Fairfax County Juvenile Detention
Officer Accused of Sexually Assaulting Minor: Police
A
juvenile detention officer in Fairfax County, Virginia, was charged with raping
and having sexual contact with a minor, authorities say.
Clifton
Townsend Jr., 60, was arrested Monday on four felony sex offenses, the Loudoun
County Sheriff's Office said.
The
victim was not someone Townsend knew through his job as a detention officer,
the sheriff's office said.
Investigators
were told about the alleged crimes on Saturday.
Townsend,
of Leesburg, was charged with rape, carnal knowledge of a child and two counts
of sodomy.
He is
being held at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center on no bond.