Kiarra Jones, 29, is employed by Littleton Public Schools.

A US school bus aide has been arrested on suspicion of abusing three children with severe autism.according to fox newsColorado paraprofessional Kiarra Jones, 29, is employed by Littleton Public Schools. She was arrested last week after a disturbing video surfaced of her inflicting physical harm on a nonverbal autistic boy. She faces a felony assault charge for crimes against at-risk children, according to police.

The video, recorded on March 18, shows Chiara Jones attacking the young boy, including elbowing him in the stomach, slapping him and stomping his feet. The 10-year-old’s parents released the disturbing video on Tuesday to highlight the seriousness of the situation. Jessica Vestal, the mother of a 10-year-old boy, said: “If the bus footage was regularly reviewed, the torture and torture my sweet boy is going through could stop.” fox news.

Breaking News: A bus attendant at a Littleton, Colorado, school was arrested for abusing a 10-year-old autistic student.

Kiarra Jones, 29, was arrested on suspicion of assault after a video showed her repeatedly punching a boy who could not speak in the face and body. pic.twitter.com/649uebbqUr

— I meme therefore I🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) April 9, 2024

The alleged attacks occurred in February and March, according to police testimony. Ms. Vesta said her son could not speak and was covered in bruises when he came home from school for the first time in January. Other injuries followed, including a black eye in February, which she said a bus attendant blamed on him hitting himself with a toy, and a bruised foot in March.

It wasn’t until Ms. Vesta asked to see the bus surveillance footage last month that she learned Jones was abusing her son. She posted the video on Tuesday and the 29-year-old was arrested. She was arraigned on the morning of April 5 and posted a $5,000 bond, police said.

She was fired the same day she was arrested. abc news the report said. “This type of behavior cannot and will not be tolerated,” Superintendent Todd Lambert said in a letter to the school community Friday. He added: “As a parent, you trust that we care about your child’s welfare and you never have to worry about them coming to harm while in our care.”

ALSO READ | The American billionaire once queued for two hours at his store to get a job.read her story

Separately, the Englewood Police Department stated that “it was determined that more than one student with non-verbal autism was assaulted by the suspect on a moving school bus on their way to school.” “The suspect was also identified as a victim-designated paraprofessional employed by the Littleton Public School District at the time of the incident,” police added.

Now, the families of three special needs children in Colorado are considering filing a lawsuit against the school district. A law firm representing the families of the three students said they suffered “extreme physical and emotional abuse” over a six-month period on a Littleton Public Schools special needs bus. It added that all three children could not speak and were therefore unable to report the abuse.