FOR CONTINUING COVERAGE.
WE'LL BRING YOU THE COURT'S
DECISION AS SOON AS IT'S
ANNOUNCED.
IN OTHER NEWS, A SCHOOL BUS
ASSISTANT IN WOODBURY IS BEHIND
BARS TONIGHT ACCUSED OF
SEXUALLY TOUCHING LITTLE GIRLS
UNDER THE AGE OF 5.
VIDEO FROM THE SCHOOL BUS
SHOWS THE MAN TOUCHING A CHILD
ON TWO OCCASIONS.
ANGELA DAVIS HAS DETAILS FROM
POLICE AND THE WASHINGTON
COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
DISTURBING STORY.
Reporter: COURT PAPERS SHOW
KNIEFEL IS AN ATTENDANT WHOSE
JOB IS TO HELP CHILDREN WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS WHILE THEY RIDE
BUSES.
AN INVESTIGATION BY WOODBURY
POLICE REVEALED KNIEFEL CAN BE
SEEN ON VIDEO TOUCHING AT LEAST
SIX YOUNG GIRLS ON THEIR
PRIVATE PARTS OVER THEIR
CLOTHING.
THE FATHER OF A 4-YEAR-OLD GIRL
TOLD POLICE WHAT HIT DAUGHTER
SAYS HAPPENED TO HER AND OTHER
GIRLS ON HER BUS FRIDAY
MORNING.
SHE SAID KNEIFL SAT NEXT TO
HER AND RUBBED HER LEG, THEN
RUBBED HER GENITAL AREA.
THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED
OTHER PRESCHOOLERS HAD SIMILAR
STORIES.
MONDAY MORNING, WOODBURY POLICE
MET WITH THE TRANSPORTATION
DIVISION OF THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
OFFICERS REQUESTED BUS VIDEO,
STUDENT ROSTERS AND CONTACT
INFORMATION FOR KIDS ON THAT
ROUTE.
VIDEO FROM THE BUS CAMERA
CONFIRMED WHAT THE CHILDREN
SAID.
THE COMPLAINT STATES KNEIFL
ADMITTED THAT HE PUTS THE HANDS
ON THE GIRLS THIGHS, RUBBING
THEM.
KNEIFL SAID QUOTE, THEY COME
FROM A HARD LIFE AND LIKELY DO
NOT GET ANY SORT OF AFFECTION
AT HOME.
SOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL
DISTRICT ONLINE RECORDS SHOW
KNEIFL WAS HIRED DURING THE
SUMMER OF 2012.
HE LIVES IN A SENIOR LIVING
COMMUNITY.
NOW KNEIFL WAS IMMEDIATELY
PLACED ON LEAVE BY THE SOUTH
WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
HE WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AND
IS NOW CHARGED WITH SIX COUNTS
OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH
