WEBSTER GROVES • The chief executive of a child welfare agency and alternative school here was arrested Tuesday and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and assault.

Vincent Damian Hillyer, of Hillington Court in Eureka, was charged Tuesday with six felony counts of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, a misdemeanor count of attempting to endanger the welfare of a child and a misdemeanor count of assault in the fourth degree, Webster Groves police said.

Hillyer is CEO of Great Circle Academy, an alternative school that offers boarding in Webster Groves. The organization has other facilities across Missouri.

He was charged in connection with incidents occurring over the past year, beginning in March 2018, according to online court records. More details about the allegations against Hillyer were not available Tuesday.

Webster Groves police executed a search warrant at the school at 330 North Gore Avenue on Tuesday as part of an investigation being done with the Missouri Department of Social Services Children's Division. Hillyer was charged as a result of the search, police said.

A judge set Hillyer's bail at $205,000 and ordered him to have no contact with Great Circle residents or staff.