Sharyn’s Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

MAN SWALLOWS METH, BEHAVES BADLY AT HOSPITAL

• Deputies called about an apparent attempted vehicle theft yesterday at the 200 block of Tennessee Road in Winlock discovered the suspect they took into custody had eaten a large amount of methamphetamine, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Steven R. Luurs Jr. 30, of Winlock, was turned over to aid personnel about 1 p.m. and taken to Providence Centralia Hospital. His case was referred for possible charges, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Centralia police were called to Providence Centralia Hospital yesterday about a disorderly person and warned him not to return. When Steven R. Luurs, 30, of Winlock, did return to the hospital on South Schueber Road at about 10 p.m., officers arrested him for criminal trespass and booked him into the Lewis County Jail.

CAR PROWLS

• Centralia police took a report about 8 p.m. last night of a backpack stolen from a vehicle. It was unknown where the vehicle was parked when it happened.

• Centralia police were called Wednesday afternoon to the 200 block of Tacoma Avenue about a hunting knife and other items stolen from a vehicle.

• A tool box was taken from a vehicle on the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia during the night, according to a report made to police on Wednesday afternoon.

• Money was taken from a vehicle parked on the 1800 block of Collision Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police Wednesday afternoon.

• A GPS device and a cash card were taken from a vehicle on the 300 block of Genge Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police Wednesday.

THEFT OF MEDS

• Centralia police were called about 3:45 p.m. yesterday about the theft of medication from the 1300 block of Central Boulevard.

• Centralia police took a report about 1:15 p.m. yesterday about the theft of medication from the 1100 block of Long Road.

STOLEN BASEBALL CARDS

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning they are investigating the theft of approximately $2,000 of baseball cards from a residence in the 100 block of Morris Road in Randle.

FRAUD

• Chehalis police took a report on Wednesday of fraudulent charges on a debit card that totaled about $3,500 and originated in London.

DRUGS

• Clifford Davis, 45, no hometown given, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail on Wednesday for possession of methamphetamine, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The arrest followed his contact with a deputy in connection with a violation of a protection order at the 100 block of Kehoe Road in Randle.

• Chehalis police arrested a 16-year-old student at the alternative high school on the 2100 block of North National Avenue on Wednesday for possession of marijuana. The Centralia boy was booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center, according to police.

TEEN ASSAULT

• Deputies were called yesterday to Borst Avenue and Cowlitz Road in Centralia after a 17-year-old male reportedly stopped his vehicle, got out and punched a 16-year-old in the mouth, knocking out a tooth. The suspect had an injury to his hand, according to the sheriff’s office. His case was referred for  possible charge of assault, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said.

WRECKS

• A 42-year-old driver was arrested for driving under the influence after his vehicle ran off the road into a ditch yesterday evening near Winlock, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies called about 7:15 p.m. to Rhoades Road and Rhodes Road North arrested Bruce W. Finney, of Winlock and booked him into the Lewis County Jail, according to Chief Deputy Stacy Brown.

• Four teenagers and 57-year-old man from Winlock were taken to Providence Centralia Hospital after an approximately 4 p.m. head-on collision yesterday afternoon on the 600 block of South Military Road in Winlock, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The man who was driving a pickup truck had a head injury and responders had to cut off a door to extricate him. The teens, ages 16, 17 and 18, suffered various unspecified but not serious injuries.

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Courtesy photos by Kevin Anderson, Lewis County Fire District 15

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One Response to “Sharyn’s Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup”

  1. leslie taggart says:

    reading the first two posts of steven luurs.. well take him to hosp for swallowing meth, then arrest him at the hosp.. is this our system gone wrong or what! i cannot believe what I am reading.. yikes.. they know what he ate, take him to hosp. then discharge him? and then arrest him when he comes back? maybe he was having some kind of reaction.. stupid in first place to ingest meth, but still whats our system doing to people?