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Drunk School Bus Driver Sentenced To Probation, Rehab
Students Said Driver Was Swerving, Hit Mailbox
POSTED: 6:53 pm EDT May 21, 2009
UPDATED: 7:01 pm EDT May 21, 2009
INDIANAPOLIS -- A Franklin Township school bus driver charged with being drunk while children were on board was sentenced Thursday after reaching a plea deal.Phillip Leslie, 48, was arrested March 3 after students said he had driven on the wrong side of the road, stopped at the same houses several times and struck at least one mailbox as he drove Kitley Intermediate School students home.Leslie pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of criminal recklessness and one felony count of operating a vehicle while intoxicated with a minor. He was sentenced to a year of probation and ordered to undergo inpatient alcohol treatment.He will also have his license suspended for 291 days.The supervisor of transportation for the Franklin Township school system, Susan Fields, resigned in the wake of Leslie's arrest, after it was revealed that she had received two prior reports of Leslie coming to work with an alcohol odor on his breath.
Previous Stories:
- April 30, 2009: Drunk School Bus Driver Reaches Plea Deal
- March 13, 2009: School Bus Boss Resigns In Wake Of Driver Flap
- March 5, 2009: Bus Driver Faces Four Charges After Alleged Drunken Ride
- March 4, 2009: Students: Bus Driver Accused Of Driving Drunk Acted Confused
- March 4, 2009: Police: Bus Driver Was Drunk As He Dropped Off Students
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