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Updated at 1:26 p.m.
POLICE: PASSENGER CHOKES DRIVER
• A 22-year-old woman reported to Chehalis police yesterday morning that while she was driving along the 700 block of North National Avenue, her boyfriend grabbed her by the neck and struck her several times. Cornelio T. Delarosa, 23, from Centralia, was subsequently located and booked into the Lewis County Jail for fourth-degree assault and reckless endangerment, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
UNRULY IN CENTRALIA
• Chad C Bass, 28, of Centralia and Tyler J. Carbaugh, 21, from Morton were cited for fighting in public at the 1000 block of Seminary Hill Road in Centralia yesterday evening. The two were contacted by police about 6:45 p.m., issued their citations and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department. At about 7:25 p.m., Bass was contacted at the 200 block of Railroad Avenue, arrested for driving under the influence and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
VEHICLE THEFT
• Centralia police were called at 12:25 a.m. today to the 1000 block of North Scheuber Road to take a report of the theft of a red 1984 Honda scooter.
• Officers recovered a stolen vehicle at the 400 block of North Buckner Street in Centralia yesterday that had been missing out of King County, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police were called about 8:50 a.m. yesterday to take a report of a stolen vehicle. The vehicle in the case associated with the 1000 block of Scammon Creek Road was subsequently located, the Centralia Police Department reports this morning.
SPRING CLEANING
• Someone got into a county building at Rose Park on the 200 block of Penning Road outside of Chehalis and left with various cleaning supplies as well as a case of toilet paper, a case of paper towels and a bag of trash can liners. A deputy called to the scene yesterday morning learned that also missing were two rakes, two shovels and a light fixture, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
HANDBAG INVESTIGATION
• Centralia police were called yesterday at about 12:20 p.m. to a business on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue regarding the attempted theft of a purse The investigation is ongoing, according to the Centralia Police Department.
FRAUD
• Police were contacted by a Chehalis resident yesterday who reported that when he tried to file his federal taxes, the IRS rejected it, informing him someone had already filed taxes using his identity, according to the Chehalis Police Department. He needed a case number so he could proceed, according to police.
FOLLOWUP ON 100 MPH-PLUS POLICE PURSUIT
• The investigation after the police pursuit up Interstate 5 and out toward Salkum on Wednesday morning revealed a number of potential reasons the female driver probably didn’t want to talk to police. It began just after 9 a.m. when a trooper went to contact an illegally parked car at the Toutle rest area in Cowlitz County. Two people came walking up and they got in the car to retrieve their information for the trooper, but then they took off, according to the Washington State Patrol. Speeds topped out around 110 mph as they headed north through Lewis County, before exiting onto U.S. Highway 12, Trooper Will Finn said. A purse tossed from the window was found to contain other people’s passports and identifications; the car was stolen from California, its plates were stolen from another vehicle; and a set of brass knuckles and an 8-inch knife were recovered, Finn said. Law enforcement officers conducted a felony stop near milepost 77 and the highway was shut down for about five minutes while the pair from Modesto, California were taken into custody, without incident, according to Finn. The chase ended because their car ran out of gas, Finn said. The two were booked into the Cowlitz County Jail for multiple offenses.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, drugs, shoplifting, possession of a dangerous weapon, driving with suspended license; responses for dispute, vandalism, missing wallet, parking issue, civil problem, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, passing vehicle with music so loud it shook house windows … and more, among 140 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.