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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT Theft • A juvenile was referred to a local prosecutor’s office for allegedly stealing a bicycle from the 2900 block of Mt. Vista Road just before 10 a.m.
on Oct. 17. Criminal trespass • A 25-year-old Centralia man was arrested for trespassing in the 900 block of Harrison Avenue just after 6:30 a.
m. on Oct. 18.
Vehicle accident • A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported at the intersection of Reynolds and View avenues at 7:50 a.m. on Oct.
18. CHEHALIS POLICE DEPARTMENT Criminal trespass • A man was trespassed from a business in the 500 block of Northwest Front Street just after 8:30 a.m.
on Oct. 16. • A man found sleeping at the back entrance of a business in the 300 block of South Market Boulevard at 8:50 a.
m. on Oct. 16 was trespassed from the business.
• Homeless people were reportedly camping at a construction site in the 900 block of Southwest 21st Street at approximately 1:10 p.m. on Oct.
16. • Homeless people were moved along from the 100 block of Northwest Prindle Street at approximately 6:25 p.m.
on Oct. 16. Disorderly conduct • A customer was reportedly yelling at a business in the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue at approximately 6:05 p.
m. on Oct. 16.
Fraud • Just after 9:45 a.m. on Oct.
16, a business in the 300 block of Northwest Pacific Avenue reported receiving a counterfeit bill the week prior. Vehicle accident • A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported in the 10 block of Southwest Chehalis Avenue at 11:20 a.m.
on Oct. 16. Dispute • A verbal dispute was reported in the 600 block of North National Avenue at approximately 12:40 p.
m. on Oct. 16.
Death • A death reported in the 1900 block of Southwest Snively Avenue just after 2:15 p.m. on Oct.
16 is under investigation. Suspicious circumstances • A citizen reported hearing two possible gunshots at a neighboring residence in the 400 block of Southwest 19th Street just after 9:15 p.m.
on Oct. 16. The neighbor “denied any shots being fired and kicked police off his property .
.. but thank(ed) us for our service and gave me two thumbs up as I drove off,” a Chehalis Police Department officer reported.
LEWIS COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT This is a non-comprehensive list of notable developments with Lewis County Superior Court cases The Chronicle has previously reported on. The public can access Superior Court records via the Odyssey portal at the Lewis County Clerk’s Office in Chehalis during business hours. To find previous news coverage about the following cases, search the names of the defendants at chronline.
com. Sentencing Lane Walton, 24, of Aberdeen, pleaded guilty Sept. 25 to two counts of first-degree rape of a child and one count of first-degree child molestation.
He was sentenced 180 months to life for each of the two rape charges and 130 months on the molestation charge, to run concurrently. Lifetime protection orders in favor of the victims are in place. If released, Walton is required to remain on probation for the rest of his life.
FIRE AND EMS CALLS • Between Wednesday morning and Friday morning, Lewis County 911 Communications logged approximately 45 illness-related calls, eight injury-related calls, four fire-related calls, two Lifeline medical alerts, six non-emergency service calls, two vehicle accidents, one overdose, one missing person report, one ambulance request, one medical helicopter request, one 911-hangup call and two other calls. JAIL STATISTICS • As of Friday morning, the Lewis County Jail had a total system population of 140 inmates, including 127 in the general population and 13 in the Work Ethic and Restitution Center (WERC). Of general population inmates, 102 were reported male and 25 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 13 inmates, including four booked by the Centralia Police Department, four booked by the state Department of Corrections, one booked by the City of Elma, one booked by Chehalis Tribal Law Enforcement and three booked by the Lummi Nation. ••• 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.
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