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Updated at 7:19 p.m.
BREAK-IN CHEHALIS
• Chehalis police were called about 9:50 p.m. yesterday for a burglary at a house on the 400 block of Southwest 14th Street. The case is still under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that an Arctic Cat ATV vanished from a barn on the 200 block of Carroll Road outside Chehalis sometime between June 15 and Monday. The owner said it was stored there for farm use and the tenants didn’t see or hear anything, according to the sheriff’s office. The loss is $4,000.
THEFT CENTRALIA
• Centralia police were called about 11:30 a.m. yesterday regarding a burglary to an unlocked garage at the 200 block of West Cherry Street. Missing is a Stratocaster guitar and some change, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police were called at 12:35 p.m. yesterday about property stolen from the rear yard at the 500 block of K Street in Centralia. Taken was a Yamaha TT600 cc motorcycle, a Honda lawnmower and a bicycle, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A Centralia man who lives at a camp site just north of the 1600 block of Delaware Avenue reported yesterday that when he woke up his bicycle and visitor from the night before were both gone. Shannon K. Kilgore, 47, a homeless Centralia resident, was located with the bike near the 600 block of North Tower Avenue and arrested for third-degree theft and an outstanding warrant, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Kilgore was booked into the Lewis County Jail. The bike was returned to its owner, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning.
MISSING PLATE
• Chehalis police yesterday took a report of a license plate stolen from a car, although the victim didn’t know where it occurred.
DRUGS
• Police were called to Green Hill School yesterday afternoon regarding marijuana found in a cell. The case is still under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Three people were arrested yesterday after drug detectives conducting surveillance on a Chehalis motel watched a visit they suspected was to sell methamphetamine to a pair of guests. The surveillance by JNET began at an unspecified time on Monday, according to charging documents and all three were booked into the Lewis County Jail yesterday. Kelly R. White, 22, and Deanangelo O. Dunn, 32, were charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with possession of meth as well as endangerment with a controlled substance as they allegedly admitted smoking the drug in the presence of their 3-month-old baby. The visitor, Daniel J. Barton, 31, of Centralia, was charged with delivery of meth, possession of meth with intent to deliver (based on 6.7 grams of the drug police said they found in his pocket) and possession of (several pills) hydrocodone. Barton’s bail was set this afternoon in court at $10,000. The Chehalis couple was allowed release on $5,000 unsecured bonds.
VANDALISM
• Chehalis police were called about 7:10 a.m. today regarding a window shot with a BB at the 400 block of Northwest Prindle Street.
THREAT: “GUT HER LIKE A FISH”
• A 59-year-old Winlock man was charged yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court with harassment for allegedly telling a woman passenger in his car if she ever tried to leave him again, he was going to gut her like a fish. The woman said the two were arguing and when he made the statement, he stuck his hand behind his back as though reaching for a knife, according to court documents. The woman told a deputy she allowed Robert W. Puckett drive her back to his home on Wilson Road in Winlock on Monday, although he has a history of stalking her and she cannot get away from him, court documents relate. Puckett reportedly told the deputy the disagreement was whether the two of them are in a relationship with him believing they are and her believing they are not. Puckett also told the deputy when his van stopped in front of his house, she jumped out and ran down the road. The crime has a maximum penalty of five years in prison. Puckett was booked into the Lewis County Jail but yesterday in court was allowed release on a $10,000 unsecured bond.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, driving with no license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more, among 130 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.