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A former upstate New York college bus driver admitted he bribed a younger pupil with “nicotine and other gifts” in alternate for dozens of sexually specific photos and movies, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
Frederick Haresign, 62, a onetime driver for the Fulton City School District, pleaded responsible Wednesday to sexual exploitation of a kid and faces 10 years in jail and 20 years of supervised launch as a part of a plea deal.
Haresign, who drove for Golden Sun Bus Service, was arrested on April 29 final 12 months and charged with supplying the 12-year-old girl with smokes, money and lavish presents — and giving her a Nikon digital digicam in 2017, the Watertown Daily Times reported on the time of the arrest.
The girl used the digicam to offer Haresign with about 50 sexually specific photos and movies over an eight-month interval, the outlet reported.
According to the US Attorney’s Office, the teenager lastly informed her mom in regards to the sordid association in early April, and the mother notified authorities.
Police searched Haresign’s residence and located lewd photos of the girl, together with photos the place a college bus seat might be seen within the background, prosecutors mentioned.
Haresign is scheduled to be sentenced on July 20 and should register as a intercourse offender and could possibly be fined as much as $250,000.
