Special education teacher arrested for assaulting multiple students, Fairfax County police say

Gabby Allen
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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Detectives with the Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) said they arrested an elementary special education teacher for assaulting multiple students.

Child Protective Services first received a referral about a teacher who was seen assaulting a student at White Oaks Elementary School on April 12.

Throughout their investigation, FCPD said they found that between September 2023 and April 2024, 62-year-old Elizabeth Yoshimi Nagagata had assaulted three students.

She was a special education teacher at the school at the time.

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On Friday, she was arrested and charged with seven counts of Simple Assault.

Nagagata is being held at the Adult Detention Center without bond.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact FCPD at (703) 246-7800, option “4.”

Tips can be submitted anonymously through Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-8477.

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