SAN BERNARDINO >> The treasurer of the San Bernardino County Libertarian Party has resigned in the wake of felony child molestation charges filed against her, the woman’s attorney said Thursday.

Glynda Sue Perrotte, 42, of Highland was arrested at the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday and booked into Central Detention Center in San Bernardino on suspicion of committing lewd acts on a child and oral copulation with a 15-year-old boy. She posted bond on $150,000 bail and was released from custody at 10:45 p.m. Tuesday, sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Bachman said.

“She has resigned her position with the (San Bernardino County) Libertarian Party, just within the last 24 hours,” Perrotte’s attorney, Michael Scafiddi, said Thursday. “She didn’t want to distract from the Libertarian Party candidates during this election cycle. She looks forward to, after being vindicated, to returning to work.”

The District Attorney’s Office filed the two felony counts against Perrotte on Feb. 25. A warrant was subsequently issued for her arrest, and Perrotte surrendered to authorities on Tuesday.

Perrotte denies the allegations and plans to plead not guilty during her arraignment on May 13 in San Bernardino Superior Court.

“From the first time these allegations arose, my client has cooperated fully with the Sheriff’s Department,” Scafiddi said. “We are conducting our own investigation, and we are asking everyone not to rush to judgment and allow us to litigate this matter through the court process. My client absolutely maintains her innocence.”

Details of the case were not immediately available on Thursday.

Perrotte works as a claims adjuster trainee for the Riverside County Department of Human Resources, county spokesman Ray Smith said.

Jillian Ensley, vice chairwoman of the San Bernardino County Libertarian Party, also came to the defense of her friend and former colleague on Thursday. But she stressed in a Facebook message that she was speaking as a private individual, not on behalf of the Libertarian Party.

“I can tell you that the allegations are false and Glynda is innocent. So (she) will have my backing 100 percent,” Ensley said.