Seven students being investigated for sexually motivated assault on school bus
Mar 9, 2012, 5:12 AM | Updated: 1:53 pm
Marysville police are investigating seven middle school boys after they allegedly sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl on a school bus.
A letter went out to the parents of Marysville Middle School students Thursday night telling them about the incident.
Since then, four of the boys have been expelled, according to the Seattle PI, while three boys have been suspended for the remainder of the school year.
Marysville School District Superintendent Larry Nyland tells the Daily Herald that detectives are analyzing the March 1 incident caught on the bus’ surveillance video.
The district did not learn about the event until the next day. The case involves Marysville Middle School students ages 11 to 15.
Nyland and police Cmdr. Robb Lamoureux refused to describe exactly what is alleged to have happened.
“The crime itself is called assault fourth degree with sexual motivation,” Lamoureux told KING 5. “There was no rape.”
Nyland says the bus driver may not have known what was going on.
Lamoureux says the 13-year-old victim is upset and embarrassed.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
