Coach pleads to ‘sexting’ student
A former Prince William County high school coach has pleaded guilty to sending lewd messages to a 16-year-old female student. Former Stonewall Jackson High School coach William Dignan, 43, admitted to two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, said Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul Ebert. Dignan was sentenced to a year in jail suspended on the condition of his future good behavior, a $1,000 fine and ordered to surrender his teaching license. Dignan’s roommate, Nicholas Rosser, 32, was found guilty of possession of marijuana, deferred six months. If he gets into no further trouble, the case will be dismissed, Ebert said. Police said Dignan sent sexual messages to a girl by phone and e-mail. When officers executed a search warrant at Dignan’s home, they found the marijuana. Rosser also had coached at Jackson High.
Tip leads to arrests moments before heist
Three gunmen were arrested just moments before they could rob an armored vehicle in the District, authorities said. FBI and D.C. police received a tip about the heist of a Brink’s truck and watched as the trio followed the truck several blocks on Saturday in Northeast. When the truck stopped the men approached on foot. That’s when law enforcement officials swooped in and arrested them. Police recovered an AK-47 assault rifle and two handguns. Charged were Ricardo Hunter, 53, Daniel Chapman, 23, both of Washington, and Nathaniel Bailey, 57, of Capitol Heights. The armored car robbery was the 12th such incident in D.C. in the past 11 months.
Scott McCabe
