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(S.C.) Bus driver took bribe to ignore rape
Weekend Australian ^
| July 24, 2005
| Associated Press
Posted on 07/23/2005 6:28:58 PM PDT by holymoly
A FORMER school bus driver in the United States has been sentenced to five years in prison for accepting a $US10 ($A13) bribe to ignore two students as they sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl.
Lacey Jane Bolen, 26, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to being an accessory after the fact to second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor, Assistant Prosecutor Kristi Harrington said.
Bolen's lawyer did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
The bus was equipped with an emergency button to alert authorities to problems, but Bolen never triggered the device during the assault in South Carolina in January.
"At any point, she could have stopped this from happening to this young girl," Harrington said.
A student reported the incident to a school official the following day. The sex act had been caught on a school bus videotape and resulted in the arrests of Bolen and two 16-year-old students.
The two teens are awaiting trial on charges of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor. They are charged as adults and could go to trial as early as next month.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: bribe; bus; driver; rape
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A former school bus driver has been sentenced to five years in prison for accepting a $10 bribe to ignore two students as they sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl, authorities said.What an incredibly sick, depraved individual.
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posted on
07/23/2005 6:29:00 PM PDT
by
holymoly
To: holymoly
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posted on
07/23/2005 6:29:55 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Standing athwart history, shouting, "Turn those lights off! You think electricity grows on trees?")
To: Tax-chick
That's what it says. 10 bucks.
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posted on
07/23/2005 6:31:51 PM PDT
by
holymoly
(Yea, whatever.)
To: holymoly
Why is it we need to get this news from an Australian paper? Don't we have any journalists willing to report it from the states?
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posted on
07/23/2005 6:32:30 PM PDT
by
keats5
To: holymoly
I am ..... completely .... speechless!
(and disgusted).
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posted on
07/23/2005 6:33:16 PM PDT
by
antceecee
To: holymoly
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posted on
07/23/2005 6:33:17 PM PDT
by
RockinRight
(Democrats - Trying to make an a$$ out of America since 1933)
To: holymoly
Bus driver felt that she was under paid and decided to augment her wages by accepting bribes. Would still be on the job if drivers were part of the teachers union.
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posted on
07/23/2005 6:33:40 PM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: holymoly
"At any point, she could have stopped this from happening to this young girl," Harrington said.
The bus driver was female and she took a $10 bribe not to stop a rape - what have we become?
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posted on
07/23/2005 6:33:48 PM PDT
by
AD from SpringBay
(We have the government we allow and deserve.)
To: keats5
I think it was in the Washington Post, but they have to be excerpted, so...
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posted on
07/23/2005 6:33:54 PM PDT
by
holymoly
(Yea, whatever.)
To: holymoly
Well it depends, if it was just oral sex, which was determined by the Clinton administration not to be sex or that "all sex is rape", then these kids will be doing the OJ Simpson after about a year full of Court TV broadcasting with the "not guilty" verdict to be announced sharply at 1pm EST on July 4th, 2006. Independence Day, of course!
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posted on
07/23/2005 6:35:19 PM PDT
by
The Unknown Nobody
(Have you had the opportunity to fight for your freedom or has someone fought for it for you?)
To: Former Military Chick; holymoly
Ping!
A POS schoolbus driver was given $10 to ignore the rape of a 13 year old.
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posted on
07/23/2005 6:36:04 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: holymoly
Flame away guys: I think real sex crimes like rape, an adult molesting a child or any serious sexual assault should be bumped up a few notches and become death offenses the first time. We should start removing the sickos.
I don't know the specifics of this incident but if it were a death offense maybe the offenders would have thought a little more about doing it first.
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posted on
07/23/2005 6:40:45 PM PDT
by
bbenton
To: holymoly
The driver was a 26 yr old woman!?!? My God... you almost have to wonder if there was some sort of sick jealousy factor going on here.
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posted on
07/23/2005 6:40:47 PM PDT
by
workerbee
(A person's a person no matter how small)
To: holymoly
What an incredibly sick, depraved individual. Probable a voyeur.(spel?)
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posted on
07/23/2005 6:43:02 PM PDT
by
processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
To: holymoly
This has been getting a lot of play here locally (I'm in SC). She was fat and hideous. If I had to guess, she got off on this. I hope she gets killed in prision.
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posted on
07/23/2005 6:48:01 PM PDT
by
Salo
To: holymoly
This sounds too bizarre to be true.....does anyone know if this was verified? Something like this would be all over Bill O'Riley.
To: workerbee; Calpernia; Howlin; doug from upland; Mia T; devolve; nopardons; Happy2BMe; ...
"The driver was a 26 yr old woman!?!? My God... you almost have to wonder if there was some sort of sick jealousy factor going on here."
She's trying to follow in Hillary's enabling footsteps....
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posted on
07/23/2005 6:56:00 PM PDT
by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(SAVE THE BRAINFOREST! Boycott the RED Dead Tree Media & NUKE the DNC Class Action Temper Tantrum!)
To: Taggart_D; Salo
Taggart_D posted:
This sounds too bizarre to be true.....does anyone know if this was verified?The following was posted by Salo:
This has been getting a lot of play here locally (I'm in SC). She [the ex-bus driver] was fat and hideous. If I had to guess, she got off on this. I hope she gets killed in prision.
To: Taggart_D
This sounds too bizarre to be true.....does anyone know if this was verified?Here you go:
Former Bus Driver Headed to Prison (Washington Post)
The same story, which appears to be from the A.P. wire.
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posted on
07/23/2005 6:59:30 PM PDT
by
holymoly
(Yea, whatever.)
To: holymoly
Hillary Clinton accepted power for her silence and attacks on the victim.
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posted on
07/23/2005 6:59:46 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(The Hillary documentary is coming)
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