By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – As expected, a judge signed an order today for a competency evaluation on the 21-year-old Morton man accused of accosting a boy in a public restroom this summer.
Steven R. Moulton waits in Lewis County Superior Court with his father behind him.
Steven R. Moulton was arrested by Morton police in June after he allegedly crawled under the closed door of an occupied bathroom stall in Gust Backstrom Park where an 8-year-old boy started screaming drawing the child’s grandfather and then police.
The boy told officers Moulton covered his mouth and hit him twice. Moulton denied striking the child and said he knew someone was in the stall, “but he had to go to the bathroom,” according to charging documents.
Defense attorney David Arcuri told Judge James Lawler last week his client has previously been found not competent due to a developmental disability.
Moulton is free on a signature bond co-signed by his father, Michael R. Moulton.
Arcuri said today he will be be evaluated by specialists from Western State Hospital.
Moulton has not yet been arraigned. Arcuri said his client can’t enter a plea until he’s found competent.
Moulton is charged with burglary; for unlawfully entering or remaining in a building with the intent to commit a crime.
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Read more about the case in “Developmental delays may put alleged attack in Morton park restroom case on hold” from Friday Nov. 26, 2010 here
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter