LAB RAT KIMBERLY LINDSEY HAD SEX WITH BOY, 6: COPS

A TOP scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta faces child molestation and bestiality charges involving a boy, 6, cops say. Dr. Kimberly Lindsey is the deputy director of the CDC's lab science program. The 44-year-old brainiac was busted Sunday with her boyfriend Thomas Westerman. She's being held on a $25,000 bond. Westerman was released on bond.

Now, according to cops a medical professional ratted the depraved duo out. The couple allegedly molested the boy in January of last year and then again in

August inside the couple's home on Springbrook Drive near Decatur, including him in their sex play. Investigators said Westerman allowed the boy to spank Lindsey's bare buttocks and then let him use an electric sex toy on her. Detectives said Lindsey also performed lewd acts on two pets.

Co-worker Ralph MacArthur said: "I find it real shocking, 'cause, yeah, you never know who you're dealing with or where they're moving. That's a good thing to know right there."

Lindsey's work with the CDC involves oversight of the agency's $1.5 billion fiscal allocation process for terrorism preparedness and emergency response, according to the CDC's website.

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