FAKE DRUGS AT GRADE SCHOOL
• Officers called about 3:40 p.m. yesterday to the 200 block of East Oakview Avenue in Centralia are investigating a suspicious circumstance at a school in which a juvenile reportedly brought several baggies of a white power substance claiming it was an illegal drug. The preliminary field test indicated it was not a controlled substance, according to the Centralia Police Department. The case is under investigation.
VEHICLE THEFT
• Centralia police were called at 6:35 a.m. today to take a report of the theft of a white 1990 Honda Civic from the 900 block of North Tower Avenue.
• A white Toyota pickup truck was reported to have been stolen sometime between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. yesterday from the 1300 block of Ham Hill Road in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. It has a license plate reading B49061R, according to police.
• A 25-foot travel trailer valued at $26,000 was discovered missing about 8:30 a.m. yesterday from the 900 block of Pe Ell-McDonald Road. The 2008 Malibu Skyline was last seen on Sunday evening, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It appeared someone may have cut a chain link fence and also a padlock from the tongue of the trailer, according to the sheriff’s office. It has a license plate reading 2093VN, Deputy Chief Dusty Breen said.
MISSING TOOLS RECOVERED
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports this morning that items stolen from a garage on the 200 block of Joppish Road in Centralia were recovered after it was discovered they were pawned on Sunday in the Lacey-area. The victim believed the 3000 watt inverter and 20-piece wrench set were stolen by a 22-year-old relative, according to the sheriff’s office. A case is being referred to prosecutors for charges of first-degree trafficking in stolen property and third-degree possession of stolen property
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD, ABOVE THE ROAD
• Police were called to the 2800 block of Russell Road in Centralia just before midnight for a collision in which a speed limit sign and a telephone pole cable were damaged but the motorist was gone. The Centralia Police Department intends to send a summons for hit and run to a 26-year-old Chehalis resident identified as a suspect, according to police.
• A case involving a 16-year-old boy was referred to Lewis County Juvenile Court for criminal trespassing after he was found on the top of a catwalk of railroad crossing arms at the 900 block of Centralia College Boulevard yesterday about 3:20 p.m., according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving without required ignition interlock device; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vandalism, harassment, trespassing, vehicle collision, scam phone call, counterfeit bills, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft, protection order violation … and more among 170 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter