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Bus Driver Gets 160 Years for Exploiting Special Needs Kids


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A bus driver who transported special needs children in New Hampshire and Maine has been sentenced to 160 years in prison for sexually assaulting and videotaping his young passengers.

46-year-old John Wright of Milton received the maximum sentenced after pleading guilty to five counts of sexually exploiting children and one count of possessing child pornography.

Investigators said Wright, who was indicted in Oct. 2011, drove special needs children from Strafford and Rockingham counties in New Hampshire and from Kittery, Maine.

U.S. Attorney John Kacavas said some of the children were completely non-verbal and others had a variety of disabilities.

Investigators say they found thousands of images of child pornography on his computer.

Despite the sentence, Kacavas said it's beyond his capacity to achieve justice for the young victims.

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I think he should get the same type of abuse as he inflicted on these poor children. May God have Mercy on his miserable, black soul!
May Wallace May Wallace 02/22/2013 06:06 pm
i think that all child molesters and sex offenders should be sentenced to death row because they always go right back out and do it again to some other poor little child
jade jade 02/25/2013 12:35 pm

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