GUN HELD TO NEIGHBOR’S HEAD
• A 67-year-old Centralia man was jailed last night after he reportedly kicked a house guest out by putting a gun to the guest’s head. Police said a couple of friends were visiting at the 1000 block of Elm Street and after an argument ensued, the resident, Donald N. Ordania, held a small caliber pistol on a 58-year-old neighbor. The victim and his friend left and called police about 11 p.m., according to the Centralia Police Department. Ordania was contacted and arrested for first-degree assault, Officer John Panco said.
MORE GRAFFITI ON GARAGES
• Centralia police were called yesterday about gang graffiti found on two more garages; one on the 300 block of North Rock Street and the other on the 400 block of North Oak Street.
THEFT
• Chehalis police were called about 11:20 a.m. yesterday to the 200 block of State Avenue where a woman said she stepped out of her apartment and left the door open, and then discovered someone had gone in an stolen her cell phone.
• A deputy was called yesterday to the 100 block of Wakefield Drive outside Centralia where the resident said sometime between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., somebody went inside and stole two rings according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is estimated at $500. The sheriff’s office has a suspect in mind, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning.
CAR PROWLS
• Someone threw a rock through the window of a vehicle on the 200 block of state Route 603 west of Chehalis around 2 a.m. yesterday and then stole $200, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• Centralia police took reports of four car prowls yesterday morning, the first three at the 2500 block of Fords Prairie Avenue and the 2400 block of Leisure Lane. Later in the morning, an officer was called to the 2600 block of Fords Prairie Avenue where somebody had stolen medication from inside a vehicle.
WAYWARD CIGARETTE IGNITES PORCH
• Firefighters were called about 7 p.m. yesterday to the 1500 block of Oxford Avenue in Centralia where a porch had caught fire. It was a very old wooden porch and someone had tossed a cigarette, they thought, into a can, Riverside Fire Authority Capt. Ken Colombo said. Someone had already used a garden hose to put the fire out, Colombo said.