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SEARCHRichard Evans is sentenced to 25 years and four months in prison for picking up a special-needs student on his bus, pulling into a residential neighborhood and molesting her late last year. The crime was captured on surveillance tape.
STOCKTON, Calif. — A former Lodi Unified School District bus driver received a 25-year, four-month sentence for molesting a then 8-year-old special-needs student on his bus.
Richard Evans pled guilty in June to picking up the girl first on his route and pulling the bus over in a residential neighborhood to molest her, TheRecord reports. Evans was arrested on Nov. 4 after the girl told family members what happened.
Evans — whose crime was also captured on surveillance tape — will receive credit for 303 days served and will be eligible for parole after serving 85 percent of his sentence.
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