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MASS MONEY MISSING
• A 55-year-old Centralia man visited the police department yesterday afternoon, following a months-long stay at the jail, to report a large sum of money stolen from him. He had people on the outside who were supposed to helping take care of some of his business and it appears someone was spending his disability checks while he was locked up, according to the Centralia Police Department. The case is under investigation.
MOTORHOMES BURGLED
• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning to a vehicle repair shop on the 900 block of Northwest Maryland Avenue following the discovery someone had gained entry into the fenced lot and prowled through four motorhomes parked there. Windows were pried open and broken but it’s not clear yet what was taken, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Police won’t know until they hear from the owners what is missing, a department spokesperson said.
VEHICLE THEFT
• Someone removed a section of fence to get into a tow company’s impound yard and stole an ATV, according to a report made to the Chehalis Police Department yesterday afternoon. Missing from the 300 block of Southwest Riverside Drive is a red 1996 Honda TRX 300EX, according to police.
• A Honda Civic stolen from South Tower Avenue earlier this week turned up abandoned in the area of Salzer Valley and Ramsaur roads yesterday, according to the Centralia Police Department. It was missing its stereo, according to police.
OTHER THEFT
• Police yesterday took a report of the theft of mail from the 1300 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia.
DRUGS
• A 35-year-old Winlock resident contacted about 8:45 p.m. yesterday behind a residence where he was not supposed to be on the 200 block of Tennessee Road was arrested for possession of methamphetamine. A baggie containing a crystal substance was found and Steven R. Luurs Jr. was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
FROM THE COURTHOUSE
• A Chehalis woman charged last autumn with taking thousands of dollars from a concrete business where she worked as a bookkeeper has pleaded guilty but will get a chance for a lower sentence if she can come up with some money before her sentencing date. Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor Paul Masiello said 39-year-old Angela D. Sawyer has no criminal history, and if she can make a down payment of $3,000, he will recommend she be treated as a first time offender and get 30 days in jail. Otherwise, she faces a lot more time, he said. Sawyer pleaded guilty to first-degree theft and first-degree identity theft in Lewis County Superior Court on Tuesday. The allegations she took more than $50,000 from owner of Apex Mobile Mix, which reportedly came up after their relationship ended, came to light last summer after the owner signed up to receive Internet bank statements and saw transactions he did not make or authorize, including some for cash, according to court documents. Masiello said the two sides agreed she stole at least $12,000.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license responses for alarm, dispute, collisions on city streets, theft of fuel from a vehicle during the night … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter