WSU Police Arrest Student in Residence Halls Incidents

PULLMAN, Wash.–Ronald J. Thomas Jr., 30, a student living in Streit Hall, has been arrested by Washington State University police on charges of indecent liberties and burglary.
Thomas was taken into custody Wednesday, Sept. 24, on a felony warrant issued by Judge Wallis Friel and booked into the Whitman County Jail.
WSU Police Captain Michael Kenny said the arrest is the result of an investigation into two incidents in which Thomas was found in female students’ rooms. The first incident occurred in May in Stephenson Hall and the second happened two weeks ago in Streit Hall.
Kenny said police are continuing investigations into similar incidents in campus residence halls.

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