A SCHOOL bus driver allegedly raped and molested two teenage girls at his home for several years.
Larry D. Reed Jr. inappropriately touched two young girls in Pedro, Ohio, according to the Lawrence County Ohio Sheriff’s Office.
The Rock Hill School District bus driver was arrested on Thursday.
An investigation was launched on the day of his arrest after a woman said her teen daughter was touched inappropriately while at Reed’s home.
The 15-year-old girls’ mom also said that her daughter’s friend admitted to being sexually molested by Reed over the past four to five years.
“Lawrence County Investigators and Deputies began to investigate the accusations immediately, and emergency interviews were conducted with both female juveniles,” Sheriff Jeff Lawless said in a Friday news release.
“The interviews with the juveniles revealed inappropriate touching of one female, age 15, on one occasion, and multiple counts of sexual conduct on the other female, age 14, over several years.”
As police conducted an interview, Reed admitted to the accusations.
Reed was then arrested by investigators and taken to Lawrence County Jail.
According to police, Reed had not yet started working the fall school season and the allegations “had nothing to do with him being a bus driver.”
He has been charged with rape and gross sexual imposition.
Reed is set to be arraigned on Monday – where he may face additional counts and charges.
