SEATTLE (AP) - A Seattle man who worked as a teaching assistant at an elementary school has been charged with child rape and molestation.
The Seattle Times reports that 40-year-old Albert C. Virachismith is accused of raping a 9-year-old boy inside a John Muir Elementary School bathroom multiple times during the 2016-17 academic year.
Charging papers filed on Tuesday say Virachismith is accused of assaulting the then-second-grader five to six times. The student told his father about the alleged abuse.
Virachismith is being held at the King County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bond.
Kim Schmanke, a spokeswoman for Seattle Public Schools, says the school district immediately barred Virachismith when the allegations surfaced.
It wasn’t immediately clear if he had an attorney.
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Information from: The Seattle Times, http://www.seattletimes.com
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