Mar 10, 2008 12:22 pm US/Eastern
Sexual Assault Hearing Postponed For Patrick Aide
BOSTON (WBZ) ―
An arraignment has been postponed for a top official in Governor Deval Patrick's administration who has been charged with sexually assaulting a boy in the steam room of a Florida resort.
Carl Stanley McGee, the assistant secretary for policy and planning, was to be arraigned Monday on a charge of sexual battery on the boy whom police say is between 12 and 16.
But the state attorney's office says prosecutors requested the delay because they are still working with the sheriff's office to finalize charges.
McGee was arrested Dec. 28 after the alleged assault at the Gasparilla Inn and Club in Boca Grande, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office.
McGee, a Rhodes Scholar and Harvard Law School graduate, met the boy, who police said is between 12 and 16 years of age, in a bathroom at the resort a day earlier where they engaged in small talk, according to the police report.
The boy told police he ran into McGee again the next day in the resort's steam room.
McGee sat next to him, removed his towel, rubbed the boy's back and shoulders and performed oral sex on him, according to the police report.
The boy's father contacted police, who spotted McGee at the resort based on a description from the boy.
The Gasparilla Inn & Club is a nearly century-old resort and golf course on the Gulf Coast between Fort Myers and Sarasota where rooms can run more than $400 per night, according to their
Web site.
McGee, 38, was placed on unpaid leave back in January pending the outcome of the case.
He helped draft legislation advancing Patrick's plans to build three resort-style casinos in Massachusetts, fund life science initiatives and bring broadband Internet service to the entire state.
McGee, who made $115,000 as a state employee, worked at Boston law firms before joining the administration.
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