FCPS teacher held without bond after allegedly groping student

The Brief

  • A Langley High School math teacher, Matthew Thorsen, is being held without bond after being charged in connection with an alleged inappropriate relationship with a student.
  • Investigators say messages recovered from the student’s phone showed communications proposing further inappropriate conduct.
  • The case comes amid heightened scrutiny of Fairfax County Public Schools following several recent employee-related criminal investigations.

WASHINGTON A Langley High School math teacher is being held without bond after Fairfax County police say he engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a student, according to newly released court documents.

The arrest comes just one week after an independent report cleared Fairfax County Public Schools of wrongdoing in a separate sexual misconduct case.

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