School bus driver arrested on suspicion of sexual harassment and stalking in RS

Modulated Penitentiary of Ijuí Modulated Penitentiary of Ijuí/Disclosure An employee of the city hall of Saldanha Marinho, a municipality in the Northwest of Rio Grande do Sul, was arrested on suspicion of sexual harassment, obscene acts and persecution. The 57-year-old man worked as a school bus driver and, due to the incidents, was reassigned to the Municipal Department of Works. Now, the municipality is considering opening a new administrative process. According to the Civil Police investigation, the server, whose name was not disclosed, approached people on the street, driving his own car. According to delegate Ives Trindade, there were nine incidents registered in the last three months against the suspect. One of them was in a work environment. ? Access the g1 RS channel on WhatsApp The victims are all women — including minors and an elderly woman. Due to the amount of records, the man's preventive detention was requested and he was sent to the Ijuí prison unit. Saldanha Marinho city hall stated that it is investigating information to evaluate the initiation of an administrative procedure. According to delegate Ives Trindade, the suspect claimed that he had problems with an antidepressant medication that he administers. "He argues that, as a result of not taking this medication, he would have carried out these acts", he reports. According to the delegate, the suspect's defense presented medical reports and certificates in order to prove the statement. g1 is still seeking contact with the suspect's lawyers. What the city hall of Saldanha Marinho says "The Municipality of Saldanha Marinho, through the Legal Prosecutor's Office, is hereby publicly providing clarifications regarding the functional situation of the permanent public servant. The public servant in question holds an effective public position and, in a previously initiated Administrative Disciplinary Process, had his functional relationship maintained by decision of the processing commission, with the aim of enabling his resocialization after serving a custodial sentence. The Municipal Administration became aware, on the date of yesterday, of the decree of preventive detention in favor of the aforementioned civil servant. In view of this, the Municipality will request, from the police authority and the Judiciary, all information relevant to the case, for the purpose of evaluating the initiation of its own administrative procedure, if legally applicable. VIDEOS: Everything about RS