Parents upset that Arlington school sex assault case wasn’t reported earlier

Chris Hawes:

A suspect was put in custody Friday but many parents of children at Coble Middle School say that’s not the issue. They’re outraged they weren’t told an assault had taken place on campus.
Parents lining up to pick up their children Friday received something else – a letter. The more they read, the more disturbed they became: A young girl reported she was sexually assaulted at school.
But two weeks passed before the children were told what was going on. The school says they had to protect the investigation.
Counselors handed out the letter in the car lane. The letter detailed the reported the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl on campus, during school.
“He had a valid reason to be on campus and chose to pull this girl into a locker room and sexually assault her,” said Lt. Blake Miller from Arlington police.
But even more disturbing to one father was the date of the crime, Sept. 26.