CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Vehicle accidents
• A minor, non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported in the 1400 block of South Gold Street just before 8:25 a.m. on April 10.
• A minor, non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported at the intersection of Kresky Avenue and East Summa Street just after 11:25 a.m. on April 11.
• A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported in the 1500 block of South Gold Street at approximately 10:30 p.m. on April 11.
Theft
• A 55-year-old Centralia man and a 63-year-old Centralia man accused of stealing two chain saws from a business in the 1000 block of Kresky Avenue were referred to a local prosecutor’s office on third-degree theft charges at 6:05 p.m. on April 10. An officer found the stolen chain saws in the suspects’ vehicle during a traffic stop.
• Just after 12:15 p.m. on April 11, a truck was reported stolen from the 400 block of North Tower Avenue sometime Monday night.
Drug violations
• A 43-year-old Chehalis resident reportedly had narcotics and drug paraphernalia in the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue at 6:10 p.m. on April 10. She was referred to a local prosecutor’s office on unlawful possession of a controlled substance charges.
• A 40-year-old Rochester man was cited for possession of a controlled substance after an officer saw him “with narcotics and a smoking device in his hand” in the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue at approximately 6:30 p.m. on April 10.
Assault
• A 50-year-old Centralia man was arrested for “assaulting an acquaintance during a dispute” in the 800 block of South Gold Street at 11:35 a.m. on April 11.
Disorderly conduct
• A “road rage incident that ended in an argument” was reported in the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue just after 1:55 p.m. on April 11.
Criminal trespass
• A 24-year-old Houston, Texas man was cited for trespassing at a spark in the 100 block of South Pearl Street just after 6:25 p.m. on April 11.
• A Lakewood woman was trespassed from two Harrison Avenue businesses at 7 p.m. on April 11 for “causing disturbances and being confrontational with customers.”
CHEHALIS POLICE DEPARTMENT
Criminal trespass
• A subject was reportedly trespassing in the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue just after 9:35 a.m. on April 10.
• A man who reportedly stole a blanket was trespassed from a property in the 300 block of Southwest Chehalis Avenue just after 12:40 p.m. on April 10.
• A “dine and dash” suspect was trespassed from a restaurant in the 500 block of Northwest Pacific Avenue at 1:01 p.m. on April 10.
• A man with a history of “masturbating outside by the bushes” was trespassed from the library in the 400 block of North Market Boulevard at approximately 1:45 p.m. on April 10.
• A disorderly man was trespassed from a business in the 400 block of North Market Boulevard just after 2:20 p.m. on April 10.
• A disorderly man who was “flipping (the) manager off and throwing rocks” at a business in the 200 block of North Market Boulevard was trespassed from the business.
• A subject was reportedly sleeping in the front doors of a business in the 600 block of South Market Boulevard at approximately 8 a.m. on April 11.
• A citizen asked officers to “preemptively” trespass his ex-girlfriend and the girlfriend’s mother from a property in the 10 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue just after 9 a.m. on April 11.
• A man who was possibly conducting a “drug deal” was trespassed from a property in the 10 block of Southwest Chehalis Avenue just before 12:20 p.m. on April 11.
• A subject was trespassed from a property in the 300 block of Southwest Third Street at 10:10 p.m. on April 11.
• A criminal trespass reported in the 1000 block of Northwest Maryland Avenue at approximately 5:20 a.m. on April 12 is under investigation.
Disorderly conduct
• A man was reportedly “jumping in front of trucks” in the 700 block of North National Avenue just before 10:20 a.m. on April 10.
• A disorderly subject was reported in the 900 block of South Market Boulevard at 11:10 a.m. on April 10.
• A disorderly man was reported in the 500 block of North Market Boulevard just after 10:40 a.m. on April 11.
Dispute
• A verbal dispute was reported in the 300 block of Southwest Third Street just after 11 a.m. on April 10.
Suspicious circumstances
• A man was reportedly trying to sell gold rings in a parking lot in the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue just before 1:10 p.m. on April 10.
• Just after 7:45 p.m. on April 10, a Chehalis School District teacher reported a bus driver “slammed on the brakes so hard, kids fell out of the seat” then “cussed at the kids to sit down” in the 1000 block of Southwest 20th Street. The kids reportedly told the teacher the “driver is mean.”
• A man reportedly had a fire going near gas pumps in the 600 block of North National Avenue just after 5:40 a.m. on April 11.
• A man was reportedly knocking on people’s doors in the 200 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue just before 7:20 p.m. on April 11.
Resisting arrest
• A woman reportedly resisted arrest on a warrant in the 300 block of North Market Boulevard just before 1:30 p.m. on April 10.
Theft
• A woman reportedly shoplifted from a business in the 1500 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue at 6 p.m. on April 10.
• An attempted shoplift was reported in the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue just before 5:15 p.m. on April 11.
• A third-degree theft reported in the 700 block of South Market Boulevard at 6:45 p.m. on April 11 is under investigation.
• A third-degree theft reported in the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue just after 9:40 p.m. on April 11 is under investigation.
Vehicle accidents
• At approximately 6:25 p.m. on April 10, a citizen reported someone hit his car in the 300 block of Southwest 11th Street and left the scene, but left a note.
• A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported in the 700 block of North National Avenue just before 5:05 p.m. on April 11.
Hit-and-run
• A hit-and-run was reported in the 300 block of Southwest Third Street just after 8:25 a.m. on April 11.
• A hit-and-run was reported at the intersection of North National Avenue and Northeast Coal Creek Road at 1:05 p.m. on April 11.
• At 1:05 p.m. on April 11, a hit-and-run to a county vehicle that occurred at the intersection of North national Avenue and Northeast Coal Creek Road that morning was reported.
• A possible vehicle hit-and-run was reported in the 100 block of Southwest Sixth Street just after 2:50 p.m. on April 11.
Harassment
• Harassing text messages were reported in the 300 block of Southwest Third Street at 9 p.m. on April 10.
FIRE AND EMS CALLS
• Between Wednesday morning and Friday morning, Lewis County 911 Communications logged approximately 49 illness-related calls, nine injury-related calls, four fire-related calls, four non-emergency service calls, one vehicle accident, two Lifeline medical alerts, one overdose, one suicide-related call, one medical helicopter request, two agency assist requests and three other calls.
JAIL STATISTICS
• As of Friday morning, the Lewis County Jail had a total system population of 160 inmates, including 147 in the general population and 13 in the Work Ethic and Restitution Center (WERC). Of general population inmates, 113 were reported male and 34 were reported female. Of the WERC inmates, 11 were reported male and two were reported female.
• As of Friday morning, the Chehalis Tribal Jail had a total system population of 20 inmates, including seven booked by the Centralia Police Department, seven booked by the state Department of Corrections, one booked by the Lummi Nation, two booked by the Tenino Police Department and three booked by Chehalis Tribal Court.
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Sirens are compiled by assistant editor Emily Fitzgerald, who can be reached at emily@chronline.com. The Centralia Police Department can be reached at 360-330-7680, 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.
