A man convicted for kidnapping and beating up a 17-year-old in Centralia in October 2020 was arrested Wednesday for allegedly failing to register with the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office when he moved from Centralia to Winlock.
Bryan J. Tracy, 24, pled guilty to second-degree kidnapping and second-degree robbery on March 24, 2021, and was sentenced to 13 months in prison, according to Lewis County Superior Court documents.
Additionally, state law required him to register as an offender due to his conviction on a kidnapping offense involving a minor.
Kidnapping offenders utilize the same registration system as sex offenders.
Tracy had been charged alongside three co-defendants on Oct. 13, 2020, for putting a bag over a 17-year-old boy’s head, throwing him into the back of a car and driving him to Seminary Hill, where the four subjects beat him up with a pistol and stole his jewelry on Oct. 11, 2020, according to previous Chronicle reporting.
After he was beaten, the victim was returned to his residence so that he could get money for the people who took him. The victim’s mother then called the police, according to previous Chronicle reporting.
Tracy was released from custody in early August 2021 and registered at the Peppertree West Motor Inn and RV Park on Alder Street in Centralia on Aug. 9, 2021, according to court documents. His last noted registration was in April 2023.
When a Lewis County Sheriff’s Office detective arrived at the Peppertree on Aug. 1, 2024, to do a registration check, he was advised that “the RV park had been purchased by a new owner and they were planning to evict a large number of people staying at the park,” according to court documents.
Former owner RSKK, Inc. sold the Peppertree West Motor Inn and RV Park to Centralia Top Holdings LLC for just over $2.5 million in June 2024, according to previous Chronicle reporting.
Tracy’s name was not on the eviction list, the detective confirmed, though he was unable to contact Tracy on Aug. 1.
The sheriff’s office has since confirmed that Tracy changed his address with the Washington state Department of Licensing in January 2024 to an address in Winlock, but had not informed the sheriff’s office of the move.
The sheriff’s office confirmed with one of Tracy’s relatives that he was living at the Winlock address and later spoke with Tracy at the sheriff’s office.
When questioned, Tracy allegedly “acknowledged that he had moved from the Alder Street address without registering with the sheriff’s office,” saying “he thought when he changed his address with DOL, that would be sufficient for registration purposes.”
State law requires offenders who move within the state to provide signed written notice, either by mail or in person, to their local sheriff’s office within three business days of moving.
Tracy was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28, according to jail records.
He has since been charged in Lewis County Superior Court with one count of failure to register, which is a class C felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
Bail is set at $10,000.
Arraignment is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 5.
