By Natalie Johnson / njohnson@chronline.com In separate decisions last year, the state Court of Appeals ruled that because of an error in tabulating their criminal history, Danny and Brenda Wing… Continue reading "Vader Man Convicted in Death of Boy Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Lewis County"
By Natalie Johnson / njohnson@chronline.com The Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office has dropped robbery charges against two suspects accused of threatening teenagers with a gun in November in Chehalis. Brandon Caley,… Continue reading "Chehalis Robbery Charges Dropped After Prosecutors Lose Contact With Witnesses"
By Natalie Johnson / njohnson@chronline.com Foster mom Marion Hazzard told a packed courtroom Friday that her foster son today bears no resemblance to the terrified, shaking, malnourished 16-year-old boy she… Continue reading "Centralia Couple Who Severely Neglected Child, Fled Sentencing Get 7 Years"
A 19-year-old Longview man pleaded guilty Jan. 5 to first-degree rape and first-degree incest in an incident reported in 2016, in which the victim was reportedly his less than 12-year-old… Continue reading "Longview Man Convicted of Raping Preteen Sister in Chehalis"
By The Chronicle The Board of Lewis County Commissioners approved a contract with Joseph Enbody for public defender indigent defense services on Monday. Enbody will represent those charged with crimes… Continue reading "Joseph Enbody Selected as Public Defender for Indigent Defense Services"
By Natalie Johnson / njohnson@chronline.com A man facing charges of possessing heroin with intent to sell, illegally having guns and running from police in December is being held on $75,000… Continue reading "Driver Who Led Chase From Napavine to Centralia and Fled on Foot Cuffed by JNET"
By The Chronicle A Salkum man is facing a felony charge after allegedly causing a crash that injured a second driver Friday while under the influence of alcohol. Rodney D.… Continue reading "Salkum Driver Faces Vehicular Assault Charge After Crash on His Way Home From Bar"
By Natalie Johnson / njohnson@chronline.com The city of Vader signed a settlement last week letting a resident off the hook for hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees regarding alleged… Continue reading "Vader Settles Complaint Over Code Enforcement Fines"
By The Chronicle A woman was charged this week for allegedly extorting her ex-husband through text messages to gain possession of a dog and a riding lawnmower. Tami McGinty, 43,… Continue reading "Woman Accused of Extorting Lewis County Detective Over Dog, Riding Lawnmower"
By Natalie Johnson / njohnson@chronline.com The state Attorney General’s Office asked a Lewis County judge Thursday to dismiss its petition to confine a Lewis County kidnapper and child molester indefinitely… Continue reading "AG’s Office Abandons Attempt to Keep Lewis County Sex Offender in Prison"
By The Chronicle The Washington State Auditor’s Office is expecting to soon finish an investigation into the misappropriation of public funds in Lewis County Fire District 9 in Mineral, said… Continue reading "State Auditor’s Office Still Investigating Mineral Fire Finances"
A Winlock woman arrested last year after being accused of stealing nearly $44,000 from the estate of a woman who had recently died has been sentenced to spend a year… Continue reading "Winlock Woman Sentenced for Theft From Dead Woman’s Estate"
By The Chronicle A Tenino man was charged Wednesday in Lewis County Superior Court after allegedly being found Tuesday night in a Centralia apartment’s crawl space trying to hide under… Continue reading "Tenino Man Found Hiding in Crawl Space Accused of Causing $7,000 in Damage to Building"
By The Chronicle One of four suspects arrested in 2016 after being found tending an illegal marijuana grow in Centralia was scheduled to enter a guilty plea Wednesday, but the… Continue reading "Guilty Plea Rescheduled in Centralia Marijuana Grow Case"
By Jordan Nailon / jnailon@chronline.com CURTIS — A shadow has been lingering over Southbank Dairy for years, and it has nothing to do with the microclimate of the Boistfort Valley.… Continue reading "Curtis Dairy Farmer Accused of Racial Discrimination, Unpaid Wages"
By The Chronicle A Chehalis woman was arrested Tuesday after allegedly hitting a man in the head with a glass pipe, causing a cut to his scalp and a “substantial… Continue reading "Chehalis Woman Accused of Assaulting Man With Glass Pipe"
By Natalie Johnson / njohnson@chronline.com A Thurston County judge ruled against an attorney’s argument Friday that Kiwanis International and local clubs had no actual involvement in Centralia’s Kiwanis Vocational Home,… Continue reading "Judge Rejects Kiwanis Claim That Club Had No Role in Centralia Boys’ Home"
By Natalie Johnson / njohnson@chronline.com A Centralia teen was charged as an adult Wednesday after being arrested for allegedly luring her ex-boyfriend to a hotel where other suspects assaulted him… Continue reading "Centralia Girl, 17, Charged as Adult for Allegedly Luring Ex to Hotel to Be Robbed"
By The Chronicle A woman with multiple pending court cases, including three felonies, was ordered held on $150,000 bail following her most recent arrest for drug possession. Candice Baughman, 31,… Continue reading "Centralia Woman Accused of Driving Around Construction Barriers With Drugs in Car"
By The Chronicle A Centralia man arrested last summer for allegedly involving a minor in drug dealing activity using a school-issued tablet was acquitted last month after a jury trial… Continue reading "Centralia Man Accused of Dealing Drugs to Minors Acquitted on Separate Rape Charge"
By Jordan Nailon / jnailon@chronline.com The scope of a large scale investigation into a network of poachers based out of Southwest Washington continues to widen, and the most recent development… Continue reading "Three New Poaching Suspects, Three Not Guilty Pleas in Lewis County Superior Court"
By Natalie Johnson / njohnson@chronline.com Moments before a Chehalis 18-year-old was sentenced Tuesday morning to 18 months in prison for stabbing her son several times in the chest, Katie Creech… Continue reading "Mother of Victim Decries 18-Month Sentence for Teen Guilty of Stabbing in Chehalis"
By The Chronicle A Kelso man arrested last month after a police chase that ended with the stolen vehicle he was driving catching fire on the shoulder of Interstate 5… Continue reading "Man Pleads Guilty After Fleeing From Police in Stolen Car, Damaging Patrol Vehicle"
By Natalie Johnson / njohnson@chronline.com A Toledo man charged in October for assaulting and threatening to kill his landlords after a dispute over a broken toilet pleaded guilty and was… Continue reading "Toledo Man Gets Four-Month Sentence After Threat With Ax Over Broken Toilet"
By Natalie Johnson / njohnson@chronline.com Three men were arrested by detectives from Lewis County’s Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team in Centralia and Chehalis Wednesday on suspicion of possessing and intending to… Continue reading "Three Accused Heroin Dealers Charged After Separate Lewis County JNET Arrests"