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Updated at 1:31 p.m.
AUTO THEFT
• Officers called at 6:35 a.m. today took a report that sometime within the hour, someone stole a red Honda Civic from the 200 block of Virginia Drive in Centralia. The car has smiley face and Magpul stickers on the rear window and a license plate reading ABE 5790, according to the Centralia Police Department.
WEEK-OLD ROBBERY INVESTIGATION ONGOING
• Morton police notified the news media yesterday they need help from the community to identify two suspects in an armed robbery that took place near the boat ramp on the east side of Gus Backstrom Park a week earlier. Officers called about 10:50 p.m. on March 28, learned the two victims were forced to the ground at gunpoint, punched in the stomach and robbed of some of their belongings. Each of the assailants carried a pistol in their right hand, according to the Morton Police Department. The suspects are described this way: Both white males, with the first one around 240 pounds, medium blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing round glasses, blue pants, brown sweatshirt and the second one with a smaller build, possible 5-feet 11-inches tall, brown eyes, blue ripped jeans, black and white bandana, according to police. “This type of activity will not be tolerated in our community and our department will be actively pursuing these suspects,” the department posted on its Facebook page on Friday afternoon. “We thank you in advance for your much needed and appreciated support and assistance.” They ask anyone with information to please contact the Lewis County dispatch center and ask to speak with an officer or feel free to call the Morton Police Department directly and leave a message and they will respond as soon as possible.
ASSAULT REPORT
• Chehalis police were called yesterday about 10:30 a.m. to take a report of an alleged custodial assault Green Hill School on Southwest 11th Street that occurred earlier in the day.
TRESPASSING
• Centralia police responded to an approximately 12:25 p.m. report yesterday of trespassers at a residence that was supposed to be vacant at the 1100 block of Mellen Street. They found two individuals there who were wanted on outstanding warrants, according to the Centralia Police Department. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Daryl P. McCrory, 26 and Terry R. Strong, 47, according to police.
VANDALISM
• Police took a report yesterday afternoon that a victim’s motor home windows were broken out while it was parked on private property at Mellen and Yew streets in Centralia.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A tired driver was injured when her westbound Jeep Cherokee left the roadway and rolled along state Route 6 about four miles east of Pe Ell last night. Troopers called about 10:50 p.m. report Crystal J. Seay, from Raymond, had been fatigued and lost control of her vehicle. It was described as totaled. She was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital as a precautionary measure, according to the Washington State Patrol. A possible citation is pending, according to the state patrol.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, protection order violation, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, Safe and Sober probation violation; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, third-degree theft, collision on city street, possible suicidal person, teenager throwing tantrum, person reporting they saw somebody take somebody else’s bicycle and the owner retrieving it … and more, among 142 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.