Feds investigate Fairfax County Public Schools over undocumented immigrant charged with groping girls

The Education Department announced Tuesday it is investigating Fairfax County Public Schools over reports that an undocumented immigrant sexually assaulted 12 female students there. 

The Fairfax Police Department said Israel Flores Ortiz, an 18-year-old student, turned himself in on March 7 and has been charged with 13 counts of assault and battery.

The victims said Ortiz groped them from the back and front and stuck his hand in between the girl’s legs, local outlet 7News reported.

“There’s a group of about 12 individuals that have reported this assault,” one mother told the local outlet. “It was all perpetrated by a single individual who is a stranger to the girls. He just sneakily walked up behind them and put his hand in between their legs. It was not just a butt smack or a butt grab. It was a groping of a private area. It had been occurring for several months.” 

Ortiz is being held on no bond and has a court appearance in April.  

Fairfax County Public Schools said it will cooperate with the Education Department and has requested an outside independent law firm to review the........

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