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And now Preston and Steve's news updates with Kathy Romano.

And today is the 31st day of May, a Wednesday morning Kathy.

Good morning and the news this morning, a Delaware County School Bus driver is accused of

restraining a 10-year-old child in a seat with duct tape the District Attorney's Office said Tuesday.

Clifton Heights resident 54-year-old Juliette Pratt is being charged for the incident that happened

back on March 8th. The investigation began after police were called to Hillcrest Elementary

School in Drexel Hill. Surveillance video showed Pratt wrapping duct tape around the child's

ankles and chest, even though the child was sitting in a district-supplied safety harness the

DA's office said. She was driving a bus that had a 10-year-old boy who my understanding has

down syndrome. He is a special, he's an special harness on the bus and she decided for whatever reason

we don't know she needed to add additional illegal criminal restraints to District Attorney Jack

Stollsheimer said. Investigators say the child was not seen trying to get out of the seat or

otherwise move around the bus. After arriving at the school, the DA's office said Pratt used

the seatbelt cutter to remove the child from, to remove the tape from the child.

Using duct tape on a child who was already fully restrained in the vehicle's harness was not only

inexcusable, it was also dangerous. Had an incident occurred, the child would have been unable to

free himself from the tape, said the District Attorney. According to the criminal complaint,

Pratt allegedly stated that she used duct tape with the student once before this incident.

She is charged with unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, endangering the welfare of a child

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