Bus Driver And Conduct Charged

Officers attached to the Special Victims Unit arrested and charged a bus driver and his conductor on Thursday 4th March, 2021, for Indecent Assault and Abetting a Crime.

These charges arose from an incident involving a minor who was traveling on a public bus during the month of February 2021, and was inappropriately touched by the conductor.

Charged for the offense of Indecent Assault is Shaquill Jones, 22 years, Bus Conductor of La Borie, St. George, while Sammy Bedassie a 29-year-old Bus Driver of Maran, St. John, received a charge of Abetting a Crime.

Both men were granted bail in the amounts of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) and ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) respectively, and are scheduled to appear in court on July 20, 2021.