Video released of bus driver poking girl with umbrella
Two families have said they are going to file a multi-million dollar civil lawsuit against Christopher Litostansky, a Whitehall bus driver, for the way he treated the children on his bus. He has been charged with assault, endangering children and unlawful restraint. Wednesday the lawyer released the video of Litostansky while on the bus and he appears to poke the girl in the face eight times with an umbrella. The parents said that he also attempted to comfort their daughter after the incident by kissing her and touching her inappropriately. He has also been accused of throwing the girl into her seat which made her hit her head on the window and tying down the legs of a special needs student.
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Previously October 29, 2014
More charges piled on bus driver accused of assault
About a week ago, Christopher Litostansky, a Whitehall bus driver, was investigated for how he was behaving with the children on his bus while driving. He was charged with two misdemeanors. Now more charges have been made after reviewing a bus video, the Dispatch reported. Police have said that it appears that in one of the assaults when he tied down a boy’s legs that he also slapped him.
Previously October 22, 2014
While on route, bus driver accused of assaulting kids
A bus driver in Whitehall is now on administrative leave after allegedly assaulting two children while on his route. Christopher Litostansky, 48, has been accused of restraining an 11-year-old boy with a disability by tying straps around his legs and poking a 6-year-old girl in the head with an umbrella handle. He has been charged with two misdemeanor counts of endangering children, one misdemeanor count of assault, and one misdemeanor count of unlawful restraint.
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