Cape Cod School Bus Driver Charged With Inappropriately Touch Student on His Bus

A Massachusetts school bus driver has been charged with aggravated indecent assault and reckless endangerment of a child.

Barnstable Police arrested 80-year-old Jeffrey Hyland on Wednesday after receiving a report of the incident on a girl on the bus. Police said they recovered corroborating evidence.

Hyland was held over night on a $5,000 bail until his arraignment Friday morning, when prosecutors asked for a $10,000 bail. The judge declined bail altogether, instead giving Hyland a personal recognizance bond and ordering hims to have no contact with the victim and to wear a GPS monitor.

Hyland is employed by a contractor that provides bus service for the school district. Both the district and the contractor are cooperating with the investigation, WFXT reported.

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Hyland is due back in court on December 7 for a probable cause hearing.

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[Featured image: Jeffrey Hyland/Barnstable Police Department]