PURSE TAKEN WHILE SHOPPING
• Centralia police were called about 7:35 p.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue where someone stole a purse from a shopping cart while the victim was shopping.
AUTO THEFT
• Centralia police were called about 11:40 a.m. yesterday about the theft of a black 1990 Acura Integra at the 2400 block of Borst Avenue. The car was late recovered, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• A 34-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and an outstanding misdemeanor warrant following a traffic stop about 7:45 a.m. yesterday. Clifford E. Briscoe was contacted on Long Road near the intersection of Alder Street in Centralia and a deputy found a small amount of a substance suspected to be meth, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Briscoe was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, probation violation, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarms, malicious mischief … and more.