Crime and Injury Report 08.07.13

Arrests & referrals

Cell phone, intoxicants lead to Winlock wreck
A Winlock man was arrested for DUI after rolling a vehicle carrying a teenaged passenger July 29, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

Curtis J. Farrier, 46, had been traveling on Winlock-Vader Rd. near the intersection with Ferrier Rd., south of Winlock, when he allegedly attempted to answer his cell phone and lost control of his vehicle, a 2004 Jeep Wrangler. The vehicle ran into the ditch and rolled onto its top, sustaining minor damage, and no medical transports were required for either Farrier of his 13-year-old passenger.

However, responding deputies found Farrier to be intoxicated and he was booked into the Lewis County Jail for DUI and reckless endangerment.

Ongoing Investigations
Those with information about ongoing investigations are encouraged to call the Sheriff’s Office at (360) 740-1266 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-748-6422.

Vacant home burglarized
A Toledo resident reported Friday her Vader-area residence had been burglarized sometime in recent weeks, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

The 42-year-old female victim reported the property was being foreclosed on and her family had moved to Toledo in June and she had last been at the residence July 26. After returning on Friday, she found the bay doors open to a barn on the property and missing from inside were a wood stove and a tire rack. The estimated loss is $400.