Overview
- The driver, identified as 54-year-old Redi Gace of Worcester, was arraigned in Westborough District Court and is being held on $50,000 bail, with house arrest and GPS monitoring if released.
- He faces two counts of kidnapping along with charges of reckless endangerment of a child, misleading police, and tampering with evidence, according to Grafton authorities.
- School officials say he deviated from assigned routes with students aboard and made unauthorized stops, and police note he was not on general student transportation routes.
- Court paperwork alleges he disabled or blocked bus cameras during two December trips, took a child to a road off his route, and dropped a non-verbal 5-year-old boy 29 minutes late and a 3-year-old girl six minutes late.
- AA Transportation says it terminated him after referring a parent’s complaint to police and notes he had passed state and federal background checks and held RMV certification, while Worcester police assisted and Grafton Police say more charges may follow.