These 5 stories were last week’s most read

It was a week of grim news.

1. Student hospitalized after fall from second floor of Lacey middle school: A student at Salish Middle School in Lacey was hospitalized Wednesday after falling from the second floor into the commons area.

2. Lacey shooting involved a robbery and drugs, detectives say: Lacey police arrested two people, and a third suspect is hospitalized, following a Saturday morning shooting and robbery. Investigators believe the incident was drug related.

3. A 3-year-old was left in a corn maze. His family called police the next day: But that’s what happened at the Crazy Corn Maze in West Jordan, Utah, according to West Jordan police Sgt. Joe Monson. The three-year old boy was found wandering on his own Monday night and taken to a police officer who was working security.

4. Chehalis teen accused of using hundreds of explicit images to extort classmates: A 16-year-old Chehalis boy is being accused of extorting victims — including classmates at W.F. West High School — with nude and sexually explicit pictures after a lengthy investigation by the FBI and local police agencies.

5. She was sexually assaulted 3 times in 1 hour on walk home, police say: A 17-year-old girl was sexually assaulted three times in an hour by at least three different men, police say, in an incident they describe as “horrific” and “hideous.”

This story was originally published October 16, 2017 at 7:00 AM with the headline "These 5 stories were last week’s most read."