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News brief: Suspected thief summons law enforcement with pocket dial

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – Police say they arrested a burglar they found inside a Centralia home after she accidentally alerted authorities with a pocket dial.

The woman had placed the resident’s cordless phone into her pocket, and inadvertently dialed 911, according to the Centralia Police Department.

Officers responded to the 9:57 a.m. 911 hangup call from the 500 block of South King Street and found Ann M. Velazquez in the midst of committing a burglary, according to police.

The 36-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for second-degree burglary and booked into the Lewis County Jail.

She was also booked for possession of meth, according to police.