HOSPITAL ASSAULT
• Centralia police arrested a 24-year-old man for allegedly assaulting a nurse in the emergency room at Providence Centralia Hospital on New Year’s Eve. Travis D. Compton, of Chehalis, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree assault following the approximately 10:15 p.m. response to the 900 block of South Schueber Road, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUG VIOLATION
• A 25-year-old Centralia man was arrested last night after an alleged attempt to return for money something shoplifted earlier in the day at Wal-Mart. Police called about 6 p.m. to on Northwest Louisiana Avenue caught up to their suspect in a parking lot north of Wal-Mart and found suspected drug paraphernalia in his car, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Brett A. Warness was booked into the Lewis County Jail for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, for a Department of Corrections warrant and also for burglary, as he had previously been told to stay out the store, according to police.
GUN CRIME
• A 39-year-old Centralia man was arrested for felon in possession of a firearm associated with a response about 9 p.m. on New Year’s Eve at Chestnut and Ash streets in Centralia. Bradley M. Pedersen, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
BREAK-IN CENTRALIA
• Centralia police were called just after noon on Wednesday to the 500 block of East Maple Street about a residential burglary.
OTHER THEFT
• Centralia police were called about 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday to the 1500 block of Harrison Avenue regarding theft of money from residents in the facility.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, vandalism, protection order violation, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving under the influence, driving with with suspended license, driving with with no license; responses for alarm, suicide threat, misdemeanor theft, collision on city street … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter