Two Chesterfield teachers facing dozens of child sex abuse charges

COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. (WRIC) -- A Chesterfield County Public Schools teacher previously accused of taking photos of a juvenile in a Colonial Heights movie theater's restroom is now facing more than two dozen child sex abuse charges. Additionally, a second arrest has been made, with a Chesterfield early education teacher now accused of similar crimes.

At about 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, July 22, officers with the Colonial Heights Police Department were called to the Regal Cinemas at 300 Southpark Circle for report of a person taking photos of a juvenile in a restroom.

According to police, 49-year-old Shaun Jason Adams of Petersburg was arrested and charged with one count of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in connection with this incident.

Adams is a teacher at Chesterfield County Public Schools -- though the school division previously told 8News that he would not return for the 2025-26 school year pending the adjudication of these accusations.

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Police executed a search warrant on Adams' residence and, at the time of the Regal Cinemas incident, said additional charges were possible as the investigation continued.

On Friday, Aug. 22, Colonial Heights detectives hit Adams with 30 new child sex abuse charges. This includes:

• 25 counts of felony manufacturing of CSAM
• 5 felony counts of indecent liberties with a child

Additionally, a second suspect was arrested in connection with this investigation. According to police, 33-year-old Richard Franklin Troshak, III of Chesterfield was arrested at his workplace, the Chester Early Childhood Learning Academy.

Troshak faces 10 total charges: eight counts of felony manufacturing of CSAM and two felony counts of indecent liberties with a child.

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Both men are being held at Riverside Regional Jail without bond pending their next court appearance.

If you have any information on these crimes, you are asked to contact the Colonial Heights Police Department's Senior Detective M. N. Davis at 804-898-3066.

"Colonial Heights Police would like to thank the Petersburg Bureau of Police, Chesterfield County Police Department and Virginia State Police [for] their assistance in this case," the department said.