Cape Cod school bus driver indicted on sexual assault charges

A former Cape Cod school bus driver has been indicted on charges that he sexually assaulted two students in Barnstable last year.

Jeffrey Hyland, 80, of West Yarmouth was indicted on two counts of aggravated indecent assault and battery on a child less than 14 years old, two counts of reckless endangerment of a child; and one count of intimidation of a witness, the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s office announced Friday.

Prosecutors allege that on Sept. 13, 2023, Barnstable police received a report of an alleged indecent assault and battery on a young girl by her bus driver, identified as Hyland. 

“Upon further investigation, the Barnstable Police Department was able to recover corrobrating evidence of the alleged indecent,” the DA’s office said. 

In October, Barnstable police received a report that another minor alleged Hyland inappropriately touched them on or about Sept. 5, 2023. 

Hyland was initially arrested in September, according to NBC10 Boston. 

Dialynn Dwyer

Dialynn Dwyer is a reporter and editor at Boston.com, covering breaking and local news across Boston and New England.

 

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