Paratransit bus driver charged with unlawful sexual contact

Josephine Peterson | The News Journal

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A 57-year-old Georgetown bus driver was arrested Friday after he tried to force two victims to touch him inappropriately in February, police said.

Joseph D. Spruill had parked the DART paratransit bus in a parking lot near a stop in the 900 block of North DuPont Boulevard in Milford, said Master Cpl. Robert Masten of Milford Police.

Spruill forced one of the victims to touch him, but the other was able to pull away after he tried to force them to touch him as well, Masten said.

He also made offensive comments to the two victims, police said. Police started looking into the February incident after it was reported in mid-March, Masten said.

Spruill was charged with two counts of third-degree unlawful sexual contact and two counts of harassment.

In his arraignment, his bail was set at $4,000, unsecured.

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