LCPS spokesman accused of lying about knowledge of sexual assault found not guilty

Prosecutors said Loudoun Co. Public Schools spokesman Wayde Byard lied under oath about when he knew a female student was sexually assaulted by a teen.

LEESBURG, Va. — A longtime Loudoun County Public Schools employee charged with perjury was found not guilty on Thursday, just a couple hours after the case went to the jury.

Wayde Byard, dubbed “the face of LCPS” by his attorney, was indicted after he testified last year that he was unaware of a sexual assault allegation at Stone Bridge High School in May 2021 until months after the second incident at a different school by the same perpetrator...

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