MOTORBIKE MISSING
• A 2001 Yamaha YZ125 dirt bike, riding gear, several fuel cans and a trailer jack were stolen from an outbuilding on property at the 100 block of Elma Drive North outside Centralia with the value estimated at $3,355, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy who took a report last night noted it took place sometime between Wednesday morning and 6:30 p.m. yesterday, according to the sheriff’s office.
HANDBAGS SNATCHED
• Centralia police were called to the Coach store at the Centralia Outlets on Lum Road about 1:45 p.m. yesterday to a report a woman grabbed four purses and ran out with them. The loss is more than $1,200, according to the Centralia Police Department. The woman, described only as black with a partially shaved eyebrow was wearing a red sweater and had her hair in a bun, according to police. She was seen getting into a gray Ford Taurus, police said.
CAR PROWL
• Police were called about 6:40 a.m. today regarding a purse stolen from a vehicle at the 2400 block of Fords Prairie Avenue in Centralia.
• Chehalis police were called about 10 a.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowled at the 300 block of Southeast Park Hill Drive.
• Chehalis police took a report yesterday about someone breaking into a car on the 200 block of Northeast Washington Avenue in Chehalis.
PARKING LOT DISPUTE
• Centralia police called about 9 p.m. last night regarding someone slashing two tires in the parking lot on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue near Starbucks subsequently pulled over a suspect vehicle nearby and found its 20-year-old driver was intoxicated. Ramon Garcia-Simpson was arrested for driving under the influence and Jorge A. Romero, 35, was arrested for furnishing liquor to a minor, according to the Centralia Police Department. Both Centralia residents were booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police. There had been a dispute between them and the Rochester man whose tires were damaged, but it didn’t appear they knew each other, police said.
COLLISIONS
• A 51-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol about 7:30 a.m. yesterday after a deputy responded to a report a sport utility vehicle struck the wall in the drive through at McDonalds on the 100 block of Kirkland Road in Napavine. Valerie K. Gleason acknowledged she had been drinking, but said it was many, many hours earlier, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
• A 28-year-old man from Rock Springs, Wyoming, was arrested for driving under the influence as well as hit and run after his vehicle reportedly struck a fence along the roadway on the 700 block of Howe Road outside Toledo last night. A deputy responding about 8:45 p.m. located Anthony C. Nichols a short distance away and booked him into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for disputes, suicide attempt, collisions on city streets, suspicious circumstances… and more.