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Jul 22, 2009 8:50 pm US/Eastern

Port Authority Delayed In Reporting Bus Driver

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― The Port Authority waited ten days before taking action against a bus driver accused of molesting a boy while driving the bus, KDKA learned Wednesday.

Anthony Leffler was spotted with a boy on his lap, behind the wheel on July 3. After the incident was reported, the Port Authority reviewed surveillance video, but didn't report the incident to Allegheny County police until ten days later.

Leffler continued to drive a bus even after the Port Authority saw onboard videotapes that showed the alleged assault.

Leffler's bus route was along Freeport Road and then into Harmer Township. According to police reports, he had a boy in his lap alone on a Port Authority bus for more than an hour. During that time, police allege Leffler molested the boy.

"The allegations are while he was driving the bus the victim was on the bus and these incidents took place," Superintendent Charles Moffatt said.

Records obtained by the KDKA-investigators, indicate a Port Authority employee saw the boy on Leffler's lap and reported it on July 3. The Port Authority did not notify Allegheny County police and provide the video of the incident until July 13 and Leffler continued to work until July 19, when he was arrested and then suspended from his job.

"We were notified by the Port Authority police and then we initiated the investigation," Moffatt said.

Sources close to the investigation want to know why Leffler was not punished as soon as the employee saw him driving with a boy on his lap with the boy holding the wheel of the bus.

The Port Authority refused to appear on camera, but spokesman Jim Richie told KDKA on the phone "We initially thought it was a safety issue and addressed it right away."

As soon as the incident happened.. He says, a supervisor called Leffler in the bus and said "take that kid off your lap."

Regarding the two week lapse between the alleged assault and Leffler's suspension, Richie said "we took the appropriate action."

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