Monday, June 14, 2010

Charges filed in playground sex assault


Police have yet to explain the connection between a 5-year-old male victim and a man now charged with forcible sodomy, and with taking incident liberties with a minor on Tuesday at Featherstone Elementary School in Woodbridge.

A witness to the assault shot a video of the incident, which took place on the school's playground, showing the accused forcing the victim’s hand into his pants, according to News & Messenger. The video, filmed by an onlooker while another witness called police about 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, shows the man kissing the child, the newspaper reported. Police have not said if the child is a student at the school.

The school's principal sent a notice home to parents about the incident, though it didn't occur during the school day, Prince William schools spokesman Ken Blackstone told the newspaper.

Police say 19-year-old Frank Devon Harris, of Bowie, Md., is charged in the crime. He was held without bond and is scheduled to appear in court July 28. He was also previously charged in Maryland with disorderly conduct and with disrupting the operation of a school, the News & Messenger reported.

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