Sharyn’s Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

POLICE: DRUNKEN MAN FACES OFF WITH OFFICERS IN CENTRALIA

• A 25-year-old man who taunted police with “Shoot me m***** f*****” was arrested at gunpoint for multiple offenses in Centralia on Saturday night, according to authorities. It began with a call about 8:15 p.m. from the 600 block of Shanklin Road in Onalaska where a deputy was told Luis M. Tapia, of Elma, was really drunk and had taken a motor vehicle without permission, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Law enforcement officers got information Tapia was in Centralia and police conducted a traffic stop at Woodland and Hunt streets about 9 p.m. Tapia was “throwing” what appeared to be gang signs, telling police to shoot him and ignoring commands to keep his hands up and get on the ground, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. A Centralia police officer used a Taser on him but was still unable to get him to listen to their instructions, according to Brown. Officers eventually subdued Tapia with physical force, according to the Centralia police. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for driving under the influence, resisting arrest, taking a motor vehicle without permission, third-degree assault and driving with a suspended license, according to Brown. A Centralia officer sustained a hand injury during the arrest, police reported.

ASSAULT

• Police were called about 7:15 p.m. yesterday to West First and M streets in Centralia where they were told a male was assaulted by the driver of a vehicle after yelling at the driver to slow down through the neighborhood.

• Chehalis police called to a report of several individuals fighting in the street just after 2 a.m. on Sunday near Northwest Chehalis Avenue and Park Street arrested four people. Three men and a woman, all in their 20s and from Centralia and Chehalis, were arrested for disorderly conduct, and then released, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• A 17-year-old Centralia girl arrested for fourth-degree assault yesterday afternoon was arrested for a second offense after she reportedly kicked out the rear window of a police car. Officers called to a family disturbance on the 400 block of South Buckner Street at about 3:20 p.m. also arrested a 20-year-old Centralia woman for obstruction and resisting arrest, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT

• A Smith and Wesson revolver was among the items stolen in a burglary yesterday morning n the Onalaska area. The sheriff’s office called to the 600 block of Shanklin Road learned someone broke in between 9 a.m. and 10:15 a.m., stealing an HD television, a laptop computer, a chainsaw, a DV player, DVD movies, a drill set and a fishing pole, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A pair of Chehalis residents were arrested after a vehicle prowl Friday morning near the 800 block of Hillburger Road in which a debit card was stolen and used later in the day at a truck stop in Napavine and a store in Onalaska. The victim parked her vehicle while she went for  a walk in the Rails to Trails area and returned to find a window shattered and her wallet missing, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. A deputy made a traffic stop later along Spencer Road and the missing wallet was laying in plain view, according to the sheriff’s office. David J. Eslick, 24, and Rainy N. Hepburn, 29, both of Chehalis, were arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree theft, Chief Criminal Deputy Stacy Brown said.

• Chehalis police were called about 5:15 p.m. yesterday to a vehicle prowl on the 800 block of South Market Boulevard. Medication and a medical card were taken from the unlocked vehicle, according to police.

• Morton police reported today someone entered a vacant residence on the 200 block of Davis Lake Road and stripped it of its wiring. A report was taken last Tuesday morning of the burglary, according to police.

• Someone broke into the wood shop at Morton High School and stole a chainsaw, according to Morton police. The break-in was reported last Tuesday morning. The loss is estimated at $350.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning on a string of thefts from boats moored at the Lake Mayfield Resort. A deputy took a report on July 16 from the resort on the 300 block of Hadaller Road from a man who said his fishing pole was stolen from his boat overnight, according to the sheriff’s office. Later in the day, three other victims reported five missing fishing poles and four wake boards, according to Chief Criminal Deputy Stacy Brown

DRUGS

• A 20-year-old male was arrested for a warrant and possession of illegal narcotics early this morning after contact with police on the 900 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Adam J. Pluard, of Olympia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WRECKS

• Two Napavine women were injured in a two-car crash on Saturday afternoon at the 1100 block of North Military Road in Winlock, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A male driver, whose information was not available, was cited for second-degree negligent driving following the rear-end collision, Chief Criminal Deputy Stacy Brown said. The victims are 23 years old and 18 years old and were taken to Providence Centralia Hospital.

• A 42-year-old Packwood woman was hospitalized after she was found laying on the road with broken ribs and other injuries following a motorcycle wreck on the 600 block of Cannon Road in Packwood on Saturday night . A deputy arriving about 9:15 p.m. reported the woman said an animal ran in front of her causing her to crash. She was taken to Morton General Hospital, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies suspect she had been drinking, according to  Chief Criminal Deputy Stacy Brown.

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