Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Updated at 3:23 p.m.

BMW-DRIVING BURGLAR SOUGHT

• Authorities are asking for the public’s help after two residential burglaries yesterday in the Independence Valley west of Centralia. A woman arrived home at 7:45 a.m. at the 100 block of Smith Road and spoke to the likely thief, who had a gray BMW parked in her driveway, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He said he was looking for a female, whose name he gave, and then he drove off, according to the sheriff’s office. It turns out the living room window had been broken out and more than $5,000 worth of valuables were missing, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. Law enforcement officers canvassed the area but did not locate the suspect, Brown said. He is described as a white male 25 to 30 years old and average looking with short hair. The car had a bungee cord or zip tie or something similar tied to the front bumper, Brown said. It also had what looked like cleaning supplies in the back seat, according to Brown.

• Later yesterday, the sheriff’s office was contacted by a second burglary victim in the Independence Valley, at the 200 block of Nelson Road near Rochester, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Sometime between 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., someone forced their way through a locked back door, rifled through the entire house and made off with three firearms, collectible knives, a German clock, silver utensils and a down comforter.

GRAB AND GO AT OUTLETS FOILED

• Centralia police were called to the Nike Store on the 100 block of West High Street just after 5 p.m. yesterday after three individuals allegedly placed about $1,000 worth of merchandise into bags, ran out the door, jumped into a car and took off northbound up Interstate 5. A trooper caught up to the suspect vehicle near Tumwater, according to the Centralia Police Department. Arrested for organized retail theft and booked into the Lewis County Jail were Kaisha R. Walker, 21, of University Place; Jalexis B. Ezell, 20, of Tacoma; and Chadrick C. Singleton, 25, of Lakewood, according to police.

CAR PROWL

• A purse and a Galaxy tablet were stolen from a vehicle parked at the 2600 block of Cooks Hill Road in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 7:30 a.m. yesterday.

DOMESTIC BROKEN GLASS

• Chehalis police were called to the 600 block of Northwest Prindle Street after a male reportedly broke out the window of a vehicle during a dispute around 1:20 p.m. yesterday. He was gone when officers arrived, but the female in the vehicle was still there, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Police are forwarding a case for malicious mischief to the city prosecutor for evaluation, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said.

FLAMING TRASH AT TRAIN YARD

• Centralia firefighters called about 7:10 a.m. today to a fire in a rail car south of the Sixth Street viaduct found a garbage-carrying container burning. The crew worked with rail yard employees to move the affected cargo container to a side track and lowered it to the ground for extinguishment, according to Riverside Fire Authority. It held household trash and a large amount asphalt shingles, according to the fire department.

CAR VERSUS POLE

• A 28-year-old Centralia resident  was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital after her car ran into a utility pole about 12:30 a.m. today at the 200 block of Downing Road in Centralia. Dawnita K. Ortivez was subsequently booked into the Lewis County Jail for driving under the influence, according to the Centralia Police Department. Her Honda Accord had damage on the driver’s side, according to police.

VEHICLE VERSUS CHURCH

• Firefighters were on the scene about 12:30 p.m. today of a vehicle into a building collision at Southwest 183rd Avenue at Pendleton Street in Rochester. Only minor injuries were involved, according to West Thurston Regional Fire Authority. The roof of the vehicle came into contact with and shoved in an exterior wall at Crossroads Church, according to an image shared by the fire department. The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office indicates the incident was a suicide attempt by the driver.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, protection order violation, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, shoplifting, stolen bicycle, runaway juvenile, disorderly person, misdemeanor assault, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, receipt of a fraudulent check; complaint about someone putting poop in someone else’s dumpster … and more, among 141 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:45 a.m. today.

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