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  "textContent": "A Langley High School math teacher is being held without bond after Fairfax County police say he engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a student, according to newly released court documents.\n\nThe arrest comes just one week after an independent report cleared Fairfax County Public Schools of wrongdoing in a separate sexual misconduct case.\n\nFairfax County police arrested 38-year-old Matthew Thorsen, a math teacher at Langley High School, following an investigation by the department’s Child Abuse Squad.\n\nFairfax County police say FCPS placed Thorsen on administrative leave after being notified of the allegations.\n\nOn Friday, a judge ordered that Thorsen be held without bond.\n\nHe is charged with using an electronic device to solicit a minor, soliciting a minor and two counts of sexual abuse of a minor.\n\nAccording to court documents, Fairfax County police received a complaint last Wednesday involving a teacher and a student.\n\nInvestigators interviewed the student, who alleged that Thorsen had engaged in inappropriate contact.\n\nPolice also reviewed messages on the student’s phone that investigators say contained communications from Thorsen proposing additional inappropriate conduct.\n\nAuthorities say the alleged conduct occurred between August 2025 and June 3, 2026.\n\nThe arrest comes amid heightened scrutiny of Fairfax County Public Schools following several recent criminal investigations involving school employees.\n\nFCPS finance technician Stephanie Gale was charged last week with embezzling more than $40,000 in school system funds through the use of FCPS credit cards between 2023 and 2026.\n\nAuthorities also say Trevor Papavasiliou, a Chantilly High School resource officer, is accused of stealing more than $1,000 worth of woodworking tools.\n\nBoth Gale and Papavasiliou have been released from custody.\n\nFOX 5 has reached out to Fairfax County Public Schools for comment and has not yet received a response.",
  "title": "FCPS teacher held without bond after allegedly groping student"
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