Dec. 17, 2019
Police
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA – Chesterfield Police have arrested and charged a Chesterfield County Public Schools teacher with two counts of taking indecent liberties with a child in a custodial relationship.
Joshua L. Alford, 30, was arrested on Dec. 16, 2019. Police said Alford, while a teacher at Manchester High School, had an inappropriate relationship with a juvenile female student. The investigation indicates Alford met and began communicating with the victim during the 2016-2017 school year; later, during the 2018-2019 school year, he had sexual contact with the victim.
Alford, of the 4300 block of Jalee Drive in Chesterfield, was released on bond on Dec. 16, and is set to appear in Chesterfield County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court on Friday, Dec. 20, at 9 a.m.
Photo: Joshua L. Alford