FOLLOWUP: Child-rape charge filed against former Seattle Public Schools employee, subject of notification letter

We first reported last Friday night that a former Seattle Public Schools employee had been arrested and jailed for investigation of child rape. While the accusations involved incidents at a school outside West Seattle, Denny International Middle School parents received a letter because the suspect, 40-year-old Albert Virachismith, had worked at that school at some point, and we found out about the situation when a parent forwarded us that letter. Today, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Virachismith with one count of child rape and one count of child molestation, alleging that he raped a child multiple times while working as an instructional assistant at John Muir Elementary School in southeast Seattle last school year. The suspect remains in jail, bail set at half a million dollars. We asked Seattle Public Schools for additional information about Virachismith’s district employment but they say Seattle Police have asked them not to release anything more while they continue to investigate.

3 Replies to "FOLLOWUP: Child-rape charge filed against former Seattle Public Schools employee, subject of notification letter"

  • Seattlite February 7, 2018 (2:44 pm)

    Please lock up this vile pedophile and throw away the key.

  • random Seattle parent February 8, 2018 (8:24 am)

    Someone made a pretty bad hiring decision:

    Seattle PI article

    (see #127)

    • WSB February 8, 2018 (9:15 am)

      Already discussed in an earlier comment thread. I checked court records the first night we reported on this last week. Cases long since resolved. And they weren’t criminal.

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