Lewis County Sirens.com

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

A judge ordered 22-year-old Steven Moulton of Morton to undergo an evaluation at Western State Hospital when Moulton appeared in Cowlitz County Superior Court yesterday, according to KATU television in Portland.

Moulton is charged in Cowlitz County with kidnap, assault and molestation for a July 9 incident in a restroom at at a ballpark in Castle Rock in which he allegedly pushed an 8-year-old boy to the floor, choked him and bit him.

Moulton is in the Cowlitz County Jail. His bail was raised to $500,000, KATU reports.

Moulton also has a pending case in Lewis County from last summer when he was found inside a park bathroom stall with an 8-year-old boy who said Moulton covered his mouth with his hand and punched him twice in the face.

Also, the Washington State Patrol revealed on Friday Moulton was identified as the person who groped and kissed a 9-year-old boy at the Maytown rest area in south Thurston County on June 27.

Charges have not yet been filed in that case.

Moulton has previously been found not competent due to a developmental disability.

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Read:
• “Breaking news: Morton’s Steve Moulton a suspect in a third bathroom assault” from Friday July 15, 2011, here
• “Castle Rock public bathroom attack suspect charged with kidnap, assault, molestation” from Thursday July 14, 2011, here
• ” ‘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

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