A Colorado school bus aide has been sentenced to 4\u00bd years in prison after video showed her attacking at least three nonverbal students with autism, causing a knocked-out tooth and fractured bones.<\/p>\n
Kiarra Jones, 30, pleaded guilty in January to 10 counts of third-degree felony assault of an at-risk child and two counts of misdemeanor child abuse. During Friday\u2019s hearing, Judge Laqunya Baker described the footage as \u201cgut-wrenching\u201d and said prison time was appropriate.<\/p>\n
One victim\u2019s father, Kevin Yarbrough, spoke in court, calling himself \u201ca voice for my son who cannot speak for himself\u201d after being harmed by someone entrusted to care for him.<\/p>\n
Jones worked for Littleton Schools, supervising students on buses to The Joshua School, which serves children with autism. The investigation began in 2024 when a student returned home with bruises. Review of surveillance footage revealed repeated assaults, leading to Jones\u2019 arrest in April 2024.<\/p>\n
The victims\u2019 parents later held a press conference, revealing their children endured fractured bones, deep bruises, and a knocked-out tooth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Colorado school bus aide has been sentenced to 4\u00bd years in prison after video showed her attacking at least three nonverbal students with autism, causing a knocked-out tooth and fractured bones. Kiarra Jones, 30, pleaded guilty in January to 10 counts of third-degree felony assault of an at-risk child and two counts of misdemeanor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n