Police: Teacher fondled student
A Prince William County middle school teacher is accused of inappropriately touching one of his students.
Police said David F. Blount, 62, of Stafford, is charged with attempted indecent liberties by a custodian. He allegedly inappropriately touched a 13-year-old female student at Woodbridge Middle School, where he teaches.
The incident happened at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and Blount was arrested on Wednesday, Prince William County police said.
Blount has been a special-education instructor at the middle school since August 2006, county schools spokesman Ken Blackstone said. He has been placed on unpaid administrative leave.
Blount’s biography on the middle school’s website says he is an Army veteran and previously taught in Osceola County in Florida and in Stafford County in Virginia.
7-Eleven clerk fatally shot
A 7-Eleven clerk was shot and killed at the store early Thursday morning, Prince George’s County police said.
Police were called to the convenience store in the 9200 block of Oxon Hill Road in Fort Washington around 3:30 a.m. Thursday. The clerk was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police believe the clerk was killed during a store robbery. Another employee at the store was not injured.
– Emily Babay and Scott McCabe
