1. Press Release: Third Arrest Made in Death of Randle Teenager

    Click Here For Full Press Release PRESS RELEASE Date/Time: 07-11-18 @ 1100 Hours Contact: Chief Dusty Breen Phone: (360) 740-1327 Release #: 3 Third Arrest Made in Death of Randle Teenager Yesterday evening Detectives arrested 43 year old Kindra Rose Adamson of Randle for Rendering Criminal Assistance in the 1st Degree. Kindra Adamson is the mother of the two previously arrested suspects. Her arrest is based on her actions and knowledge of the crime after the homicide, but prior to the arrest of the two suspects. The arrest occurred in Yakima County, with the assistance of the Yakima County Sheriff’s …


    Sheriff - July 11, 2018, 12:10 p.m.

  2. Detectives Seek Information on Missing Person - Kayla Mae Croft-Payne

    Detectives from the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office continue to investigate the disappearance of 18 year old Kayla Mae Croft-Payne. Kayla was reported missing to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office on May 5, 2010. Kayla was residing in Lewis County, but her last known location was in the Cowlitz County area. Kayla is also known to frequent Grays Harbor and Pierce County. Kayla is described as a white female, 5’06”, 105 pounds, blue eyes and brown hair. Kayla was reported by a friend who had not seen or heard from her for several days. Croft appeared to be a frequent user …


    Sheriff - Dec. 14, 2010, 3:07 p.m.

  3. Remains Identified

    The human remains found near Mineral on Saturday, March 26, 2011, have been positively identified as Michael Lloyd Riemer. Riemer was originally reported as a missing person in December of 1985 to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department. Riemer was missing along with his significant other, Diana Robertson, also from Pierce County. Their two year old daughter was found wandering alone at a Spanaway K-Mart on the same day Riemer and Robertson went missing. Riemer was 36 years old at the time of his disappearance. Robertson was 21 at the time of her disappearance. Robertson’s remains were found February of 1986 …


    Sheriff - April 12, 2011, 9 a.m.

  4. Press Release: Fourth Arrest Made in Death of Randle Teenager

    Click here for full Press Release: PRESS RELEASE Date/Time: 07-12-18 @ 0945 Hours Contact: Chief Dusty Breen Phone: (360) 740-1327 Release #: 4 Fourth Arrest Made in Death of Randle Teenager Yesterday evening Emma L. Brown, a 20 year old female of Glenoma, was arrested after turning herself in at the Lewis County Jail on an outstanding arrest warrant. Earlier in the day an arrest warrant had been issued for Rendering Criminal Assistance in the 1st Degree with a $1,000,000 bail. Emma Brown is the fiancée to Jonathon Adamson and her arrest is based on her actions and knowledge of …


    Sheriff - July 12, 2018, 10:01 a.m.

  5. Press Release - 87 year old missing Chehalis man located deceased.

    Click here for full press release. PRESS RELEASE Date/Time: 05-06-17 @ 2020 Hours Contact: Chief Dusty Breen Phone: (360) 740-1327 Release #: 2 87 year old missing Chehalis man located deceased. Search and Rescue personnel located the 87 year old missing Chehalis man deceased this afternoon while searching a wooded area near his home. At about 5:35 pm Warren Neal was located just over a mile northwest of his residence. This location was among a trail he would frequent on his walks. Mr. Neal was originally reported missing to the Sheriff’s Office in the early morning hours of May 5th, …


    Sheriff - May 6, 2017, 8:40 p.m.

  6. Press Release: Lewis County Detectives Recover Body

    Click Here for Full Release: PRESS RELEASE Date/Time: 06-28-18 @ 2225 Contact: Chief Deputy Bruce F. Kimsey Phone: 360-748-9286 Release #: 1 Lewis County Detectives Recover Body On June 27, at approximately 7:45 a.m. a 16 year old boy was reported as a runaway or possible missing person to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) by the boy’s family. It was reported that the 16 year old lived with his father in Randle and was last seen on June 23, 2018. Prior to reporting him missing to law enforcement, family and friends attempted to locate the juvenile, but were unsuccessful. …


    Sheriff - June 28, 2018, 11:06 p.m.

  7. Press Release: Search at Mineral Lake for missing boater continues.

    Click here for full Press Release PRESS RELEASE Date/Time: 07-07-17 @ 1600 Hours Contact: Chief Dusty Breen Phone: (360) 740-1327 Release #: 1 Search at Mineral Lake for missing boater continues. Members of the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team, as well as Lewis County Sheriff’s Office Boating Unit personnel, continue to search Mineral Lake for a missing boater. On 07/05/17, at about 4 pm, deputies were dispatched to a report of a female in a boat along the shoreline of Mineral Lake. The 49 year old female of Mineral, stated her significant other, Gerald L Harris 54 of Mineral, …


    Sheriff - July 7, 2017, 4:09 p.m.

  8. Records Requests

    The Records Division of the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office is open to serve the public Monday through Friday, (except Holidays), 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. We are located in the Law and Justice Center at 345 W. Main Street, Chehalis, Washington.The records staff independently coordinates and performs a broad range of technical support services to the Operations, Corrections and Services Bureaus. Support technicians are responsible for computer entry, processing, storage, retrieval and dissemination of various reports, records and information within the Sheriff’s Office, along with assisting the public at the counter and on the phone. The staff includes six support …


    Sheriff - March 31, 2016, 1:23 p.m.

  9. Press Release: Missing Chehalis Girl Located

    Click Here for Original Release: PRESS RELEASE Date/Time: 10-12-18 @ 1030 Hours Contact: Chief Dusty Breen Phone: (360) 740-1327 Release #: 1 Missing Chehalis Girl Located A missing Chehalis girl was located last night in Northern California. Haily Cheney, 15 of Chehalis, was located by Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office deputies shortly before midnight. Lewis County Sheriff’s Office detectives had uncovered information Cheney may have been with a former significant other, Zachary Jordan Drazner, 19 last known to be of Oregon. Information was relayed about their possible location to Siskiyou County, leading to them being located. In speaking to Cheney it …


    Sheriff - Oct. 12, 2018, 10:39 a.m.

  10. Press Release: Coffee with Sheriff Snaza and Prosecutor Meyer

    For full press release click here: PRESS RELEASE Sheriff Robert R. Snaza Prosecuting Attorney Jonathan L. Meyer PRESS RELEASE Date/Time: 04-17-18 @ 1200 Hours Contact: Chief Dusty Breen Phone: (360) 740-1327 Release #: 1 Coffee with Sheriff Snaza and Prosecutor Meyer Sheriff Rob Snaza and Prosecutor Jonathan Meyer are inviting the public to come have coffee with them at several events throughout the county over the next month. The two hope to engage the public with any thoughts and questions they may have, as well as providing a venue for the citizens of Lewis County to better know their elected …


    Sheriff - April 17, 2018, 11:53 a.m.