CHEHALIS OFFICER “SPUN AROUND” BY FLEEING VEHICLE
• A Centralia woman who was uncooperative during a traffic stop reportedly drove away while a Chehalis police officer was leaning into her vehicle, causing him to be spun around literally 360 degrees last night, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The woman continued north on Interstate 5, exited at Harrison Avenue and collided with a parked box truck before she was detained, according to police. Kimberlee A. Mott, 54, was arrested and booked into jail for first-degree assault and a variety of other offenses, including driving with a suspended license and attempting to elude, detective Sgt. Rick McNamara said this morning. It began with a traffic infraction at Chamber of Commerce Way near the onramp to Interstate 5 at about 12:20 a.m., McNamara said. Officer Warren Ayers was attempting to take her out of her truck, McNamara said. “I think he was trying to turn the vehicle off and while she was struggling, she hit the gas,” he said. Mott was taken into custody with the help of Centralia officers, according to police. McNamara said he didn’t believe Ayers was injured, but didn’t know if was bruised or something similar. Mott was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with a cut to her hand, presumably from the wreck, he said.
STOLEN VEHICLES
• Chehalis police were called about 7:30 a.m. yesterday to Northeast Cascade Avenue about a stolen Nissan pickup truck.
• A 1992 Honda Accord stolen out of Thurston County was found yesterday on a logging road off the 1100 block of Brown Road West outside Chehalis, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
THEFT
• Chehalis police were called yesterday afternoon from Southeast Aust Manor Drive about someone trying to use an individual’s father’s credit card information.
GAS LEAK
• Firefighters stood by yesterday afternoon while technicians made a temporary repair to a laking gas line at the 800 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia. Puget Sound Energy said the old line had been leaking for awhile and neighbors said they had been smelling it for months, according to Riverside Fire Authority Capt. Terry Ternan.