Crime & Safety

Alexandria Coach Charged With Soliciting Sex From A Minor

A longtime St. Stephen's & St. Agnes coach is facing soliciting sex from a minor charges in another Virginia county.

ALEXANDRIA, VA—A St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School coach has been arrested on soliciting sex from a minor charges, Alexandria Times reports. The victim is a female minor in Middlesex County, Va.

Rick Allison was a coach for the middle and upper schools and assistant to the equipment manager, read Head of School Kirsten Adams's email to families. He had worked for the school since 1999. He previously coached the D.C. Divas women's football team.

The school has begun an internal investigation on Allison, and he is banned from the campus and contacting anyone in the school community.

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"“I encourage members of the community to contact me with questions, concerns, or relevant information. Moreover, we will be making our counselors and chaplains available to our students to aid them in processing this very difficult news,” Adams said in the email.

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