey Ming was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree malicious mischief, according to the sheriff’s office.
BRUSH FIRE
• Firefighters with West Regional Fire Authority joined personnel from the state Department of Natural Resources when a large slash pile caught fire in the Capitol Forest over the weekend. Crews worked yesterday morning assisting and DNR is investigation the incident in the southeast portion of the forest Chief Robert Scott said.
WEEKEND DRILL IMAGINES GUNMAN AT CHURCH
• Law enforcement officers practiced neutralizing threats and fire personnel practiced saving lives at Toledo First Baptist Church on Saturday as they trained together on responding to an “active shooter” situation, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. More than 70 individuals participated, including those role playing victims and eight local agencies, the sheriff’s office reports.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarms, disputes, suspicious circumstances, various vandalism, collision on city street, shoplifting and other misdemeanor theft, baby left alone in vehicle, dogs left alone in vehicle; complaints of too loud of music, cigarette butts tossed in parking lot … and more.
More tomorrow.
[2]At Toledo First Baptist Church on Saturday. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Sheriff’s Office