Dan Hegarty
Posted by: Webmaster in ME-MV, Math, Middle Schools, Private Schools, Virginia(11/29/008 - Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Dan Hegarty, 39, a seventh and eight-grade math teacher at Browne Academy, a private school in Alexandria, Virginia, has been charged with taking indecent liberties with a child.
On November 10th, around 8:30 pm, an eight-year-old boy who had been swimming at the Spring Hill Recreation Center went to the locker room to change clothes.
Reportedly, while in the locker room changing clothes the boy was approached and subsequently fondled by a naked man. The boy who was not injured and reported the incident to his parents.
Police were contacted and a composite sketch of the man who allegedly molested the boy was prepared and released to news media and in the form of flyers seeking the identify of the alleged child molester.
Reportedly the composite sketch resulted in tips identifying Hegarty.
On November 25th, Hegarty turned himself in at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center.
Although Hegarty is initially charged with only the single alleged incident investigators are concerned there may be other victims and are asking that anyone with information pertaining to other incidents contact them at (703) 691-2131.
Hegarty who has reportedly been placed on administrative leave by the school is also a coach and referee for boys hockey in Montgomery County.
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