Teacher arrested for inappropriate contact with student

Fairfax County police arrested a 39-year-old private school teacher for allegedly inappropriately touching a boy in the locker room.

Police charged Dan Hegarty, 39, of 6003 Pratt St. in Alexandria, with indecent liberties with a child under the age of 15. Hegarty was identified after police passed out fliers with a description of the suspect. Police said Hegarty is a teacher at Browne Academy, an Alexandria school that has students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. Hegarty teaches seventh- and eight-grade math.