A Centralia man already in custody after being arrested on a third-degree theft charge from Centralia Municipal Court on Friday, Nov. 8, has now also been charged with second-degree malicious mischief after he allegedly damaged a HomeWAV monitor inside of a holding cell at the Lewis County Jail. Still in custody, Michael Andrew Kellogg, 53, appeared virtually via Webex at a Lewis County Superior Court preliminary hearing on Tuesday, Nov.
12. Kellogg was in the jail’s holding cell on Saturday, Nov. 9, when a Lewis County Sheriff’s Office deputy was dispatched to the jail to investigate a malicious mischief complaint from jail staff.
When the deputy arrived at the jail on Nov. 9, he spoke with a jail corrections sergeant who said Kellogg had damaged the HomeWAV monitor in the cell and that the incident had been captured on jail surveillance video. HomeWAV is a company that specializes in facilitating safe and secure inmate communications and document processing and is used in corrections facilities in more than 30 states, according to its website.
The deputy reviewed the surveillance footage and observed Kellogg in the holding cell when he allegedly struck the monitor causing the screen to crack in a “spider fashion,” according to court documents. Based on his knowledge of the HomeWAV system, the deputy estimated the repair cost for the monitor would be approximately $1,000. It would also mean one less monitor was available for other inmates and jail staff to use until .