MONTGOMERY CRIME
Bus Aide Charged in Sex Case
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Friday, May 12, 2006
A Montgomery County school bus attendant fondled a 9-year-old girl bound for a special-education class at a Bethesda elementary school, prosecutors said yesterday.
Srivash Das, 38, of Baltimore was charged Wednesday with sex abuse of a minor and third-degree sex offense, according to charging documents released yesterday. He was being held at the Montgomery County Detention Center on $75,000 bond.
Das fondled the victim, a student at Ashburton Elementary School, while sitting next to her on the bus ride to school May 2, according to the charging documents. Police said he admitted touching her on the breasts, buttocks and groin area and commenting on her sexual attributes. No one else on the mostly empty bus saw or heard what was happening, police said in a release.
In a letter to parents and staff dated yesterday, Ashburton Principal Barbara Haughey said that "every appropriate action has been taken" to support the student and her family. Das, who had been placed on leave, is "no longer an employee" of the Montgomery school system, Haughey wrote.
The investigation began May 3, when the victim's mother reported the incident to the assistant principal, police said.
A background check when Das was hired in October 2003 turned up no criminal charges, said Brian Edwards, county schools spokesman.
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