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A school bus driver accused of sexually assaulting two young Kinnelon students bribed them with candy and donuts so they would not to reveal the months of molestation during daily games of “hide-and-seek” on the bus after they parked outside the school in Morris County, authorities said. Thomas Thomasevich, 70, of Oakland, was arrested Tuesday on charges of sexual assault, child endangerment and multiple counts of neglect. He is being held in the Morris County jail, according to the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office.The sexual assaults began in October and continued near-daily until one of the girls reported the abuse by...

A school bus driver caught on video striking a teenage student in the head several times was arrested Friday and booked with simple battery, the Kenner Police Department announced Saturday night (Jan. 23). According to a news release, police received several calls at 7:15 a.m. Friday about a school bus fight in the 1200 block of Veterans Boulevard in Kenner. The driver, identified by authorities as Michelle Bratton, told police the male student refused to sit in his assigned bus seat, so she approached him and told him to leave the bus, which led to an argument between them. Bratton,...

A New Mexico school bus driver has been suspended after allegedly punching an 11-year-old boy in the face for watching a video on the ride home. The incident that left Karen and Scott Dickerson’s son with an injured forehead took place December 6 at the end classes at Eisenhower Middle School. Officials with the school district and Durham School Services that operates the bus said the driver has been placed on unpaid leave pending the results of an investigation.The injured sixth-grader's family said he has been having headaches and had trouble sleeping since being struck by the driver. According to...

FULL TITLE: School bus driver didn't stop battling kids, told others to 'clear the aisle and let them fight,' police say ROCHESTER, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania school bus driver has been charged with endangering children after police say he let two students fight instead of intervening. North Sewickley Township police charged Braden Hollis, of Baden, after viewing surveillance video of the March 4 incident in which police say Hollis can be heard telling other students to "clear the aisle and let them fight."

WESTAMPTON, N.J. (AP) — Children on a school bus in New Jersey called their parents to say the driver was swerving and falling asleep behind the wheel. The parents called Westampton Middle School, which alerted police.

A former Lincoln Public Schools bus driver and pastor of a north Lincoln church has been charged in Council Bluffs, Iowa, with sexually assaulting four people, including a young girl. Lincoln police arrested Efrain Umaña, 53, on June 11 for extradition, said Capt. Anthony Butler. Umaña, 1906 Hartley St., is pastor of El Nuevo Nacimiento Church at 2441 N. Ninth St., according to the church’s Web site. He faces charges in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. According to court documents filed there, police say Umaña forced a 10- to 11-year-old girl to have sex with him in a Council Bluffs church in...

A Rogers husband and wife who worked as a pastor and school bus driver were sentenced Monday to four years in prison for cooking methamphetamine in their family home. Joseph and Barbara Sisneros pleaded guilty last week to a reduced charge of possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to manufacture as part of a plea agreement between Deputy Prosecutor Drew Ledbetter and defense attorneys Blake Warren and Bobby Digby. "This meth lab was not a small operation," Ledbetter told Benton County Senior Circuit Judge Tom Keith. "Certain people should be held to a higher standard. At best, the court could...

The anecdote was widely reported and commented on in recent days, leading the Issaquah district to release a statement today saying it was not the only incident the driver had been involved in. The statement said: "This incident has to do with the responsibility of an employee who is supervising students to act professionally and serve as a role model for appropriate behavior," Superintendent Janet Barry said. After leaving the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, the bus driver waited with a busload of middle school students on an onramp closed for the Presidential motorcade. The bus driver made an obscene...

DOVER, Tenn. - With black bows attached to the front of every school bus, all Stewart County drivers ran their usual routes Thursday morning, one day after a beloved co-worker was shot and killed while picking up students. The drivers completed their routes without incident, said transportation director Francis Carson, but some were worried about getting back behind the wheel. "I have small children, and they have been asking: 'Do you have to do this?' " substitute bus driver Michele Etherton said. The black bows had the number "22" on them, a reminder of the bus Joyce Gregory drove for...

Prom nights send most parents scurrying for corsages, dresses and hair appointments. Jacqueline Allerton, police say, is not most parents. The Montgomery County woman's idea of post-dance magic was renting a motel room and stocking it with alcohol for her 14-year-old daughter and her schoolmates, authorities said yesterday. Allerton, 40, of Horsham, now faces criminal charges for allegedly playing host to a drinking party last month at the Warrington Motor Lodge in Bucks County. The overnight party followed an eighth-grade dance May 17 at Keith Valley Middle School in Horsham. The school is part of the Hatboro-Horsham School District, where...