KETTLE FALLS, Wash. – A Kettle Falls School District Early Learning Center employee was arrested after he was seen touching a child who attended the center.
According to the Stevens County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO), Nathaniel Ford, 32, was observed “inappropriately touching a child” just after 3 p.m. on Feb. 8. Ford was arrested and booked into the Stevens County Jail on a misdemeanor charge of fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation.
Ford appeared for his preliminary hearing on Jan. 9 and will be held on a $ 5,000 bail.
The SCSO will be investigating with the Kettle Falls Police Department. Anyone with further information can call either Kettle Falls Police at (509)738-6700 or the Sheriff’s Office Dispatch at (509)684-2555.
