Posted on 12/12/2022 11:54:02 AM PST by NohSpinZone
A special grand jury in Loudoun County has indicted former Loudoun County Public Schools superintendent Scott Ziegler on three misdemeanor charges, a week after issuing a scathing report detailing the school district's misdeeds in responding to a sexual assault.
The office of Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, who had impaneled the grand jury, announced Monday that a Loudoun county judge had ordered three misdemeanor indictments against Ziegler to be unsealed. Loudoun County Public Schools Public Information Officer Wayde Byard was also charged with felony perjury.
Ziegler was charged with one count of misdemeanor false publication, one count of misdemeanor prohibited conduct, and one count of misdemeanor penalizing an employee for a court appearance. The charges carry possible jail time of up to one year. Byard's perjury charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Ziegler, who had served as superintendent for Loudoun County Public Schools since June 2021 after a brief stint as interim superintendent, faced widespread criticism for his response to a May 2021 sexual assault that occurred in the girl's bathroom at Stone Bridge High School. The perpetrator of the assault was transferred to Broad Run High School, where he committed another assault in October 2021.
Ziegler was abruptly fired after the special grand jury released a report last week that accused LCPS administrators of "fail[ing] at every juncture" when responding to the assaults.
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Outrageous by all accounts.
Confiscate his golden parachute and lock his little backside up for a very long time.
Finally! Finally, someone has been charged with something.
Good, very GOOD!
Va. is a sick State.
NoVa is for sure. I think rest of Virginia might agree that Northern Virginia is sick, very sick.
Feel good story for the holidays! God bless and heal that father who stuck up for his daughter and endured a public humiliation by that perv school board. And also his wife and daughter.
Just lock him up. I’m quite sure his backside will see **lots**of use....(evil grin)
So far, Jason Miyares is doing a good thing by bringing some of the corruption out in the open.
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