Police arrested a Chantilly High School teacher Thursday in a sting operation that caught him allegedly trying to solicit sex with a minor.
Matthew Edward McGuire, a 29-year-old Spanish teacher and track coach at Chantilly High School, was arrested after a months-long investigation that began when the teacher contacted a detective online who was posing as a minor, Arlington County Police Department spokesman John Lisle said.
McGuire was charged with attempted indecent liberties with a minor and use of a computer to solicit sex with a minor and is being held without bond in the Arlington County Detention Facility.
McGuire has been placed on unpaid administrative leave, Fairfax schools spokesman Paul Regnier said, and the school will conduct its own investigation to determine whether the teacher had inappropriate contact with any students.
“We have had cases of that in the past — I’ve been here 20 years, and we’ve had a few cases,” he said.
McGuire, like all Fairfax school employees, was subjected to a full background check when he was hired, Regnier said. Detectives are asking anyone with information to call 703-228-4198.
