CAR VERSUS BICYCLE IN ONALASKA
• A 26-year-old Onalaska man on a bicycle escaped serious injury last night when he was hit by a car from behind along the 200 block of Gore Road. The driver fled the scene after the approximately 8:30 p.m. accident, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Several hours later, deputies arrested a suspect in the Morton area. Sheriff’s Cmdr. Steve Aust said they believe Joshua D. Kelly, 19, of Morton, didn’t stick around because he had a misdemeanor warrant. Kelly was booked into the Lewis County Jail for the warrant and for felony hit and run, Aust said.
FRAUD
• Centralia police were called yesterday morning by a man who said he discovered his credit card was used at several area businesses. It was stolen earlier this year in a vehicle prowl, according to the Centralia Police Department.
MAN ARRESTED AFTER ASSAULTING 91-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
• A 57-year-old man wanted for allegedly repeatedly choking his 91-year-old mother and preventing her from leaving her residence on the 2500 block of North Pearl Street last week was arrested yesterday by the Olympia Police Department. Joseph P. Berg was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault and unlawful imprisonment, according to the sheriff’s office. The victim suffered what were described as minor injuries.
CHICKEN SHED FIRE
• Firefighters called just before 2 p.m. yesterday to the 1200 block of Lincoln Creek Road outside Centralia found a three-sided chicken shed burning. The flames were extinguished and all the adult chickens were spared, fire Capt. Erik Olson said. However, if there were any chicks inside, they weren’t found, he said. The cause is being investigated but could be related to a heating device, according to Olson.