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Sharyn’s Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

CAR PROWLER CAUGHT, ANOTHER NOT

• An Onalaska man who saw the dome light on in his vehicle in his driveway at about 4:45 a.m. yesterday went outside and chased a teenager who fled the vehicle, catching him a couple hundred feet away, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 53-year-old man went to a nearby house on the 500 block of Jorgenson Road and called 911, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning. The 17-year-old boy was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for vehicle prowl and misdemeanor theft, as he had taken a bottle of cologne, Brown said.

• Centralia police were called about 12:20 p.m. yesterday about a car prowl at the 1000 block of West Main Street in Centralia. Missing was a purse, according to the Centralia Police Department.

STEALING FROM ATM MACHINES

• A deputy took a report yesterday from a 61-year-old Chehalis woman who said someone has been taking money from her bank account by using several ATM machines around Lewis County. The victim still had her ATM card, but found that almost $900 had been withdrawn between October 25 and Monday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. An investigation is underway, with hopes that surveillance cameras may have captured images of a suspect, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.

DOOR KICKED IN

• Deputies were called just after 4 p.m. yesterday to the 200 block of Allison Road in Ethel where a 28-year-old man had reportedly kicked in a door where his girlfriend was, in violation of a protection order. Jonathan I. Shipp then fled in a vehicle but was apprehended on U.S. Highway 12 near Kennedy Road, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A rifle was seized from the vehicle and Shipp was booked into the Lewis County Jail for unlawful possession of a firearm, and referred for a possible charge of violation of a protection order, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning.

WEAPONS FOUND AT HIGH SCHOOL

• Police were called to W.F. West High School in Chehalis yesterday morning after three knives were found in the backpack of a student. The 17-year-old boy was taken home by a parent, and the case was referred for a possible charge of possessing a dangerous weapon at a school, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The offense is a gross misdemeanor, Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said.

DRUGS

• A 48-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after contact with an officer about 2 o’clock this morning at Elm and Marsh streets in Centralia. Randy J. Toups was booked also for an outstanding warrant, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Police were called about 7:40 a.m. yesterday to the 700 block of F Street in Centralia where someone had broke the windshield of a parked car overnight.