Updated at 10:46 a.m.
ASSAULTS
• A 21-year-old Onalaska man was arrested after he allegedly beat his roommate with a metal fence post last night. The 51-year-old victim was hospitalized with bruises to his elbow, back, stomach and head, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies called about 6:20 p.m. to the 300 block of Tauscher Road were told by witnesses the attack seemed to come out of nowhere and that Travis L. O’Shane was acting crazy like he was on drugs, detective Sgt. Dusty Breen said. The metal post was described as two inches in diameter and about five feet long. O’Shane was subsequently found nearby at his parents house and booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault, harassment and resisting arrest, Breen said.
• A 42-year-old Centralia man was arrested overnight after he allegedly assaulted and threatened to kill his girlfriend. Lonnie A. Grasser was booked into the Lewis County Jail for harassment after the approximately 1:45 a.m. incident associated with the 1400 block of Johnson Road in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CAR PROWLS
• Police were called about 8:25 a.m. yesterday regarding a vehicle prowl at the 3000 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia. Stolen from the unlocked vehicle was a GPS device and a stereo, according to the Centralia Police Department. An officer called just before 11 a.m. to the same area took a report of another prowl in which a stereo was stolen. In that case, someone left a fishing pole behind, according to police. A third prowl in which a stereo was taken from the same area was reported about 3:45 p.m.
LAUNDRY ROOM FIRE
• A Centralia-area resident awoke to the smell of smoke and used a pan with water to extinguish a fire in their laundry room. Firefighters called about 3:10 a.m. to the 2500 block of Lincoln Creek Road checked the area for fire extension but none was found, according to Riverside Fire Authority. It appeared that linens, paper and other items in front of a wall heater ignited, Firefighter Rick LeBoeuf said. “It smoked up the whole laundry room so that room will have to be gutted,” LeBoeuf said. Nobody was injured.
VEHICLE FIRE
• Firefighters were called about 1:10 p.m. yesterday to the 800 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia where a driver had pulled into the turn lane after smelling smoke and exited her vehicle. The small pickup truck was fully involved in flames upon firefighters’ arrival and they extinguished it, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Nobody was hurt but the truck is ruined, Firefighter Rick LeBoeuf said.
PEDESTRIANS STRUCK
• Police responded last night to two incidents of vehicle versus pedestrian with minor injuries. The first occurred about 8 p.m. at the 1600 block of Military Road and the other about 15 minutes later at Tower Avenue and Magnolia Street. Nobody needed transport by ambulance to the hospital, according to Riverside Fire Authority.
COLLISIONS
• Police and aid were called just after 7 p.m. yesterday to a taxi cab wreck on North Gold Street near Ham Hill Road in Centralia. The driver, who was alone in the car said he swerved to miss another vehicle, skidded and came to rest against a tree, according to Riverside Fire Authority. He declined to go to the hospital.
• A 62-year-old Chehalis woman was booked for driving under the influence after her 1995 Oldsmobile four-door reportedly crossed the center line and struck a Toyota pickup driven by a 21-year-old Centralia resident. It happened just before 7 p.m. yesterday on the 300 block of Chilvers Road west of Chehalis and nobody was injured, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Damage to the vehicles was minor, detective Sgt. Dusty Breen said. Deborah A. Deveny’s breath tests showed her blood alcohol level was at least twice the legal limit, Breen said.
• A 75-year-old Chehalis man was injured in a single-vehicle wreck on U.S. Highway 12 about 14 miles west of Naches yesterday. Troopers called about 9 a.m. found David W. Dempewolf’s pickup had left the roadway and struck a rock. It was totaled, according to the Washington State Patrol. Dempewolf was transported to Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, according to the state patrol. The accident was blamed on inattention.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for misdemeanor assault, protection order violation, suspicious circumstances, collisions on city streets … and more.