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Former Chesterfield Teacher Sentenced to 565 Years for Child Abuse
Former Chesterfield teacher Richard Franklin Troshak III was sentenced Aug. 31 to 565 years in prison for 27 counts of child sexual abuse involving minors in his care.
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Chesterfield early childhood teacher acquitted in assault allegation
A Chesterfield County early childhood teacher was acquitted of assault charges after a boy bit her and she responded by kicking and grabbing his jaw, with the judge finding insufficient evidence of unreasonable force despite calling her verbal reaction "absolutely inappropriate."
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Chesterfield teacher found not guilty of assaulting student
A Chesterfield judge found special education teacher Jennifer Repole, 50, not guilty of assaulting a student on June 16, 2026, after surveillance video showed the boy bit her first; the judge called her conduct a discipline issue for the school rather than a crime.