Lewis County Sirens.com

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ON THE ROAD, INTO THE DRIVEWAY

• When drug detectives attempted to stop a car in south Centralia just before 6:30 p.m. yesterday, the subject drove off at a high rate of speed and lost control slamming into the carport of a residence at the 600 block of Woodland Avenue. The damage to the car and the carport were described as minimal and one of the vehicle’s two occupants complained of soreness, according to the Centralia Police Department. Two people were detained on warrants and the incident is being investigated, according to police. Gabriel Escamilla, 24, of Centralia, was subsequently arrested and then charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with attempting to elude, possession of methamphetamine and possession of heroin with intent to deliver. Charging documents indicate he was pursued by an unmarked law enforcement vehicle which activated it emergency lights. Skid marks left by his car measured just shy of 150 feet, Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor Paul Masiello wrote in charging documents. Escamilla’s bail was set at $25,000.

AUTO THEFT

• An individual who parked his 2003 Kia last night next to an apartment building at the 10 block of Northeast Cascade Avenue in Chehalis called police just before 7 a.m. today upon discovering it was gone. It turns out the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office had found it abandoned earlier in the night off Big Hanaford Road, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• A 44-year-old homeless woman was arrested for vehicle prowl in an approximately 6:50 a.m. case today associated with the 200 block of Railroad Avenue in Centralia. Genaveva R Webb was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

OTHER THEFT

• A package was reported to have been stolen from the front porch of a residence at the 700 block of G Street in Centralia, in an approximately 8:30 a.m. call yesterday.

• Police were called just after 1 p.m. yesterday to the 2000 block of Cooks Hill Road to take a report someone entered a room the day before and removed items from a purse.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, shoplifting, harassment, protection order violation, driving under the influence, fourth-degree domestic assault, driving with suspended license, driving without required ignition interlock device; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, civil issue, third-degree theft, violation of no contact order, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 159 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

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Updated at 6:15 p.m.

LIQUOR HEIST

• Five individuals from Portland were arrested after allegedly stealing more than $800 worth of alcohol from the Safeway store at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia yesterday. Officers called at 4:35 p.m. indicate their suspects were found by a trooper near milepost 59 after an “attempt to locate” was issued. Those booked into the Lewis County Jail for organized retail theft are identified by police as Isiah R. Campbell, 20; Johvanee A Hall, 21; Latia D. McDaniel, 25; Zariah Y. Torregano, 20; and Jovahntea R. Hall, 21. Prosecutors did not file criminal charges today, but a judge agreed to hold each of them on $10,000 bail and revisit the cases tomorrow afternoon. Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Brad Meagher said the service of a search warrant was being wrapped up and said it might be retail theft or it might be organized retail theft. The declaration of probable cause filed today states the assistant manager said they took a large amount of alcohol which they were stuffing in their purses.

BURGLARY

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a burglary at the 1800 block of Salzer Valley Road near Centralia in which about $4,000 of valuables were missing including a Remington rifle, three cell phones, three watches, two Xboxes and a car key. A deputy responding about 10:40 p.m. on Saturday could not find any forced entry, according to the sheriff’s office.

FRAUD

• A Chehalis resident called police just after 1 o’clock this morning to report learning someone had attempted to use her credit card information at a Marriott in Oregon, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The transaction didn’t go through, according to police.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Centralia police were called about 9:40 a.m. on Saturday to the 1700 block of Providence Lane regarding the theft of gasoline from a vehicle during the night.

• An individual called Chehalis police about 6:30 a.m. on Saturday to report a pistol was missing from their vehicle at the AM/PM at the 100 block of Southwest Interstate Avenue.

DRUGS

• A 29-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for possession of a controlled substance after being contacted by police at a business on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia at about 10:20 p.m. yesterday. Ashely E. Howland was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. A potential charge of providing false information to police is also being referred to prosecutors in connection with the case.

• A 35-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act after police responded approximately 1:30 a.m. on Sunday to the 300 block of Southwest Third Street in Chehalis. Jesse F. Bowen was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

FIRE

• Firefighters were called just after 4 p.m. yesterday to extinguish a vehicle fire near milepost 72 of Interstate 5, according to Lewis County Fire District 5.

• Firefighters were called about 12:45 p.m. yesterday to extinguish a fire in a dumpster at Jack-in-the-Box on Southwest Interstate Avenue in Chehalis.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 61-year-old Centralia man was arrested for hit and run yesterday in a case associated with the 200 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia. Police called at 12:09 p.m. issued a citation to Jeffery S. Palmer and then released him, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 20-year-old Centralia resident was ejected from his motorcycle when he collided with the rear taillight area of a Ford F150 pickup truck yesterday morning which pulled onto Lincoln Creek Road near Teague Road, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The truck driver was unhurt but the motorcyclist sustained an ankle injury and possible broken wrist, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Two people were injured yesterday morning when a suspected impaired driver of a pickup truck rear ended a van at northbound Interstate 5 just south of the Grand Mound interchange. Troopers responding at 9 a.m. indicate the Dodge Grand Caravan was stopped in traffic because of an earlier collision when the 2005 Ford F150 hit it. Both drivers were transported to Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, according to the state patrol. Terry B. Ensell, 62, Tenino, was suspected of driving under the influence, according to the investigating trooper Carlene D. Lenard, 66, of Bainbridge Island, was driving the van. Northbound traffic was slowed because of two serious wrecks farther north in Thurston County, including one in which a Rochester man was killed.

SAWMILL ACCIDENT

• Firefighters were called about 11:30 a.m. today to the 500 block of Brim Road near Ethel where a man in his 70s was injured when he was hit in the chest by a slab of wood that kicked back at a small private sawmill, according to Lewis County Fire District 8. He was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to Chief Duran McDaniel.

ATV ACCIDENT

• An 80-year-old man who might have broken a bone in his neck was airlifted this morning from the field where he fell off an ATV at the 300 block of Shanklin Road in Onalaska. He was flown to Tacoma General Hospital following the approximately 9:50 a.m. call, according to Lewis County Fire District 8.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, harassment, shoplifting, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, third-degree malicious mischief; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, civil issue, third-degree theft, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, noisy neighbor music … and more among 498 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

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LifeFlight lands out in the field to pick up injured ATV rider. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Fire District 8