The principal of Mount View Middle School in Thorndike was arrested this week and charged with three counts of unlawful sexual touching of a minor.
David A. Holinger, 41, of Belgrade, was taken into custody Tuesday by the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office after an arrest warrant was issued for him, according to a police official.
According to the bail conditions set for Holinger, he is not allowed to have direct or indirect contact with the victim and also is not allowed to have unsupervised contact with girls under the age of 16, Lieutenant Chris Read said.
Read indicated that the police report confirmed that Holinger is a school principal.
Holinger posted $1,000 cash bail. He is scheduled to make his first appearance at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 18, at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta.
Holinger has served as the principal of the middle school, which serves almost 300 students in Regional School Unit 3, since 2019, according to previous reports. The school district includes the communities of Brooks, Freedom, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, Monroe, Montville, Thorndike, Troy, Unity and Waldo.
Previously, Holinger worked as a freshman science teacher at Old Orchard Beach High School and Lewiston High School, according to a press release from RSU 3. Most recently, he served as the Head of School for the Kennebec Montessori School in Fairfield.
Charles Brown, the superintendent of RSU 3, said that he learned about the arrest Thursday morning. He is looking into the matter with the school resource officer, law enforcement and the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. When asked if Holinger has been placed on leave, he said that it is a personnel matter.
“Everything’s fresh right now,” he said. “We will deal with it appropriately.”
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