NY bus driver gets probation for duct taping girl
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July 10, 2012 10:45 AM | 181 views | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend | print
QUEENSBURY, N.Y. (AP) _ A former upstate New York school bus driver has been sentenced to three years of probation for placing duct tape over the mouth of a 7-year-old disabled girl.

Marjorie Jones also will have to perform 100 hours of community service under a sentence handed down Monday by a town justice in Queensbury, on the southern edge of the Adirondacks.

The 63-year-old woman could have spent up to a year in jail for the 2010 incident. The victim is unable to speak and has the cognitive abilities of a toddler.

Jones apologized for her actions but said it was a “playful thing” and meant no harm.

The Post-Star of Glens Falls reports (http://bit.ly/LJmQDL ) that Jones was served with a lawsuit from the parents of the girl as she left court.

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