EVERETT — A mental health worker is charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old client and remained jailed on $250,000 bail.
Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Robert Grant requested that Lyndon Boyd be prohibited from being around children unsupervised. Boyd allegedly told Lynnwood police detectives that he hoped to keep his job at Compass Health.
Boyd is no longer working for the company, a spokeswoman confirmed Monday.
Prosecutors charged Boyd, 27, late last week with second-degree child molestation. Boyd was arrested earlier this month after the patient’s mother reported that she found her half-dressed son sitting on Boyd’s lap.
The boy was receiving mental health services from Compass Health, and Boyd was tasked with working with the teen’s family to identify his needs. Boyd agreed to wake the boy up to ensure that he made it to school on time.
The teen reportedly told detectives that Boyd made inappropriate comments the first day. The defendant allegedly disrobed in front of the teen at a public pool and asked the patient if he’d seen his penis, Grant wrote in charging papers. A week later the teen woke up to Boyd lying on his bed. The boy told detectives Boyd fondled him and pulled him onto his lap.
Boyd allegedly admitted to detectives his behavior wasn’t appropriate. He denied fondling the boy.
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