NOT-QUITE-STOLEN CAR
• Chehalis police were called about 10:15 p.m. yesterday to the 200 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue after an individual sent an acquaintance to get something out of her car and he drove away in it. Officers soon came upon Cody L. Snyder, 23, of Chehalis, and booked him into the Lewis County Jail for taking a motor vehicle without permission, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
THEFT
• A deputy took a report of the theft of a Stihl chainsaw model 660 from an unsecured garage and a Fender guitar with case from a truck that doesn’t lock at the 900 block of state Route 7 outside Morton. It happened sometime between 11 p.m. on Sunday and 8 o’clock yesterday morning, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
CAR PROWL
• Chehalis police took a report yesterday about an overnight vehicle prowl on the 200 block of North Market Boulevard in which two drills with chargers were stolen from a truck.
• Morton police took a report of a vehicle prowl on Saturday afternoon at the 300 block of Adams Avenue, in which the victim said someone got into their unlocked car and took a purse containing approximately $140 plus various credit cards.
RIFLE ON ATV LANDS MAN IN JAIL
• A 49-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday evening after a deputy conducted a traffic stop on an ATV pulling onto Tietzel Road, an ATV which had a rifle on its front rack. The deputy had responded to the area because an individual was concerned about a possible trespasser on an ATV on a neighbor’s property, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Deputy Stacy Brown indicated the deputy had reason to believe Michael J. Hunter may not be allowed to possess a firearm, but Hunter said he had documentation at home showing his gun rights were reinstated. Hunter was unable to produce the paperwork after the deputy followed him back to his residence, so he was booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, Brown said.
KNOCK, KNOCK
• Morton police were called to a home in the 100 block of Laurel Street in Mossyrock about 5:40 p.m. on Thursday when the resident called to report that someone had been knocking on the door then running off. The area was checked but no one was located, according to the Morton Police Department. The resident was advised to call back if it happened again.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants; responses for misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, something bigger-than-a-cat coming out of a ditch and chasing a person in the dark by the Lewis County Mall … and more.