Kathleen Antonina Capitano, 24, arrived at a hotel in Herndon Saturday, April 16, to have sex with a 13-year-old boy she met while student teaching last year at Coates Elementary School, according to Fairfax County Police.
Fairfax County Police charged Capitano, of Shallotte, N.C., with four felony counts of “use of communication systems to facilitate certain offenses involving children under 15 years of age,” according to police documents.
Law enforcement authorities had been alerted to her online activity and were waiting for her when she arrived in Herndon, according to police.
“Detectives met with the child and his parents prior to Capitano’s arrival in Fairfax County,” according to police documents.
The initial investigation began five days before on Monday, April 11. Detectives with the county police department’s Major Crimes Division worked with agents from the FBI’s Washington Field Office’s Child Exploitation Task Force. Detectives determined that Capitano met the victim while she was a student teacher at Coates Elementary School in Herndon in 2015.
The case is still under investigation and additional charges are possible, according to police.
Anyone with information should contact Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131, Crime Solvers 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).