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Updated: 7:09 PM Nov 19, 2009
Police department investigates alleged sexual abuse on a school bus
Two children are accused of threatening and abusing another child.
Posted: 4:20 PM Nov 19, 2009 |
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Two children are accused of sexually abusing another child on a school bus.
The alleged incident happened on a Clay County school bus a few weeks ago. Police say it happened during a trip to Hacker Elementary School.
The victim's mother is outraged. She says the bus ride for her child is only three miles, and during that time, her child should be safe.
"You think from the time that your child leaves your house, and they go to school, the person that is in charge of them should be able to keep them safe," the victim's mother said.
But a few weeks ago, this mother's five year-old child told her that they were sexually abused on the bus ride to school.
"I was shocked, I was angry, I wanted something done immediately," the victim's mother said.
The mother quickly informed the school and police. Manchester Police investigated and filed formal charges against the two children, ages 10 and 11.
One faces sexual abuse, indecent exposure, and terroristic threatening charges. The other faces one charge of harassment.
"Due to the ages of the students that are allegedly involved, our department will not comment on any details of the investigation at this time," Manchester Police Chief Jeff Culver said.
Chief Culver says the department does everything it can to prevent incidents like this from happening, but there are other ways to watch children.
"Every bus should have monitors, and some may need more than one monitor. Each complaint should be looked at more thoroughly," Culver said.
The victim's mother says she had to pull her child out of school because the child did not feel safe anymore.
"I gotta get my child back. Got to get my child back," the victim's mother said.
The mother says it may be a long time before her child feels safe again in a group setting.
The accused children are still at school. They will face their charges in juvenile court in the coming months.
The Clay County Schools superintendent was unavailable for comment.
Latest Comments
If my kids attended this school, I would guarnatee you that these boys would no longer be students there. If parents of the students would raise a little cain, the school would have no choice and do what they should have int he first place and EXSPELL these boys. I have 10 and 11 year old daughters, and at this age they KNOW BETTER!!! I just wonder what the heck is wrong with the EDUCATED FOOLS at that school board that continue to let these CRIMINALS attend school and but other students at risk. Sometimes, ok. most the time you have to make these schools do what they are supposed to do. People your children have rights to be educated in a safe environment.
This is a bad thing that happened but not the first .They need bus monitors on these buses and has had to need theses for a long time. The fights that take place on the bus as one girl did, her own mom did not know for sure who she was.What is even worse is I agree with the others the boys need to get help but not in clay county and they need to be out of the school before they hurt someone else.My prayers are with the little child and her family.There has to be a way to stop all this nonsense that goes on in the clay county schools.WAKE UP PEOPLE!
I feel so bad for the little girl. It happend to me from age 3 til 19. I also believe that these boys do need punished but also need taken out of the parents home. At 10 and 11 they had to learn it from somewhere. Get them out of that home and punish them so they wont do it again as adults. ABUSE HURTS!
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