An instructional assistant at Langley High School in McLean was arrested last week after a student allegedly saw him masturbating in a classroom.
During school hours on Friday (Oct. 11), David Scalea, a 40-year-old resident of Great Falls, “began inappropriately touching himself underneath his desk” in a classroom, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.
“A student observed Scalea and immediately notified school administration,” the FCPD said in a press release yesterday (Monday). “No students were physically harmed.”
Administrators then alerted their school resource officer, prompting an investigation by Major Crimes Bureau detectives.
Arrested that same day, Scalea has been charged with obscene sexual display and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He’s currently being held without bond at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, police said.
According to the FCPD, Scalea has been placed on administrative leave by Fairfax County Public Schools, which has employed him as an instructional assistant since 2020. His LinkedIn profile indicates that he worked for FCPS prior to that as a substitute teacher from 2008 to 2019, though the school system didn’t immediately confirm that.
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