Fairfax County Public Schools Suspended Employee Charged with Alleged Sex Assault of Teen Boy

UPDATE Thursday 9:30 a.m.:

Fairfax County Public Schools immediately suspended employee Dennis Corwin Belyea without pay last week after he was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a teen boy several times in Manassas over the course of six years, according to FCPS spokesman John Torre.

Belyea was most recently a technology support specialist at Bailey’s Elementary School for the Arts & Sciences (not a classroom teacher), according to FCPS. He was at Bailey’s since 2011. Prior to that he was at Edison Academy.

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Prince William County Police arrested Belyea Jan. 13; accused of sexually assaulting a teen boy in Manassas, he is the treasurer of the Virginia Association for Career and Technical Education and has taught at the Edison Academy, part of Fairfax County Public Schools. The academy is located at 5801 Franconia Road.

Belyea of Culpepper, 45, was being held last week without bond in jail on allegations that he sexually assaulted a teen boy several times in Manassas over the course of six years, Prince William County Police said in a news release.

He is charged with three counts of aggravated sexual battery and three counts of taking indecent liberties with a child, according to Prince William County Police.

Belyea was arrested last week following an investigation into the alleged sexual assault that happened at a home in Manassas between 2004 and 2010, police said.

Police say the victim, now 24, was sexually assaulted by Belyea several times. The victim told family members about the abuse in September. Following an investigation, the accused was arrested.

In 2011, SkillsUSA Virginia awarded Belyea, then a computer systems teacher at Edison Academy, with the 2011 SkillsUSA Virginia Advisor of the Year Award at the State Leadership Conference and Skills Competition, according to a report by Fairfax County Public Schools.

Anyone with information regarding this report from police is asked to call Crime Solvers at 703-670-3700 or 1-866-411-TIPS. You don’t have to give your name, just the information. You could earn up to a $1,000 cash reward.