child molestation

A 64-year-old Grandview Middle School Teacher is facing charges of child molestation

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state woman is now facing state charges, as well as federal, in what authorities describe as a child pornography conspiracy revealed by an alert airplane passenger. Investigators say Gail Lynn Burnworth, of Tacoma, was writing sexually explicit text messages with Michael Kellar as he was on a flight from Seattle to San Jose, California, July 31...

BELLINGHAM  (AP) — A 72-year-old man has been charged with sex crimes against two girls over the past decade and the sexual assault of a tenant in 2016. The Bellingham Herald reports Glen Winchester was charged this week with rape of a child, attempted rape of a child, child molestation and assault with sexual motivation...

MARYSVILLE, Wash. (AP) — The state of Washington has agreed to pay $1.87 million to four children who were sexually assaulted at a day care center. The Seattle Times reports the state agreed to the payment to settle a lawsuit brought on behalf of the children for abuse at Moore's All Hours Daycare in Marysville...

DAYTON (AP) — A Washington state corrections officer is accused of child rape and child molestation in Columbia County. The Union Bulletin reports that 33-year-old Benjamin G. Smith, of Dayton, was arrested at his home Monday. Smith was charged in Columbia County Superior Court with third-degree rape of a child, as well as second- and third-degree child molestation...

SEATTLE (AP) — An Auburn man has been charged on allegations that he engaged in sexual conduct with two 4-year-old girls at a Renton day care center where he worked. The 21-year-old suspect was charged Tuesday with child molestation and communicating with a minor for immoral purposes...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a man in jail on child molestation charges tried to arrange for another inmate to kill his alleged victim. Mount Vernon police said in a news release Wednesday a 50-year-old man from Sedro-Woolley was charged Tuesday with criminally attempting to commit murder...

A former Othello school teacher accused of child molestation pleaded not guilty in court Monday.

A State Senator did not call authorities after his wife had reportedly discovered his teenage son sexually abusing a younger child. The Seattle Times reports Brian Hatfield’s son pleaded guilty in Lewis County juvenile court this week to a series of charges related to child molestation and rape...