Former Employee of After-School Center Accused of Soliciting a Minor: Police

PHOTO: Richard Alfred Mills, 23, of Fairfax Station is accused of soliciting sex from a 14-year old girl he met while working at the Mott Center in Fairfax, police said. FCPD photo

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FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA -- The former employee of an after-school center has been arrested for soliciting a minor, according to Fairfax County Police.

Richard Alfred Mills, 23, of Fairfax Station is accused of soliciting sex from a 14-year old girl he met while working at the Mott Center in Fairfax, police said.

The Mott Center, 12111 Braddock Road in Fairfax, hosts after-school activities for students.

On Thursday, April 28, around 9 p.m., Mills turned himself in at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, police said. A felony warrant was served for Use of Communications Systems to Facilitate certain Offenses involving Children (VA State Code 18.2-374.3), according to police.

The arrest resulted from an investigation which began on Wednesday, April 6, involving Mills allegedly engaged in inappropriate conversation and the solicitation of sex from a 14-year-old girl, police said. The girl was not harmed, according to police.

The investigation began after two students at Robinson High School reported to a school principal that a 14-year old girl was communicating with an adult male on the Internet about having sex, police said.

Detectives would like to speak with anyone else who has information that may assist with this investigation or may have had similar encounters with Mills.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Fairfax County Crime Solvers electronically by visiting http://www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text-a-tip by texting “TIP187” plus your message to CRIMES(274637)** or by calling 1-866-411-TIPS(8477), or call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.