Lawrence Lofzewski, 37, of Springfield, a former Metropolitan Police Department and Arlington County police officer who had been working as a mental-health associate at a Lorton special-education campus, was arrested May 21 and is charged with three counts of solicitation of a minor. He is being held without bond at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center.
Fairfax County detectives say the investigation kicked off after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children sent a CyberTip flagging disturbing online content. Investigators report that detectives then posed online as a minor and engaged Lofzewski in undercover exchanges. According to police, he engaged in inappropriate conversations and allegedly solicited sexual encounters, leading to three counts of solicitation of a minor, according to WJLA.
Where he worked
At the time of his arrest, Lofzewski was employed as a mental-health associate at Rivermont Schools' Northern Virginia campus in Lorton, which serves students ages 5 to 22 with autism and emotional-behavioral needs. The school’s location page lists the Lorton campus and outlines its services, noting that the program provides therapeutic and behavioral supports for students, according to Rivermont Schools.
Past service and community notice
Police say Lofzewski served with the Metropolitan Police Department from 2019 to 2022 and with the Arlington County Police Department from 2022 to 2025; he currently lives in Springfield. He was arrested at his home on May 21 and, per WJLA, is being held without bond at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Fairfax County Police at 703-246-7800, option 4.
Legal context
Lofzewski faces three counts of solicitation of a minor. Under Virginia law, using a communications system to solicit a person believed to be a minor can be prosecuted as a felony with significant penalties. The Code of Virginia sets out these offenses and penalties in § 18.2-374.3, which covers “use of communications systems to facilitate certain offenses involving children,” per the Code of Virginia. He is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
