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Updated at 1:50 p.m.
FARMHOUSE CATCHES FIRE IN TOLEDO
• A fire that broke out last night at a Toledo area home appears to be related to its wiring, according to the fire investigator. Firefighters were called just before 8 p.m. to the 600 block of Jackson Highway South by a neighbor who noticed smoke, Investigator Ted McCarty said. The area burning was above the kitchen ceiling and below the second story floor, McCarty said. “Firefighters got there fast and did a pretty good job, got a good stop,” he said. The couple and their 8-year-old grandson who live there were not home at the time and nobody was injured, according to McCarty. “They did have a lot of animals,” he said. “By the time I left, she was still missing two cats but was going to look in the basement.” McCarty said he believes the problem was most likely an electrical issue, as its a farm house with the old knot and tube wiring, but his investigation is not yet finished, he said.
RETAIL BURGLARY
• Chehalis police called about 10:30 p.m. yesterday regarding people behind Ace Hardware on South Market Boulevard arrived to discover merchandise outside the fenced area of the building including a wheelbarrow and a couple of lawn mowers, according to the Chehalis Police Department. A police dog was put on a track but no suspects were located, according to police.
POSSIBLE MUGGING
• Chehalis police were called about 9:50 p.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Southwest Interstate Avenue by an employee who said a customer asked them to call 911 because someone tried to rob him. The victim said the thief was a man in his 30s with short cropped hair, about 5-feet 9-inches tall and 190 pounds, and had a slight limp, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Further details were not yet put into an incident report, a department spokesperson said this morning. Update: It was more like someone asking for directions and being misunderstood, police said.
CAMPGROUND LOSES GOLF CART, TOOLS
• A Yamaha gas-powered golf cart was among the items stolen from Cascade Peaks Campground at the 11,000 block of U.S. Highway 12 in Randle. The late 80s to early 90s model cart is white with a roof and curtain doors, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It was last seen outside of their shop at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and gone by 9:30 the following morning, according to the sheriff’s office. Also stolen were gas cans and plumbing tools, among them a 54-inch pipe wrench, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown reports.
CAR PROWL
• Chehalis police were called about 9:25 a.m. yesterday to Southwest Newaukum Avenue about a vehicle prowl.
BREAKING WINDOWS
• Centralia police responded yesterday about 10:10 a.m. to the 900 block of Harrison Avenue regarding a report someone broke out a vehicle’s window. The suspect Alisha A. Holmes had been trespassed from the business previously, so she was arrested for second-degree burglary, according to the Centralia Police Department. The 25-year-old Centralia resident was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police. Prosecutors declined to charge her with a felony and moved the case to be evaluated for Lewis County District Court.
• Centralia police were called about 9:50 a.m. yesterday regarding a broken window at a business on the 300 block of North Tower Avenue.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, dog chasing cat, receipt of counterfeit bills, collision on city street … and more.