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Updated at 5:31 p.m.
BREAK-IN CENTRALIA
• A burglary victim reported about 4 p.m. yesterday that someone entered their residence on the 800 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia and stole food and tobacco. The investigation continues, according to the Centralia Police Department.
SCAMMED IN CENTRALIA
• Centralia police were contacted about 6:35 p.m. yesterday by a victim at the 500 block of East Pear Street who told of being tricked into sending off a money order. The individual told police they signed up to be a secret shopper. They received a check in the mail and were requested to deposit the check into their bank account, according to the Centralia Police Department. Once it was deposited, they were asked to withdraw the money and obtain a money order and send it to a specified address, according to police. After the transaction occurred, the bank advised the victim the check was fraudulent.
VEHICLE PROWL
• Chehalis police were called about 7:15 a.m. today regarding a car prowl off the 300 block of Southwest Third Street.
DRUGS
• A 52-year-old motorist who failed to stop completely at a stop sign in Winlock yesterday, was pulled over and found to have a suspended driver’s license and then arrested for possession of methamphetamine. The Toledo-Winlock police officer asked Robert A. McGee to exit the vehicle and McGee asked if he could take off his coat, according to authorities. The officer said no. Inside the coat, the officer found a hypodermic needle containing liquid that field-tested positive for meth, charging documents allege. McGee, of Castle Rock, was booked into the Lewis County Jail and then today allowed release by the court on a $5,000 unsecured bond.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, shoplifting; responses for alarm, dispute, vandalism, suspicious circumstances … and more, among than 134 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:15 a.m. today.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
wouldn’t it be cool if law enforcement could just once catch these people who do these scams instead of just warning people. We learned to put a man on the moon a long time ago, and phone traces were another thing that could be done a long time ago, so maybe, just maybe, we could get some branch of law enforcement to look into this a little more closely.
They dont read Sirens, thats why
And how many times do these scams have to post before people get smart enough to recognize them? Wonder how much these thieves made of this one scam alone. SMDH