Robert Griffith Jr.
Posted by: Webmaster in Hall of Shame, Kindergarten, ME-FV, Missouri
(09/22/08 - Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Robert (Bob) Griffith Jr., 55, a former school bus driver in the Doniphan School District, in Doniphan, Missouri has been found guilty on one count of child molestation in a jury trial which concluded with the jury’s verdicts on Saturday.
The jury found Griffith not guilty on one count of child molestation and two counts of statutory sodomy.
Griffith was was accused in late 2006 and early 2007 of molesting two boys and two girls during his afternoon prekindergarten bus route.
Last year, a judge allowed charges to go forward alleging the sexual abuse of three of those children. Prosecutors decided to go to trial on two charges each of statutory sodomy and child molestation alleging then a 4-year-old girl and a 5-year-old girl victims.
During the course of jury deliberations the jury twice asked the judge to let them declare a hung jury and twice they were refused, eventually returning the single guilty verdict and recommending a five year prison sentence in what may have been a compromise between jurors.
Formal sentencing is set for October 20, until that time Griffith remains free on $100,000 bond.
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Former Doniphan, Mo., school bus driver found guilty of child molestation (09/22/08)
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