‘terrorism preparedness’ CDC Official Accused of Child Molestation, Bestiality Returns to Work

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.

“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.More at Source

Here is what ‘terrorism preparedness’ at the CDC is.