ARLINGTON, Virginia — The Virginia Court of Appeals has overturned an Arlington County judge’s decision to dismiss the loitering charges against registered child sex offender Richard Cox, sending the case back to Arlington County Circuit Court.

An Arlington County judge had dismissed numerous charges earlier this year putting the trial on pause, but an appeal from state prosecutors revived the unusual case.

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