CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Theft
• Two unknown suspects stole cheesecake and soda from a grocery store in the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue at 10:05 a.m. on April 26.
• Just after 10:25 a.m. on April 26, portable toilets and a trailer were reported stolen from the 1600 block of South Gold Street sometime overnight.
• A male subject reportedly stole “numerous food items, to include a 24-pack of Mountain Dew soda” from a store in the 400 block of east Summa Street just after 9:30 p.m. on April 26.
• A license plate was reported stolen in the 2300 block of North Pearl Street at approximately 9:45 a.m. on April 27.
• A bicycle that was left outside a business in the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue was reported stolen at approximately 12:30 a.m. on April 28.
Vehicle accidents
• A non-injury collision was reported in the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue just before 12:20 p.m. on April 26.
• Minor injuries were reported following a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Belmont Avenue and Haviland Street at 1 p.m. on April 26.
• A vehicle crashed into a pole in the 1000 block of North Scheuber Road just before 10:50 a.m. on April 27. The driver was not injured.
• A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported in the 300 block of east Locust Street just after 1:30 p.m. on April 27. One driver reportedly failed to yield the right-of-way to the other.
• A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported at the intersection of South Tower Avenue and East Chestnut Street at 10:50 a.m. on April 28.
Disorderly conduct
• Officers “received multiple calls about the same male yelling and screaming in the downtown area” at 12:25 p.m. on April 26. Officers contacted the male “several times” and offered him services, “but he refused,” according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A woman was reportedly acting disorderly and blocking traffic at the intersection of Mellen Street and Old Airport Way at approximately 10 a.m. on April 28. When officers contacted her, the woman “was not causing an issue but (was) clearly under the influence of a mind-altering substance.”
Criminal trespass
• A 44-year-old homeless Centralia woman was cited for trespassing after “being disorderly and refusing to leave a local convenience store” in the 1200 block of Mellen Street just after 1:50 p.m. on April 26. Officers “gave her multiple opportunities to leave on her own, but she refused,” according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A homeless Chehalis man was trespassed for life from a business in the 600 block of South Tower Avenue just after 10:30 p.m. on April 26 for “being disruptive and blocking the doors when customers were trying to go in and out.”
• A 27-year-old homeless man accused of trying to steal coffee from a business in the 100 block of South Tower Avenue was trespassed from the business at 12:25 p.m. on April 27.
• A 49-year-old Centralia man and a 24-year-old Centralia man were cited for first-degree criminal trespass in the 700 block of Harrison Avenue at approximately 4:30 p.m. on April 27 after they allegedly trespassed inside a building on a fenced property with posted no-trespassing signs.
• Two homeless people who were “being disorderly” on private property in the 200 block of North Railroad Avenue were trespassed from the property at employees’ request at 2 p.m. on April 28.
Malicious mischief
• A 31-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for third-degree malicious mischief, domestic violence in the 700 block of North Pearl Street just after 1 p.m. on April 27 after she allegedly damaged her ex-husband’s property.
• Damage to the glass door of a building in the 200 block of Centralia College Boulevard was reported just after 9:55 a.m. on April 28.
Attempted burglary
• Just after 8 p.m. on April 28, a resident in the 1000 block of L Street called 911 to report a male suspect had just kicked in the back door to their residence. The male ran from the residence when the homeowner confronted him, then fled in a vehicle. This case is under investigation.
CHEHALIS POLICE DEPARTMENT
Welfare check
• A citizen requested a welfare check on a neighbor in the 300 block of South Market Boulevard just after 9:35 a.m. on April 26. The citizen said they are “concerned he is still driving” and said “he shouldn't be driving because he’s weak and unable to even stand.” The citizen reportedly took the neighbor’s keys, and the neighbor “is upset by that.”
Theft
• Just after 10 a.m. on April 26, a check was reported stolen from a P.O. box in the 200 block of Northwest Cascade Avenue between Feb. 9 and Feb. 21.
• Items were reported stolen from a business in the 1000 block of Northwest Maryland Avenue just before 6:50 p.m. on April 26. A male suspect reportedly distracted a cashier while a female suspect stole the items.
• A male suspect reportedly tried siphoning gas out of a vehicle in the 500 block of Northwest Sitka Street just after 7:05 p.m. on April 26.
• A purse was reported stolen in the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue at approximately 1:50 p.m. on April 18. The purse was found with nothing missing just before 2:10 p.m. that same day.
• A slice of cake was reported stolen from a business in the 500 block of West Main Street at 7:55 p.m. on April 28. The man was trespassed from the business.
Counterfeiting
• A report of counterfeiting in the 700 block of South Market Boulevard made just after 12:30 p.m. on April 26 is under investigation.
Harassment
• Possible ongoing email harassment was reported in the 400 block of North Market Boulevard just after 1:10 p.m. on April 26.
Hit-and-run
• A hit-and-run was reported in the 10 block of Southwest Chehalis Avenue just after 1:10 p.m. on April 26.
Vehicle accidents
• A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported at the intersection of Northwest Chamber of Commerce Way and the southbound Interstate 5 Exit 79 onramp at 6 p.m. on April 26.
• A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported at the intersection of Northwest Chamber of Commerce Way and Northwest Louisiana Avenue just after 5:05 p.m. on April 27.
• A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported in the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue just after 12:35 p.m. on April 28.
Suspicious circumstances
• A woman was reportedly “slamming” the passenger door of a vehicle into a dumpster in the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue just before 2:05 p.m. on April 26.
• Just after 3 p.m. on April 26, a caller reported his 12-year-old neighbor told him four teenagers in a vehicle “possibly had a gun and looked like they were pointing it out the window as they drove by” in the 600 block of Southeast Dobson Court. The vehicle was found unoccupied at a dead-end. The teenagers “possibly went into the woods,” according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• A woman was reportedly hitting things with a bat and screaming in the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue at approximately 6:30 p.m. on April 26.
• Just after 7:20 p.m. on April 27, a citizen reported someone was locked in the laundry room of a building in the 300 block of Southwest Third Street and a male was “outside beating on the door.”
• At 8:50 p.m. on April 28, a citizen reported a man in a car reportedly asked her daughter and her daughter’s friend “about their underwear” near Penny Playground in the 200 block of Southwest 14th Street at 2:30 p.m. that day.
• A citizen reported being in the drive-thru of a business in the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue at 10:15 p.m. on April 28 and seeing “what she believes is the manager throw a cup at an employee” at 10:15 p.m. on April 28.
Criminal trespass
• A man who was charging his phone in the 600 block of Northwest St. Helens Avenue just after 6:10 a.m. on April 27 was moved along after a citizen followed him, reported he “just looked sketchy” and said he “didn’t think he belonged in the area.”
• A customer who “threw ice water” on an employee of a business in the 1500 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue at approximately 2 p.m. on April 28 was trespassed from the business.
• A disorderly man who was “bothering other customers” at a business in the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue and “tried to walk into the kitchen with a steak knife” just after 3:30 p.m. on April 28 was trespassed from the business.
• A disorderly man who reportedly refused to leave a property in the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue just after 5:25 p.m. on April 28 was trespassed from the business.
• Just after 6:35 p.m. on April 28, a man who was in the lobby of a business in the 600 block of Northwest Arkansas Way for over 30 minutes without ordering anything, asked employees for money and yelled at an employee was trespassed from the business.
• A “disgruntled person” was trespassed from a business in the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue just before 10:40 p.m. on April 28.
• A subject was arrested for trespassing at a business in the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard at 11:30 p.m. on April 28.
Found children
• A citizen reported two unaccompanied toddlers were on their front porch in the 600 block of South 20th Street just before 5:10 p.m. on April 26. The children’s mother found them about 10 minutes later.
• An unaccompanied child between the ages of 7 and 8 was reportedly walking up and down the street in the 200 block of Southwest 13th Street just after 8:20 p.m. on April 26.
Malicious mischief
• Just after 8:55 p.m. on April 26, a citizen reported his ex-girlfriend spray-painted his car while he was at work in the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue. He advised that he doesn’t want to press charges, but “wants it documented in case things escalate further.”
Burglary
• A subject was arrested for cutting a fence to break into a property in the 1500 block of North National Avenue at approximately 4:15 a.m. on April 27.
Dispute
• A verbal dispute was reported at the intersection of Southwest McFadden Avenue and Southwest 11th Street just before 1:35 p.m. on April 27.
Assault
• A citizen reported “he got punched and shoved around” by a subject in the 1200 block of Southeast Washington Avenue just after 8:25 p.m. on April 28.
Spilt milk
• A milk tanker reportedly “came apart and spilt milk on the street” in the 10 block of Southwest Chehalis Avenue just after 11:30 p.m. on April 28. The state Department of Ecology and the City of Chehalis Wastewater Division were notified. The state Department of Ecology later confirmed that the total volume in the tank was approximately 32,000 gallons and approximately 13,000 gallons were captured by the onstite wastewater system.
(Editor's note: this entry was updated at 2:07 p.m. on Monday, May 6).
FIRE AND EMS CALLS
• Between Friday morning and Monday morning, Lewis County 911 Communications logged approximately 72 illness-related calls, eight injury-related calls, eight fire-related calls, three non-emergency service calls, six vehicle accidents, two 911 hangups, five Lifeline medical alert, one overdose, one public assist request and two other calls.
JAIL STATISTICS
• As of Monday morning, the Lewis County Jail had a total system population of 131 inmates, including 119 in the general population and 12 in the Work Ethic and Restitution Center (WERC). Of general population inmates, 100 were reported male and 19 were reported female. Of the WERC inmates, 10 were reported male and two were reported female.
• As of Monday morning, the Chehalis Tribal Jail had a total system population of 12 inmates, including seven booked by the Centralia Police Department, three booked by the state Department of Corrections, one booked by the Lummi Nation and one booked by Chehalis Tribal Law Enforcement.
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Sirens are compiled by assistant editor Emily Fitzgerald, who can be reached at emily@chronline.com.
