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.