(AP) A former counselor at a Northern Virginia middle school has been charged with providing false information to the state's sex offender registry. Virginia State Police said they arrested Darren Thornton, 50, on Aug. 25 in Richmond. Thornton's tenure as a counselor at Glasgow Middle School in Fairfax County has prompted multiple investigations. He was arrested .
The Chesterfield Police Department tried to notify the Fairfax Schools division when a school counselor was arrested on sex charges, but the emails were never delivered, and the counselor flew
Chesterfield County Police Chief Colonel Jeffrey Katz also described how his department's efforts failed to alert Fairfax Schools of Darren Thornton's arrest.