DRUGS
• A 19-year-old Tumwater man was arrested for alleged drug dealing after he called police yesterday to report he’d been ripped off, according to Centralia Police Department. Kamron C. Cook, 19, contacted police about 1:35 p.m. yesterday in connection with a theft connected with the 3000 block of Borst Avenue according to police. Cook told police he met with an individual to sell a portion of his medical marijuana, saying he only needs half of what he gets and he sells the other half to make money. Police say Cook showed officers the marijuana he retained for himself as well as his scale and packaging materials and then was surprised to learn it is illegal to sell marijuana. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession with intent to deliver, according to the Centralia Police Department. Details about exactly what was stolen were not readily available.
• The Washington State Patrol reported yesterday a pair of cousins from Winlock and Chehalis were arrested after a traffic stop in which suitcases containing approximately six pounds of marijuana were found in the trunk of their car. It happened about 10:15 a.m. last Thursday on Interstate 5 near LaBree Road, according to the state patrol. A drug detection dog found the drugs in the 1994 Ford Mustang, the state patrol reported. Gregory S. Carlile, 28, of Chehalis and Jonathan M. Carlile, 39, of Winlock, were booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver according to the state patrol.
• Centralia police reported yesterday they arrested a 27-year-old Centralia woman for possession of methamphetamine and a warrant the night before at Johnson Road and Harrison Avenue. Samantha J. Tanori, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Robert P. Penfield, 56, of Centralia, was arrested Saturday evening for an outstanding warrant after police got information he was at a motel on Southwest Interstate Avenue in Chehalis. He was also in possession of a back tar-like substance and was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
THEFT
• A 59-year-old Elbe resident called the sheriff’s office on Monday after he discovered a pair of strangers had been living on his property outside Morton, cutting up an old truck and selling scrap from the property, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’ Office. Among the items missing or damaged were six radiators, a transmission, a tire repair machine, a six-cylinder engine and wrought iron fencing, according to the sheriff’s office. William G. Hodges, 48, of Gold Bar was arrested and booked for burglary and theft for the goings-on at the 5700 block of state Route 508, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. Hodges’ 33-year-old friend, also from Gold Bar, had left, but will be referred for charges on similar offenses, Brown said.
• A 9 mm Smith and Wesson pistol and a .22 caliber Springfield rifle were among the items stolen in a burglary on the 600 block of Chilvers Road outside Chehalis, according to a report made to the Lewis County Sheriff’s office last Friday. Also taken sometime since Monday were silver coin and binoculars, the sheriff’s office said.
• Some $5,000 of unspecified logging equipment was reported stolen sometime over the weekend of December 3 from a logging site near the 800 block of Deep Creek Road outside Chehalis, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday.
• Chehalis police said yesterday an officer took a report on Friday of a Stihl chainsaw stolen from the 400 block of Northwest Park Street.
• Centralia police took two reports of stereos stolen in car prowls on Sunday; one on the 200 block of West Hanson Street and later on the 2800 block of Russell Road.
• A 19-year-old Centralia man allegedly fought with security after he tried to shoplift from a business on the 500 block of South Tower in Centralia yesterday evening and was arrested, according to the Centralia Police Department. Joseph K. Aldrich was booked into the Lewis County Jail for robbery, police reported.
WRECKS FROM DEER AND OTHER THINGS
• A 29-year-old Centralia driver swerved to miss a deer on the 1300 block of West Reynolds Avenue in Centralia and broke a power pole and totaled their 2003 Dodge Dakota, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened about 2:45 a.m. on Monday. Injuries were not life-threatening to the driver, according to the sheriff’s office.
• A 22-year-old Castle Rock man as cited for driving under the influence after he totaled his 1996 Toyota Corolla when rolling it on the 300 block of Meier Road about 12:35 a.m. yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with minor injuries described as cuts, the sheriff’s office said.
• A 59-year-old Longview man said he swerved to miss a deer and hit a tree on the 400 block of Russell Road in Winlock on Sunday morning, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was cited for driving under the influence.
• A 55-year-old Lewis County employee said he swerved to miss a deer on Friday afternoon when the dump truck he was driving along Highway 603 in Winlock damaged about 30 feet of barbed wire fence and the truck, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.