Richard Cox -
“Registered sex offender Richard Cox was back in an Arlington, Virginia, courtroom Thursday for a lengthy preliminary hearing.”
”Cox is accused of exposing himself to multiple women and children in Arlington Public Schools' girls’ locker rooms. Those facilities have pools that are open to the public outside of school hours.”
“A dozen witnesses testified in the preliminary hearing for the Cox case, including women who said they saw him naked in the women’s locker rooms in Arlington County‘s Wakefield High School, Washington Liberty High School, and Barcroft Sports and Fitness Center.”
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an earlier court appearance
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And more information
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Richard Kenneth Cox, 58, is now facing multiple charges in Arlington County, including several counts of intentionally making an obscene display of his private parts in a public place or in a place where others were present plus loitering within 100 feet of a high school after having been convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children.
Cox is listed as a female or “U” in the warrants of arrest.
Arlington County Commonwealth’s Attorney Parisa Dehghani Tafti’s office is handling the prosecution of Cox. Cox has several upcoming court hearings.
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Concerned mothers and women reached out to 7News about Cox exposing himself in the girls’ locker room at Washington-Liberty High School last year and they fear this could happen again because of how the pool manager and the Arlington School Board handled the situation.
Before Cox was charged in October, a woman told 7News that she told the pool manager about the situation in September 2024, but she said the manager allowed Cox to continue to use the girl’s locker room because he identified as transgender. The woman said she called the school board and reported the situation, but the Arlington School Board did not respond to her.
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Before Cox allegedly exposed his genitals to children in Arlington County, Cox was charged with indecent exposure for allegedly exposing himself in a Planet Fitness women’s locker room on June 10, 2024, in Fairfax County.
The charge was dismissed.
On Wednesday, 7News emailed Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano’s office and asked why this charge was dropped. Descano did not respond to that question.
The earliest convictions for this man date back to the 90s.