Police say Dean D'Amico, who drove a Colonial Intermediate Unit 20 school bus, sexually assaulted the student outside Easton Area High School this past December.
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Court documents say the student is on the autism spectrum and has an anxiety disorder, and is almost always non-verbal.
An attorney for Colonial Intermediate Unit 20 told WFMZ the victim was not a student of Easton Area High School, but she was attending one class there.
D'amico allegedly bought the victim a cell phone so they could communicate. The messages were often sexual, police say.
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State police arrested D'Amico on Wednesday at his home in Upper Mount Bethel Township.
He was charged with Institutional Sexual Assault, Corruption of Minors, Unlawful Contact with a Minor, and Indecent Assault.
D'amico is being held at Northampton County Prison on $250,000 bail.