VIRGINIA
Fredericksburg.com
CORRECTION: Villacres was the head of the Stafford Education Foundation in 2008. An earlier version of this story had the incorrect name for the group.
By KEITH EPPS
A former chairman of the Stafford County School Board has been indicted by a Stafford grand jury on 111 felony charges involving child molestation.
Thomas Francis Villacres, 53, of Rockledge, Fla., is charged with 48 counts of aggravated sexual battery, 48 counts of indecent liberties with a minor and 15 counts of object sexual penetration.
Villacres, who was indicted Monday, is being held in Florida pending extradition to Virginia.
Stafford Sheriff’s Office spokesman Bill Kennedy said the charges involved four children who were between the ages of 6 and 10 when the alleged offenses took place over an eight-year span in the 1990s. The victims are now in their 20s, Kennedy said. …
Villacres served on the Stafford School Board as the Garrisonville representative and was the chairman his last year. He was the head of the Stafford Education Foundation in 2008 and was involved with a number of other organizations, including St. William of York Catholic Church.
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