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• A car found burning on a logging road west of Centralia last night appears to have been intentionally set on fire, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Firefighters and deputies responded to the approximately 8 p.m. incident described as off the 1500 block of Lincoln Creek Road. Sheriff’s Cmdr. Dusty Breen said the stolen 1996 Honda Accord was destroyed. It belonged to a 42-year-old Centralia man, Breen said. The fire didn’t begin in the engine compartment, but started in the interior of the car, according to Breen.
VEHICLE THEFT
• Chehalis police were called about 3 :15 p.m. yesterday about a pickup truck stolen from the 100 block of Northeast Hampe Way.
VEHICLE PROWL
• Sometime between 5 a.m. and 2 p.m. yesterday, someone got into a vehicle parked outside a residence on the 200 block of Brockway Road west of Chehalis and made off with a 45 caliber handgun and its leather holster, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
OTHER THEFT
• Someone stole a power saw from the 900 block of G Street in Centralia, according to report made to police just after 6 a.m. today.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, probation violation, misdemeanor assault; responses for dispute, disturbance, misdemeanor theft, loud neighbor music, graffiti discovered on a fence; dog left alone in a presumably too-hot vehicle, homeless man sitting on bench near ATM asking people for money … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter