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CENTRALIA DRUG DEAL UNDER SURVEILLANCE ENDS WITH ARRESTS
• Drug detectives arrested three people early yesterday morning in Centralia after an alleged exchange of $2,100 for a quarter pound of methamphetamine. Fifty-four-year-old Richard F. Kelly was followed from his home to the Jackpot Mart on Main and Yew streets, under surveillance because he’d been the target of so-called controlled buys of marijuana and meth, according to authorities. Police watched a man get into his vehicle and then watched the vehicle travel to Kentucky Fried Chicken where the man got out, and got into a black vehicle driven by a woman identified in court papers as Lori McNeal. Charging papers filed today state both vehicles were followed by law enforcement, with Kelly getting pulled over at the intersection of Summa and Kresky Avenue. Kelly allegedly allowed a search of his vehicle where the meth he had bought was located, according to the documents. Another officer stopped the black vehicle and arrested Conrad J. Perry, 32, of Centralia. McNeal was also arrested but was released pending further investigation, according to the Lewis County Prosecutor’s office. Perry was charged today with delivery of methamphetamine and Kelly was charged with possession of meth with intent to deliver. When Perry appeared before a judge this afternoon, the judge was told Perry is currently in Lewis County Drug Court and working, but if he was kept in jail he’d likely lose his job. The judge order his bail set at $25,000. Kelly, who lives in Onalaska, is unemployed. His bail was set at $100,000 because he is also newly charged in a separate case involving an alleged incident of sexual contact with a child from back in 2013.
THEFT, THEFT, THEFT
• Chehalis police were called to the 1800 block of Northeast Kresky Avenue about 10:15 .m. yesterday regarding a possible burglary. Further details were not yet available today.
• Police were called to the 300 block of Courtland Street in Centralia yesterday morning about the theft of an engine hoist and an electric grinder.
• Centralia police responded about 11:50 a.m. yesterday yesterday to the 1300 block of Lum Road and subsequently arrested two individuals; Brian J. Olsen, 33, of Longview, was arrested for organized retail theft and possession of methamphetamine and heroin, according to the Centralia Police Department. William E. Leahy, 42 of Longview, was arrested or obstructing a police officer and resisting arrest., according to police. Both were booked into the Lewis County Jail.
• Centralia police were called about 10:20 a.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowl in which someone took a large red suitcase from the 800 block of Hamilton Road. Officers recovered it later in the day at a residence in the 800 block of South Pearl Street and returned it to the owner, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• Chehalis police were called to the home of a 19-year-old on Northeast Franklin Avenue about missing pain pills last night. Chase M. Onstot was subsequently arrested for possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, according to the Chehalis Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
UNFOUNDED COMPLAINT
• At 1:24 p.m. yesterday, police received a report complaining a man in a wheelchair was panhandling and masturbating at the onramp at milepost 77 of Interstate 5. The report was unfounded, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
COLLISION
• Centralia police took note about 3:35 p.m. yesterday that a bicyclist was involved in collision with a vehicle when he failed to yield the right of way to the vehicle and collided with the side of it. The bicyclist received minor injuries, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with a suspended license; responses for alarm, hit and run, misdemeanor assault, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, dog alone in parked vehicle appearing in distress, small dog on sidewalk just barking at the air … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
innocent until proven guilty or have we forgotten that because we follow the media and are so easily lead by the leash. The persons in the black vehicle were not found to be in possession of either the money or drugs they were stopped on the word from a person whos awaiting trial on the rape of a child 1 poss of contr subst dwls and marijuana charges. credible to say the least
Oh i get these type of attacks all the time. Look at the article where the guy shot his foot. The one punch trolls come out from under the bridge then run away never to be heard from again. Welcome to Lewis County Sirens.
So tell us what you know instead of speaking cryptically. I love how so many people post a “you don’t have all the information” message (as if THEY do), then don’t pass along any of that “information.” Mike Holmgren used to do that all the time when he was coaching the Seahawks and one of his players would get into legal trouble.
I’ve learned to ignore people who use this tactic because all it’s meant to do is deflect attention away from bad behavior without having to justify it. Imagine a lawyer trying that in a courtroom in front of a competent judge (pardon the oxymoron).
dont be so quick to judge what you dont have all the information on. how does that saying go one mocks what they dont understand. yes silly you for being ignorant to the situation and feebly attempting to be informed and educated.
So one of the guys arrested dealing in meth is in LC drug court. If held in jail he would lose his job………………oh no. He might have to turn to dealing drugs to make a living………….wait that was what he was arrested for. Yikes!
There are only so many spots in drug court and many people use it to get clean and get out of the cycle of drugs. You would think that if you were involved in drugs while in drug court you would be out of the program. Silly me.