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News brief: Male victimized during motel room tryst

Updated at 1:24 p.m.

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

Police arrested three women yesterday after an individual who thought he was getting sex in exchange for money found roughly $1,100 was taken from his wallet at a Centralia motel.

Officers called about 6:40 a.m. yesterday to the 1000 block of Eckerson Road concluded three females conspired to the theft, according to the Centralia Police Department.

Police say one or two of the females agreed to sleep with the victim  for money, and perhaps also his friend, and while the man was distracted a third female stole the money; then the women fled the motel.

Police Sgt. Stacy Denham said there was a language barrier, as well as the participants giving somewhat different versions of what specifically transpired. The victim is a local man in his in his 30s, who speaks Spanish, according to Denham.

When the suspects were subsequently located and arrested, almost all the cash was recovered, police report.

Arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree theft were Lucinda J. Fields, 43, and Jamie R. Wilson, 33, both of Centralia, according to police. Yolanda Ramirez, 26, also from Centralia, was arrested and released, Denham said.