Judge rejects dismissal bid by school official accused of mishandling campus assaults

LEESBURG, Va. (CN) - Less than three days until trial, an attorney for a former school superintendent tried but failed Thursday to convince a judge...

September 21, 2023
6:24 PM

LEESBURG, Va. (CN) - Less than three days until trial, an attorney for a former school superintendent tried but failed Thursday to convince a judge that the case against her client should be tossed because of prosecutorial misconduct by the Virginia Attorney General's office. In a last-ditch effort to dismiss misdemeanor charges against Scott Ziegler, Erin Harrigan of the firm Gentry Locke accused prosecutor