Lewis County Sheriff’s Office
Stoned and Squealing
• On Jan. 21, a judge in Lewis County Superior Court found a glass marijuana pipe in his courtroom. It was found where Albert D. Melton, 24, of Centralia, was sitting. Melton had been in the courtroom to be remanded to jail; jail authorities interviewed him about the pipe, he reported it was his, and then confessed to some burglaries he knew about in the 2800 block of state Route 508 that occurred last October, according to police. Byron K. Sedrick, 31, of Centralia, was then contacted about the burglaries, and he admitted his involvement in theft of about $6,000 in merchandise, including a pistol, according to police. Sedrick and Melton were booked into jail on second-degree burglary; Sedrick was also arrested for theft and failing to register as a sex offender.
Centralia Police Department
Stolen iPods
• Theft of an iPod was reported 9 a.m. Wednesday in the 800 block of Eshom Road.
• Another of the portable music device was reported stolen at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of Johnson Road.
Graffiti
• Graffiti was reported painted on a wall 10:50 a.m. Wednesday in the 1000 block of North Scheuber Road.
• More tags were reported 4:13 p.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of West Main Street.
Car Crash
• A two-vehicle, non-injury collision occurred 1:25 p.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of Harrison Avenue.
Credit Card Fraud
• Fraudulent charges to a credit card were reported 3 p.m. Wednesday in the 1000 block of West Walnut Street.
Burglary
• A business in the 2300 block of North Pearl Street reported 4 p.m. Wednesday a forced entry was made at its building.
• Several guns and knives were reportedly stolen from a trailer in the 1200 block of West Main Street, as reported 2:45 a.m. Thursday; an investigation is ongoing.
Self-Inflicted Knife Wound
• Matthew W. Duncan, 18, of Centralia, was arrested 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 1000 block of Scammon Creek Road for two counts of fourth-degree assault after allegedly assaulting two family members before stabbing himself with a knife. Duncan was released for hospital treatment.
Domestic Violence
• Douglas R. Clark, 53, of Centralia, was arrested for fourth-degree assault after he allegedly got physical with his girlfriend 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 1200 block of West Main Street.
Lewis County Jail
• Inmate population in the main facility as of early this morning: 193 inmates; 159 are men and 34 are women. Of the total facility, none are work-release inmates. Thirty of them are contract bed inmates from outside agencies. None are on electronic home monitoring and none are day reporting. In the past 24 hours, as of early this morning, 23 people were booked into the jail and 18 were released.
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By The Chronicle Staff
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