School bus driver charged with molesting 9 children, yet he was FREE TO GO under NJ Bail Reform
“A Montgomery bus driver has been accused of sexually assaulting some of the children he was responsible for bringing to school every day. Edward Atoeff, 85, who was still driving school buses when he was arrested Monday, allegedly sexually assaulted at least nine children during his career as a bus driver. Two adult victims went to the Montgomery police on Feb. 12 and reported that Atoeff had assaulted them on multiple occasions when they were 8 and 12-years-old respectively. The initial report launched an investigation by Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes/Child Abuse Unit and revealed that Atoeff had sexual contact with at least seven other children, according to authorities. … A spokesperson from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s office said Atoeff’s victims date back to the 1960s. … He is charged with two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault and two counts of second-degree sexual assault.”
(Olivia Rizzo, “85-year-old school bus driver accused of molesting at least 9 children,” NJ.com, 3/22/2018)
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