{"id":3603,"date":"2010-12-02T17:35:44","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T01:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=3603"},"modified":"2010-12-02T17:35:44","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T01:35:44","slug":"news-brief-developmental-disability-issue-to-be-examined-in-alleged-park-restroom-attack-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=3603","title":{"rendered":"News brief: Developmental disability issue to be examined in alleged park restroom attack case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker<br \/>\nLewis County Sirens news reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CHEHALIS &#8211; 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.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3597\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/010.1202.steve_.moulton_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3597\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3597\" title=\"steve moulton\" src=\"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/010.1202.steve_.moulton_2.jpg\" alt=\"2010.1202.steve.moulton_2\" width=\"200\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven R. Moulton waits in Lewis County Superior Court with his father behind him.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>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&#8217;s grandfather and then police.<\/p>\n<p>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, &#8220;but he had to go to the bathroom,&#8221; according to charging documents.<\/p>\n<p>Defense attorney David Arcuri told Judge James Lawler last week his client has previously been found not competent due to a developmental disability.<\/p>\n<p>Moulton is free on a signature bond co-signed by his father, Michael R. Moulton.<\/p>\n<p>Arcuri said today he will be be evaluated by specialists from Western State Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Moulton has not yet been arraigned. Arcuri said his client can&#8217;t enter a plea until he&#8217;s found competent.<\/p>\n<p>Moulton is charged with burglary; for unlawfully entering or remaining in a building with the intent to commit a crime.<br \/>\n\u2022\u2022\u2022<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the case in &#8220;Developmental delays may put alleged attack in Morton park restroom case on hold&#8221; from Friday Nov. 26, 2010 <a title=\"&quot;Developmental delays may put alleged attack in Morton park restroom case on hold&quot; from Friday Nov. 26, 2010\" href=\"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=3475\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker Lewis County Sirens news reporter CHEHALIS &#8211; 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 was arrested by Morton police in June after he allegedly crawled under the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9,10],"class_list":["post-3603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs","tag-by-sharyn-l-decker","tag-news-reporter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3603"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3609,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3603\/revisions\/3609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}