MISSING EXCAVATOR TURNS UP IN CENTRALIA
• Two people were arrested in an investigation that wrapped up yesterday involving a stolen excavator recovered on property at the 1400 block of South Schueber Road in Centralia. Deputies learned from the 44-year-old victim in Rochester he got a tip on social media where his missing machine might be and deputies found it on Saturday on property belonging to 52-year-old Terry M. Petrich, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Petrich told deputies that 50-year-old Michal R. Larisch from Rochester brought it there to do some work in exchange for a couple of vehicles, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies concluded Larisch used it for a job on the 3700 block of Cooks Hill Road and his own property, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Larisch happened to be driving by when deputies were at Petrich’s place and a bucket for the excavator was found in the back of his vehicle, according to Brown. Both men were booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree possession of stolen property and trafficking in stolen property, Brown said. The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a truck and trailer which were stolen in Rochester and believed to be used to haul the excavator, which was stolen from a nursery. The trailer was recovered yesterday and deputies suspect the truck was dismantled and its engine and transmission sold to someone in Oakville, according to Brown. Prosecutors were to release Petrich today without charges, pending further investigation.
BREAK-IN GLENOMA
• A deputy was called yesterday to a burglary at the 8800 block of U.S. Highway 12 in Glenoma in which a resident arrived home to find a bedroom curtain hanging out the window and a screen removed. Unspecified items from the carport and shed were found sitting in the yard but nothing was missing, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
CAR PROWL
• Chehalis police were called about 7 a.m. today about a possible vehicle prowl on South Market Boulevard.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, violation of no-contact order; responses for alarm, disputes, misdemeanor theft, collisions on city streets, suspicious circumstances … and more.