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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Former School Employee Accused Of "Doctoring" Phony Physicals And Inappropriately Touching Teen Athletes


BURIEN - You can't be a student athlete without getting a physical, and you can't be the guy giving the physical if you're not a licensed doctor. Trouble is that's exactly what a former Highline School District Employee was doing. Now, he's lost his job and he could end up facing charges for taking some of those exams way too far.

The District says it fired Jayson Boehm when it learned about the bogus physicals. Then, came the allegations he'd been routinely asking boys to take off their clothes so he could touch their genitals. Now, parents are left to wonder how did this guy get access to their kids.

36 year old Jayson Boehm was a substitute stadium manager at Highline Memorial Field and also did first aid as a licensed EMT. Catherine Carbone Rogers with the Highline School District says it discovered he was doing much more. "There was a student who turned in a medical excuse and it was signed by Jayson Boehm. A nurse didn't think he had the credentials to sign off on a medical note," said Carbone Rogers.

The Washington State Department of Health got involved and discovered Boehm was illegally practicing medicine and doctoring athlete's paperwork. Department spokesperson Gordon MacCracken says investigators determined Boehm had fondled more than two dozen teenage boys.

"That's the other part of it that has nothing to do with sexual misconduct is the physical exams should only be conducted by someone that's qualified to do that," said MacCracken.

Parent Tonya Jackson was shocked to learn about the alleged abuse.

"The District needs to pay more close attention to the people they're letting manage our kids out here, that's not safe," said Jackson.

Administrators aren't saying too much due to the investigation, but Catherine Carbone Rogers says the District is trying to figure out who dropped the ball. They have put two District Athletic Directors on paid leave while they investigate.

"We don't know whether the coaches knew he was clearing the players, or thought that the signature on the form was valid that's part of the investigation,"

Q13 Fox News tried speaking with Boehm today but no one answered when we went to his home. The State has pulled his EMT, massage therapist, nursing assistant, and counselor licenses. But, that's the least of his problems. The King County Sheriff's Office is looking at whether to charge him with indecent liberties, child abuse, and assault.

Tonya Jackson says somebody needs to be held accountable for allegedly harming the kids.

"It's obscene, I think it's absurd there's no reason anyone should do that," said Jackson.

The Highline School District says it's asked the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association to do a full audit of its athletic programs. The District also contacted all of the parents of the kids Boehm examined and will pay for new physicals for them.

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