Colorado school bus driver arrested on charges of sexual assault of a child

A school bus driver in the Denver metro area was arrested and now faces a felony charge of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust.

Lakewood police arrested 64-year-old Robert Watters on Thursday after he turned himself in to police. He's being held at the Jefferson County Jail without bail.

According to investigators, the 10-year-old victim in the case reported that their bus driver, later identified as Watters, was engaging in an inappropriate relationship with them. That's when the Lakewood Police Department began its investigation. 

A police spokesman said more information would be forthcoming, but a letter from the Jefferson County School District obtained by CBS News Colorado informed the Everitt Middle School community that Watters was arrested.

According to the school district, Watters has worked as a bus driver for Jeffco Public Schools since 2018 and drove Everitt Middle School students on the C-49 bus route from 2021 to 2023 and has been driving on the C-31 bus route since August 2023.   

The school district said there are no known victims at Everitt Middle School.