Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

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Updated at 12:21 p.m.

LEWIS COUNTY WOMAN COERCED INTO GIVING ACCOUNT DATA

• Morton police reported yesterday a resident was victimized by a telephone scammer. “The caller demanded she give them all her banking information and computer logon and threatened her if she did not do so she would be sued,” Morton police stated in a summary of the incident. The woman who resides on the 200 block of Second Street contacted an officer last Tuesday afternoon, according to the Morton Police Department. She lost $129 and took the required measures to cancel her accounts, according to police.

SAFE MISSING AFTER BURGLARY

• A deputy responded just after 8 p.m. yesterday to a report of a residential burglary at the 100 block of Kruger Road in Onalaska. The 76-year-old victim said he’d been away since about 1 p.m. and when he returned, found a light on and some of his property seemed out of place, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Scrape marks were found on the floor where his safe had been, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. Among the approximately $4,000 worth of items missing are a coin collection, silver jewelry, medication and important documents, according to Breen.

POSSIBLE BURGLARY

• A deputy was called yesterday to a possible burglary to a barn at the 200 block of Lucas Creek Road east of Chehalis. Forced entry had been made to the locked building and items had been moved around inside, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened sometime between 5 p.m. last Tuesday and 3:15 p.m. yesterday, according to the sherif’s office.

GARAGE BURGLARY

• Centralia police were called just before 5 p.m. yesterday to the 1000 block of Eckerson Road where an individual reported property had been stolen from their garage and yard over the previous week. The victim is compiling a list of stolen items, according to the Centralia Police Department.

POSSIBLE COUNTERFEIT MONEY

• Chehalis police were called about 6:30 p.m. yesterday to take a report from a store on the 1100 block of South Market Avenue that a customer attempted to use a $100 bill that “didn’t look right.” The customer said they’d gotten it in connection with items sold on a web site and the clerk declined the bill, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called at 2:40 p.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowl at the 2000 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia. A window had been broken and a briefcase taken sometime during the previous hour, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called just after 2 p.m. yesterday by an individual who said someone broke into his vehicle and tried to steal the stereo while it was parked at the 500 block of East Maple Street, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Morton police reported yesterday they are investigating a possible car prowl at the 200 block of Knittles Way, reported to them about 8:50 p.m. on Saturday.

MISSING TEEN FOUND

• A 16-year-old runaway out of Thurston County was recovered by police in Centralia about 9:30 p.m. yesterday and returned home, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Curtis J. Abraham, 33, of Rochester was arrested for allegedly spray-painting graffiti on a skateboard ramp and some concrete yesterday morning at the 700 block of Harrison Avenue. He was then released pending a court date, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE FROM MORTON

• A week ago, somebody in Morton told police they saw somebody else in Morton throw trash from their vehicle, confronted them and watched them return to the area and pick up their garbage, according to the Morton Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Morton police were called just after 2 p.m. on Thursday to the 700 block of Division Avenue for a hit and run that left significant damage to a fence, according to the Morton Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, third-degree theft; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, shoplifting, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, parking lot fender bender, possible shed squatter … 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.

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