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BANK BAG SNEAKED OUT OF BUSINESS

• A 33-year-old former employee of a Mineral business was arrested after surveillance video allegedly showed her taking a bank bag containing $1,274 from behind the bar yesterday. A deputy was called just before 9 p.m. to the 100 block of East Front Street after it was discovered the item was missing from a drawer next to the cash register, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office reports approximately $365 was subsequently found behind Ashley R. Pendergrass’s residence, but she denied taking the bank bag. The Mineral woman was arrested for second-degree theft and booked into the into the Lewis County Jail.

WATCHFUL NEIGHBOR

• Chehalis police called about suspicious activity at a house at First Street and Adams Avenue just after 10 a.m. yesterday arrived to find a man carrying items including a jewelry box out the front door and ended up arresting him for residential burglary. He said at first he had permission but could not provide much information about who resided there, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Nicholas A. Brown, 37, from Spokane, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police. “Fortunately a neighbor noticed it and called it in,” Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said.

VEHICLE THEFT

• A Yamaha WR25X motorcycle was reported stolen from the 1000 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia at about 11:15 p.m. yesterday.

• A vehicle reported yesterday evening as abandoned in a parking lot at the 1000 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia turned out to have been stolen in Olympia, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A deputy was called about 12:30 p.m. yesterday to the 300 block of Jordan Road in Winlock where a 67-year-old man reported someone had removed the motor from his boat sometime since 8 a.m. the day before. Missing is a Mercury four-stroke motor valued at $1,250, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A fuel line was damaged as well, according to the sheriff’s office.

HANDBAG RECOVERED

• Centralia police were called at 4:30 p.m. yesterday regarding a purse stolen from an employee’s storage area at the 700 block of Harrison Avenue. The handbag was located not far away in a homeless camp, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FRAUD

• An individual reported credit card fraud to police yesterday, in a case associated with the 1400 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia.

OTHER THEFT

• A resident at the 1300 block of Alexander Avenue in Centralia reported about 3:20 p.m. yesterday their cell phone was stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called to a home at the 2700 block of Colonial Drive at 9 o’clock yesterday morning about the theft of a wallet.

• Chehalis police were called to a business on the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue yesterday afternoon because of five counterfeit $100 bills, a counterfeit $20 and then another $100, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called to the 900 block of North Pearl Street about 1:25 p.m. yesterday regarding a vehicle prowl.

• Centralia police were called about 11:15 a.m. yesterday to the 1000 block of South Gold Street to take a report someone had stolen fuel from a vehicle.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Centralia police responded to the 400 block of South Pearl Street just before 4 o’clock this morning where an individual reported that someone struck his vehicle while he was sleeping in it, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A deputy called about 8 p.m. yesterday for a complaint of dirt bikes and pickup trucks racing down Central Avenue in Onalaska ended up playing cat and mouse with one dirt bike on and around Deggler and Dluhosh roads and terminated the pursuit but subsequently contacted a 15-year-old boy suspected to have been operating the bike. He was released to parents but a case will be referred to prosecutors for eluding, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, vehicle collision, graffiti on a garage, suspicious circumstances, violation of no-contact order … and more among 165 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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THEFT, FORGERIES UNDER INVESTIGATION TOLEDO

• A deputy was called to the 100 block of Lone Yew Road in Toledo on Friday to take a report of a theft in which blank checks were stolen, some of which had been written out for cash totaling $890. Also missing and believed to have been taken on the same day – July 29 – were several pieces of  jewelry, $10 worth of quarters and another $120 cash, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said there is a potential person of interest and Toledo police are working on forgeries related to the case.

INTRUDER GLENOMA

• A deputy was called to the 100 block of Uden Road in Glenoma just before 7 p.m. on Friday following the discovery someone had pried open a side door to a shop building there. It happened sometime since Aug. 13 and isn’t clear anything of value had been taken, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office

VEHICLE THEFT

• Centralia police were called to the 400 block of South Buckner Street about 9:30 a.m. on Saturday to take a report of the theft of a white 1985 Toyota SR5 pickup from during the night. The truck has a blue stripe on the side, a black metal brush guard on the front and a license plate of B79361E, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called about 9 a.m. yesterday to the Southwest Washington Fair grounds following the discovery some medication was missing from a camper parked there.

• Centralia police were called just after 9 a.m. on Friday to take a report an iPad was stolen from an unlocked vehicle the previous morning at the 500 block of Harrison Avenue.

ASSAULT

• A 37-year-old Centralia woman – Judith M. Fenning  – was arrested for allegedly assaulting an officer in a Friday morning case associated with the 2400 block of West Reynolds Avenue in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A deputy responded to the Lewis County Jail yesterday morning to investigate the discovery an inmate had 43 tablets of Clonazepam, a prescription medication the inmate said he had hidden and brought with him when he was arrested. The 37-year-old said he was taking them “to help” and a case is being referred to prosecutors for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Cristian Ramirez-Dado, 19, of Centralia, was arrested for driving under the influence as well as hit and run after allegedly being involved in a two-vehicle collision at the 1200 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia about 2:20 a.m. on Saturday, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police were unaware of any injuries.

• A 68-year-old man was transported to Morton General Hospital with serious injuries to an ankle and a shoulder after his motorcycle collided with his wife’s motorcycle when they came upon an unexpected stop sign at Forest Service Road 25 and state Route 131 in Randle on Friday. A deputy responding about 12:50 p.m. indicated she sustained minor scrapes, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The couple is from Vancouver, Washington, according to the sheriff’s office.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, harassment, hit and run, trespassing, reckless endangerment, third-degree theft, protection order violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, driving without required ignition interlock device; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, civil issue, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, attempt to pass counterfeit bill … and more among 434 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m.