MAN ARRESTED AFTER MAKING HIMSELF AT HOME IN VACANT TAVERN
• A deputy was called last night to the old Roadside Tavern on U.S. Highway 12 in Glenoma where someone had taken up shelter. The building is scheduled to be demolished but a 63-year-old man had built himself a fire in the fireplace, telling the deputy he was cold and wet. Frank M. Utzler, from Randle, said he had permission from the previous owner to be there, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The property has however been sold and Utzler was arrested for second-degree trespass, the sheriff’s office reported.
MONEY TAKEN IN CENTRALIA BURGLARY
• Centralia police took a report about 5 o’clock this morning of a burglary to a business on the 900 block of Harrison Avenue. Money was taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CAR PROWL IN CHEHALIS
• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning to William Avenue where a vehicle prowl had occurred overnight.
WRECKS
• Firefighters were called about 8:20 p.m. to a collision between a semi truck and a car on northbound Interstate 5 near the Labree Road interchange in Chehalis. The driver of the car was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to Lewis County Fire District 6.
• Firefighters called to a two-vehicle T-bone accident about 7:30 p.m. last night at Kresky and Summa streets in Centralia transported one female driver to the hospital.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter