Former Littleton Public Schools paraprofessional, Kiarra Jones is charged with third-degree assault on an at-risk person.
Jones was caught on video assaulting a 10-year-old autistic boy on a school bus.
Jessica Vestal, the boy’s mother, said “I’m sure a lot of people would be like, ‘Why would you put this video of your kid out there?’ If you don’t look at it, the words don’t encompass it,” she added. “If he had to live through it, the least everybody else could do is pay attention to it so that it doesn’t happen again.”
In the video, the child, who The Denver Post is not identifying, is sitting calmly when Jones, unprovoked, is seen elbowing the boy in the stomach, punching him in the head and slamming his head into the bus window. At times, Jones’ actions in the video are obstructed by a bus seat, but Vestal said Jones also stomped on her son’s feet and hit his legs.
Englewood police have surveillance footage of three dates this year that show Jones allegedly abusing the disabled boy, according to an arrest affidavit.
In court documents, police who watched the videos described Jones punching the child so hard that his head flung back to hit the seat. Investigators wrote that the boy began crying and pushing Jones away, but she continued her alleged assault. Police said it appears in the three videos that Jones also assaulted another child.
The family is planning a lawsuit.
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Colorado paraprofessional arrested after police say video shows her beating autistic child on school bus
Police arrested a former Littleton Public Schools paraprofessional last week after they said video footage revealed she beat a severely autistic, non-verbal child on a school bus for special needs …
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She assaulted that child for no reason.
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