SMASH AND GRAB
• Somebody smashed a window and stole a computer out of a city-owned vehicle over on Mellen Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. The 9:30 a.m. report was just one of four vehicle prowls reported yesterday around town. All of the vehicles were entered by breaking windows, according to police. A report of two prowls came just before 8 a.m. from the 2800 block of Russell Road. Stereos, amplifiers and speakers were removed. At 5:15 p.m., an officer was called to the 1300 block of View Avenue where a Nokia flip phone and compact discs were missing, according to police.
ONE MORE CAR PROWL
• Chehalis police were called just before noon yesterday about a vehicle prowl in Chehalis.
ANOTHER HONDA CAR MISSING
• Chehalis police took a report about 4 o’clock this morning a red 1993 Honda was stolen from the 100 block of Southeast Sixth Street in Chehalis.
ATTEMPT TO STEAL WHEELS FROM VEHICLE
• Centralia police took a report yesterday evening from the 1800 block of Shamrock Drive in which somebody attempted to steal wheels from a Suburban and did steal a wheel cover, according to Centralia police.
PICKUP TRUCK VANISHES
• An Olympia man reported his pickup truck stolen about 1:30 a.m. today from the 18,400 block of Bucoda Highway Southeast outside Tenino, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. He said he parked the truck at a friend’s place and they left about 9 p.m. last night and when he returned, the gray 1985 Nissan XE pickup was gone, sheriff’ Lt. Chris Mealy said this morning. He said it was locked and he had the keys before he left it there, Mealy said.
CENTRALIA MAN FOUND IN POSSESSION OF HEROIN, POLICE SAY
• A police officer talking with an individual who was walking along the road at M and West First streets in Centralia around 3 a.m. today arrested him for an outstanding misdemeanor warrant and subsequently discovered he had a small amount of heroin on him, according to the Centralia Police Department. Aaron W. Brown, 21, of Centralia was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of heroin, according to police.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker