CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Vehicle Prowls
• Tools were reported stolen from a vehicle in the 1600 block of Cooks Hill Road just before 11:10 a.m. on March 3.
• Just after 10:50 a.m. on March 4, a victim reported that their vehicle registration certificate was stolen from the 1200 block of Alder Street.
Assaults
• Kristy A. Price, 40, of Centralia, was arrested just after 12:10 p.m. on March 4 in the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue and booked into the Lewis County Jail for alleged fourth-degree assault.
• Bonita L. Williams, 40, transient address, was arrested at 11:30 p.m. on March 3 in the 700 block of Harrison Avenue and booked into the Lewis County Jail for alleged fourth-degree assault.
Crashes
• A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported in the 1100 block of South Gold Street just after 11:15 a.m. on March 3.
• A non-injury, three-vehicle collision was reported in the 600 block of Harrison Avenue just before 3:10 p.m. on March 3.
• A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported in the 1100 block of View Avenue at 4:25 p.m. on March 3.
• A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported in the 1300 block of South Gold Street at 12:45 p.m. on March 4.
• A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported in a parking lot in the 900 block of South Scheuber Road at 3:35 p.m. on March 4.
Theft and Burglary
• Tools were reported stolen from a building in the 800 block of Harrison Avenue at 12:45 p.m. on March 3.
• Shoes were reported stolen from the 1300 block of Lum Road at 3:35 p.m. on March 4.
Arrest on Noise Complaint
• A Centralia woman was arrested for violating the Centralia Municipal Code noise ordinance after she allegedly intentionally sounded the horn on her vehicle “to try and disturb neighbors” in the 2100 block of North Pearl Street just before 12:15 a.m. on March 5. Police reported that they gave her a verbal warning the first time they were called to her residence, issued an infraction the second time, and placed her under arrest the third time they were called in the same night.
CHEHALIS POLICE DEPARTMENT
Vehicle Prowl
• A vehicle prowl reported in the 100 block of Southwest Second Avenue just before 10:40 a.m. on March 4 is under investigation.
Theft and Burglary
• A firearm was reported stolen from the 2500 block of North National Avenue at 8:45 a.m. on March 3. The caller reported that he saw a “homeless person” on the property and claimed he got into the trash and into a customer’s vehicle.
• A third-degree theft reported in the 300 block of North Market Boulevard just after 11:20 a.m. on March 4 is under investigation.
• An attempted theft reported in the 1000 block of Northwest Maryland Avenue just before 5:30 a.m. on March 5 is under investigation.
No Place to Stay
• At 2:15 a.m., police received a report of a burglary in the 1700 block of Northeast Kresky Avenue, but the business owner later reported that she’d received a call from her son, who said “he broke into the business because he didn’t have a place to stay.” No arrests were made.
Crash
• A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported at the intersection of Northwest State Avenue and Northwest Chamber of Commerce Way at 12:30 p.m. on March 4.
Flaming Baked Goods
• Yaitt S. Murphy-Voie, 19, transient, was booked into the Lewis County Jail at 6:50 a.m. on March 4 on one count each of second-degree arson and second-degree burglary after he allegedly broke into a business in the 1500 block of North National Avenue, put baked goods in the oven and lit them on fire, then left and allegedly broke into a business in the 1600 block of North National Avenue.
Possible Domestic Violence
• Just before 5:40 p.m. on March 4, a caller reported that a woman with blood on her shirt came to their front door in the 300 block of Southwest 3rd Street claiming a case of domestic violence. The caller reported that the alleged subjects “smashed the window with a 2-year-old inside” before leaving. The woman left the baby with the caller before leaving for the hospital.
Men With Baseball Bats
• Just after 10 p.m. on March 4, a caller reported that four or five men with baseball bats were tapping windows and sitting on the stairs of their residence in the 1400 block of Northwest Airport Road and advised police “if they come back, he will kill them.” No arrests were made.
LEWIS COUNTY JAIL STATISTICS
As of Friday morning, the Lewis County Jail had a total system population of 137 inmates, including 126 in the general population and 11 in the Work Ethic and Restitution Center. Of general population inmates, 109 were male and 17 were female. All WERC inmates were male.
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Sirens are compiled by reporter Emily Fitzgerald, who can be reached at emily@chronline.com. The Centralia Police Department can be reached at 360-330-7680 and the Chehalis Police Department can be reached at 360-748-8605. If you were a victim of physical or sexual abuse, domestic violence or sexual assault, call Hope Alliance at 360-748-6601 or the Youth Advocacy Center of Lewis County at 360-623-1990.
