Teacher, coach charged over relationship with student

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A substitute teacher and track coach in Prince William County is facing sex-crimes charges stemming from a relationship he allegedly had with a female student. Prince William County police said 27-year-old Eric Lewis, of Quantico, has been charged with sodomy and carnal knowledge over a relationship he had with a Potomac High School student in 2008, when he was a substitute teacher there. The student is now 17, police said.

Police said school officials learned of the relationship on Thursday and notified police. Lewis was a track coach at Gar-Field High School in 2008, 2010 and this year, according to a letter that school’s principal sent to parents. His employment as a coach and substitute teacher at Gar-Field has been terminated, the letter said.

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