Crime & Safety
Preschool Teacher Assaulted 3 Students: Fairfax County Police
Elizabeth Yoshimi Nagagata is a preschool teacher specializing in autism at White Oaks Elementary School, according to the school directory.
BURKE, VA — A special education teacher at an elementary school in Burke assaulted three students over the course of the academic year, according to police.
Elizabeth Yoshimi Nagagata, 62, of Fairfax, was arrested Friday and charged with seven counts of simple assault, police said, adding the White Oaks Elementary School teacher was being held without bond. The school directory lists Nagagata as a preschool teacher specializing in autism.
Child Protective Services received a referral April 12 that a teacher had been seen assaulting a student at the school, and detectives determined the incidents occurred between September 2023 and April 2024, according to police.
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Victim specialists have been assigned to ensure the victims receive resources and assistance, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call 703-246-7800 and select option 4 or anonymously contact 1-866-411-8477, visit www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or download the P3 Tips app, according to police. Anonymous tipsters are eligible for cash rewards. Tipsters should leave contact information if they want a detective to follow up.
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