A Level 1 sex offender recently registered as transient in Thurston County, the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office announced this week.
Rye E. Meyer, 47, is required to register as a sex offender due to a 2002 conviction in Thurston County Superior Court of one count of first-degree child molestation, for which he was sentenced to 78 months in prison.
Meyer was accused, at age 31, of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl.
Meyer is described as a white male standing 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighing 180 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. For more information on registered sex offenders in Thurston County, go to www.co.thurston.wa.us/sheriff/ or call 360-754-2894.