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Thursday, November 5, 2009

School Bus Attendant Accused of Molesting Boy Released on Bond

Females sex offenders gets bonds in VA, Males gets jail time while waiting for court..

 

FAIRFAX, Va. - A Fairfax County school bus attendant  charged with sexually molesting a little boy was released from jail on bond Thursday, outraging the community where the alleged assault took place.

Thirty-one-year-old Heather Mulgrew spent her life around children, working for the past five and a half years as a Fairfax County school bus attendant. She also worked as a babysitter, caring for for an 8-year-old boy she allegedly sexually abused at a Manassas mobile home park.

"A child doesn't have no choice, you know, and being 8-years-old [and] by a woman. I mean that's odd," said David Kiger, a father.

Two weeks ago the child, now 10, told his mother about an incident in the summer of 2007 when Mulgrew sexually molested him. The mother promptly went to police and for a week and a half Mulgrew was behind bars in the county detention center.
"I think it is not right that she tried to harm a child, but you know, I believe a person is innocent until proven guilty," said Bill Mentzer, a parent.

Meanwhile, the alleged victim's mother and other parents in this community say Mulgrew's alleged offense is so serious she should not have been released before her trial.

"If it was my child I would kill her. That's is messed up. Anybody who molests a child, they need to be locked up and put away forever," said Anita Cook, a parent.

Fairfax County Schools put Mulgrew on leave when she was charged, pending the outcome of her trial.

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