An arrest has been made for an alleged rape that occurred four years ago in Pullman. Detectives from Pullman traveled to Kent, Washington to arrest Bert Mageo, 24, in connection with an alleged 2004 rape of a then 26-year old woman.

The woman reported she was asleep in her bed when an unknown man entered her apartment on the 1400 block of N.E. Wheatland Drive in Pullman and proceeded to rape her. The suspect left behind fingerprints, which at the time were checked against the electronic fingerprint database with no matches.

In February a confirmed match was made by the state crime lab to Mageo, who was convicted on harassment and assault charges in King County. After detectives contacted the victim in Philadelphia, where she now lives, they were able to obtain a no-bail arrest warrant late last week in Whitman County Superior Court.

Mageo was transported to Whitman County Tuesday and was booked on the charge of first-degree rape in the case. He is scheduled to appear in court sometime Wednesday.