CHEHALIS MAN ARRESTED AFTER TEENAGE GIRL’S MOTHER REPORTS SEXUAL CONTACT
• Chehalis police arrested a 44-year-old man yesterday for allegedly having sex with a 13-year-old girl. The incident occurred within the last week and the girl’s mother reported it on Wednesday, according to Chehalis police detective Sgt. Rick McNamara. The sergeant said the two were acquainted from living near each other and that the suspect is a registered sex offender. Raymond L. Criteser, 44, of Chehalis, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree rape of a child, McNamara said.
THREE-VEHICLE REAR-ENDER ON FREEWAY
• Firefighters were called about 10 p.m. last night to a multiple vehicle rear end collision on Interstate 5 in Chehalis. Riverside Fire Authority Capt. Terry Ternan said three vehicles were involved and it happened in the southbound lanes near the off ramp at Chamber of Commerce Way interchange. Ternan described it as fairly minor, although one female was taken by ambulance to the hospital with neck pain.
WEAPONS AND BADGE STOLEN FROM VEHICLE
• A .22 caliber Sig Sauer handgun, a bow and arrow and a badge (not a law officer’s badge) were taken in a vehicle prowl reported in Centralia about 11:20 yesterday morning. Officers are continuing to investigate the theft from the 1100 block of L Street, according to police.
BURGLARY REPORTED IN CENTRALIA
• Centralia police were called about 8:20 p.m. last night about a burglary at the 1000 block of Alder Street in Centralia. Missing were a set of Volcom ski pants and jacket, comic books and baseball cards, according to police. Officers have no suspects or leads, according to a summary of the police report this morning.
INTRUDER INTO ROCHESTER HOME ALMOST CAUGHT
• An observant neighbor seems to have thwarted an attempted burglary in Rochester yesterday, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’ deputies were called about 1:50 p.m. to a house on the 18,600 block of Old Highway 99 Southwest after the neighbor saw a man remove a for sale sign from the front yard of a home and jump over a fence into the backyard, according to sheriff’s Lt. Chris Mealy. An arriving deputy saw a man with a baseball cap enter the home through a side door, then another deputy and his K-9 partner arrived and conducted a search inside, Mealy said. They followed a track but didn’t find anyone, Mealy said. The owner couldn’t determine that anything was stolen, but the for sale sign was found in the laundry room, according to Mealy
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter