A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official charged with two counts of child molestation and bestiality for sexual acts involving a 6-year-old boy is back at work, her attorney told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Wednesday.
Kimberly Quinlan Lindsey's preliminary hearing, scheduled for Thursday, was reset for a future date, said Bob Rubin, one of Lindsey's attorneys.
It's unknown if Lindsey's live-in boyfriend, Thomas Westerman, a resource management specialist with the CDC also charged with two counts of child molestation, has resumed his duties with the agency.
Calls to Westerman's attorney, Reid Thompson, and to a CDC spokesman seeking comment were not returned. The agency typically does not discuss personnel matters.
The alleged incidents took place between Jan. 1, 2010, and Aug. 22 at Lindsey's Decatur residence.
A medical professional alerted police about the child molestation allegation on Aug. 24, according to DeKalb police.
"During the investigation, evidence was recovered that led to the bestiality charge," a DeKalb police spokeswoman told the AJC in October.
Lindsey, 44, is the deputy director for the Laboratory Science Policy and Practice Program Office at the CDC, according to a biography on the agency's website.
Prior to her current role, Lindsey was the senior health scientist in the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response. That office oversees the allocation process for $1.5 billion in terrorism preparedness.
Lindsey earned her doctorate in immunology and molecular pathogenesis from Emory University in 1998, a year before she began work at the CDC.
Westerman, 42, was a watch officer at the CDC before landing his current job in August, according to his LinkedIn page.
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