FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A bus driver for special needs passengers has been accused of molesting a young woman with autism.
According to Fort Lauderdale Police, 32-year-old Johnson Jefferson Cruz Osorio took the victim, a 22-year-old woman, on board his bus on June 8. Later on, the victim told her parents Cruz Osorio touched her the “wrong way” with his hands.
Detectives later reviewed video from the bus, which they said corroborated the story told by the victim.
Cruz Osorio was employed by American Transportation, which was contracted by Broward County to drive buses for special needs passengers.
Cruz has been charged with battery and lewd and lascivious molestation of a disabled person. He has since been released on $1,500 bond.
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