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By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – The final of four suspects in a Centralia heroin-related incident this summer that resulted in a fight inside a car with a box cutter and bear spray was sentenced yesterday to one year and a day in prison.
Kiana J. DeLaRosa, 18, of Chehalis, was convicted by plea of second-degree robbery, but didn’t show up earlier this month for her sentencing hearing.
She and prosecutors had a deal in place in which she would have gotten only six months in jail, given she had no criminal history.
Yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court, she pleaded guilty to bail jumping and the cases were combined for the longer sentence.
Prosecutors alleged a set up of a drug deal; the two victims told police of a request to get some heroin for DeLaRosa who claimed to be “drug sick.” It happened at the 1600 block of North Scheuber Road in Centralia at about 6:45 a.m. on Saturday, July 30.
A purse and a backpack were taken and two of the subjects admitted to finding a small amount of heroin and using it before they were contacted by officers.
DeLaRosa’s attorney Chris Baum told the judge his client made bad choices and compounded her issues by not coming back to court.
DeLaRosa told the judge she wants someone to help her with her drug addiction.
“I just regret my mistake that I made, and I take full responsibility for them,” she said.
Judge Nelson Hunt imposed the agreed upon recommendation of Baum and the prosecutor’s office.
Robert Plasencia, 29, of Napavine, got 22 months when he was sentenced last month for second-degree robbery.
Andrea Parker, 34, and Jon Parker, 32, of Chehalis, pleaded guilty soon after to conspiracy to commit second-degree robbery. He was sentenced to one year and one day in prison. She was given 50 months as her conviction was combined with four other cases from this year.
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For background, read “Bear spray, box cutter and heroin” from Friday August 12, 2016, here
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter