WHATCOM COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT GUARD ARRESTED IN CHILD SEX STING! A former Whatcom County corrections officer has been charged with two felonies and a misdemeanor after being snared in a Skagit County investigation into adults seeking minors on the Internet for sexual exploitation. Kyle O’Connor, 28, of Mount Vernon faces Skagit County charges of commercial sexual abuse of a minor, communication with a minor for immoral purposes, and third-degree attempted rape of a child.
O’Connor was in training to become a corrections officer for the Whatcom County Jail when he was arrested on Sept. 16. He was fired Sept. 17, said Wendy Jones, chief of the jail.