RAPE IN WINLOCK
Updated at 6:08 p.m. on Wednesday June 8, 2011
• Deputies arrested a 40-year-old man for second-degree rape yesterday after an incident the evening before in Winlock that left the victim with a black eye and other bruises, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning that Jeffery S. Byrd, of Winlock, forced a female in her 40s to have sexual contact with him. Byrd was booked into the Lewis County Jail. He was ordered held on $100,000 bail this afternoon when he was charged with second-degree rape, domestic violence; and felony harassment, in connection with allegedly assaulting and threatening his live-in girlfriend.
THEFT
• Centralia police are investigating an incident from Yew and Elm streets yesterday in which a male said an acquaintance struck him in the back of the head and stole his cell phone.
• Police were called about 7:50 p.m. yesterday to the 500 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia where a woman said someone stole her dog out of her car while she was shopping.
• Chehalis police were called to the 1000 block of Cascade Avenue in Chehalis about 4:15 p.m. yesterday about a burglary in which a laptop computer and some jewelry were missing. There were no signs of forced entry, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Chehalis police took a report about 1:50 p.m. yesterday about a $1,000 money order taken from a vehicle parked at Wal-Mart on Northwest Louisiana Avenue. The item was sitting on the seat of the truck which had its windows rolled down and when the victim returned, it was gone, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
DRUGS
• Two individuals were arrested after contact with police overnight on Yew and Alder streets in Centralia. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Alexis T. Brandt, 34, of Silver Creek, for possession of heroin and an outstanding warrant and Jaimie R. Combs, 34, of Centralia, for a warrant, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police arrested a 31-year-old Centralia man for possession of heroin and a bond revocation after contact with him about 11 p.m. yesterday at the 1300 block of Lakeshore Drive in Centralia. Mark A. Silva was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter