By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Twenty-two-year-old Steven R. Moulton of Morton has been implicated in yet another public restroom incident involving a young boy.
The Washington State Patrol said tonight Moulton was identified as the person who groped and kissed a 9-year-old boy at the Maytown rest area on June 27.
Steven R. Moulton, Lewis County Superior Court in December 2010
“It’s still under investigation and charges are pending,” Trooper Ma Kayla Morgan said tonight.
Moulton is in custody in the Cowlitz County Jail following his arrest last Saturday at a ball park in Castle Rock where he allegedly attacked an 8-year-old boy in a bathroom there.
He also has a case pending in Lewis County from last summer when he was found inside a bathroom stall with a boy who said Moulton covered his mouth with his hand and punched him twice in the face.
Trooper Morgan said detectives with the state patrol forwarded their case today to the Thurston County Prosecutor’s Office for a potential charge of fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation for the June 27 incident.
Morgan said the child and his family were en route to a vacation spot down south when they stopped to use the restroom at the Maytown rest area in south Thurston County.
The boy said he was washing his hands when someone came out of a stall behind him, put one hand over his mouth and “groped or fondled his butt area” with the other hand, Morgan said.
“Then he decided to kiss the boy on the lips, smile and run out of the restroom,” Morgan said.
The child came running out to his aunt, who took down the license plate of a red pickup truck, according to Morgan.
It matches the same truck which was at the Castle Rock ball park, and belongs to Moulton’s father, she said.
Trooper Morgan said the boy picked Moulton out of a photo lineup.
Moulton has previously been found not competent by a court due to a developmental disability.
Moulton is being held in Cowlitz County on $250,000 bail.
He was charged in Cowlitz County on Wednesday with kidnap, assault and molestation for last Saturday’s incident in which he allegedly pushed a boy to the floor, choked him and bit him .
A family friend who had taken Moulton to the North County Youth Recreation Complex in Castle Rock discovered Moulton and the 8-year-old boy together in a locked bathroom stall.
He was charged last year in Lewis County.
In that case, prosecutors said at the time there was no evidence of molestation, so they charged him with with burglary; for unlawfully entering or remaining in a building with the intent to commit a crime.
That happened at Gust Backstrom Park in Morton and involved an 8-year-old boy.
Moulton has been free on a $25,000 signature bond in the Lewis County case.
He has not been arraigned on that yet, as as attorneys are waiting for a competency evaluation from Western State Hospital which has still not been conducted.
Moulton is the son of former Morton School District teacher Michael Moulton whose teaching certificate was suspended last fall in connection with his arrest for allegedly assaulting students by touching them.
Steven Moulton has an arraignment in Cowlitz County on Tuesday.
He is scheduled to go back in front of a Lewis County judge on Thursday to review the status of the evaluation from Western State.
Lewis County Prosecutor Jonathan Meyer has said he may ask for a change in his bail conditions.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Aren’t they letting out a bunch of kid-touchers to the general public because of funding? Seems it would be cheaper to chop ’em off. No, you can’t cure their sickness, but it would be a constant reminder of their actions.
I guess that I didn’t follow that teacher too well… last I heard he got a slap on the wrist for getting caught. Sad that his son is getting his wrist slapped too (should have parts cut off too).
Interesting that Dad touches girls while son touches boys. Betcha there is more in the family.
this really sickens me i know the family and love them and know it is not up to me to judge but the good lord knows that its hard being a mother to read this and know the family….all i have to say is GOD HELP HIM….because the justice system has FAILED yet again to prevent this from happening yet AGAIN.
I naturally dont want the father or son to exist any longer
Sounds like someone needs to deal with the dad and the son. Get these dirtbags out of circulation before they ruin any more lives. I have no tolerance for these kind of people, none. If a dog bites, they deal with him accordingly. If some creep feels up little kids they give them a slap on the wrist, or determine them insane. I say the punishment should fit the crime, and in these cases they have not.
I agree, Teresa… but it still begs one to ask why people who do things like this are given chance after chance after chance, when they have already proven to everyone that they do not belong to be among human society…
Hmmm… “Moulton is the son of former Morton School District teacher Michael Moulton whose teaching certificate was suspended last fall in connection with his arrest for allegedly assaulting students by touching them.” >>>> sounds like a cycle of abuse. Poor kids.