(S.C.) Bus driver took bribe to ignore rape

Weekend Australian ^ | July 24, 2005 | Associated Press

[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.

[holymoly]

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.

[Tax-chick]

Ten dollars?

[holymoly]

That's what it says. 10 bucks.

[keats5]

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?

[antceecee]

I am ..... completely .... speechless!
(and disgusted).

[RockinRight]

Sickening...

[ncountylee]

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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"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?

[holymoly]

I think it was in the Washington Post, but they have to be excerpted, so...

[The Unknown Nobody]

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!

[wagglebee]

Ping!

A POS schoolbus driver was given $10 to ignore the rape of a 13 year old.

[bbenton]

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.

[workerbee]

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.

[processing please hold]

What an incredibly sick, depraved individual.

Probable a voyeur.(spel?)

[Salo]

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.

[Taggart_D]

This sounds too bizarre to be true.....does anyone know if this was verified? Something like this would be all over Bill O'Riley.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

"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....

[DumpsterDiver]

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.

[holymoly]

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.

[doug from upland]

Hillary Clinton accepted power for her silence and attacks on the victim.