Maria I. Sevilla-Martinez meets with temporary defense attorney Kevin Nelson prior to her bail hearing in Lewis County Superior Court.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – A 17-year-old Centralia girl was arrested yesterday and charged in adult court today for her alleged involvement in an incident at a Centralia motel last week in which a man was robbed of his wallet, money and car after being struck over the head with a pistol.
The victim told police he had arranged via text messages to meet an ex-girlfriend at the motel on the 700 block of Harrison Avenue to have sex, but when he entered the room, he was immediately hit in the head by a male hiding behind the door, according to court documents.
In the room with his ex-girlfriend were two other females and a second male, according to the documents.
Maria I. Sevilla-Martinez, 17, was brought before a judge this afternoon in Lewis County Superior Court charged with first-degree robbery and theft of a motor vehicle.
Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor Paul Masiello asked that she be held on $500,000 bail.
Temporary defense attorney Kevin Nelson asked for lesser bail, noting Sevilla-Martinez lives with her parents in Centralia, has a child and that the state had alleged no affirmative conduct on her part.
Judge Joely O’Rourke imposed $150,000 bail and determined Sevilla-Martinez would be housed at the Lewis County Jail, although separate from the adult population.
Masiello said after the hearing he was not aware of any of the other suspects yet being arrested.
Charging documents state that Centralia police were called on Wednesday to the motel, where they spoke with Jose Ramirez-Ruz, who was bleeding from his head.
Ramirez-Ruz told police he had been assaulted by the two males, both of whom were armed, according to charging documents. He said the males took his wallet and the keys to his vehicle and said if he left the room, people outside would shoot him, the documents relate.
All five of the individuals left, taking his Subaru, then he called police, Lewis County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Brad Meagher wrote in the affidavit regarding probable cause. Centralia police police last week described the stolen vehicle as a black 1995 Suburban.
Police described the suspects as in their late teens to early 20s and the victim as a man in his 30s.
A police detective viewed video surveillance footage and observed it showed Sevilla-Martinez as one of the females leaving the room and contacted her yesterday at her home in Centralia, placing her under arrest.
Given her age and the level of the charge, the state charged her in adult court, as it is an auto-decline circumstance, according to Meagher.
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For background, read “Vehicle, money stolen by armed suspects in Centralia” from Thursday December 7, 2017, here
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
you werent there, you dont know what the sick bastard wanted. Cant automatically assume it was all rehearsed and plannned when not all thr truth was laid out on the table.
The premeditated actions by the assaulting party prove her intentions were robbery not sex. Especially if she initiated verbal contact and it was obviously her idea to get the room. This was a well thought out and rehearsed plan. His intentions were that he agreed to meet her with the idea of sex in mind was not a crime in and of itself and did not happen obviously.
Sounds hes like a Chimo, what about charges for him?