Prince William County police have arrested a football coach at Stonewall Jackson High School, saying he sent lewd messages to a 16-year-old female student.

Police said 42-year-old William Dignan sent numerous sexual messages to the girl by phone and by e-mail. When officers executed a search warrant at Dignan’s home in Gainesville, they said they found marijuana.

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