Fairfax County police say a youth baseball coach accused of molesting a 12-year-old boy under his supervision failed to appear for his scheduled guilty plea.

Police say they are actively searching for 38-year-old John Hamilton of Centreville.

Hamilton coached in the Fort Hunt Youth Athletic Association in the 1990s and police say a 24-year-old man reported in February that he was sexually assaulted in 1997. Police said the man came forward after he saw Hamilton at a store with another young boy.

Hamilton was charged with aggravated sexual battery and three counts of taking indecent liberties with a child by a person in a supervisory relationship.

Court records show that Hamilton had agreed to enter guilty pleas October 7. A warrant was issued for his arrest when he did not appear.

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