A Berks County school bus driver was arrested for allegedly indecently assaulting two young girls on a bus several years ago.
On December 14, 2015, the Berks County District Attorney’s Child Abuse Unit received a report from a 16-year-old girl accusing 79-year-old Arthur Fick of Reading, Pennsylvania, of inappropriately touching her.
The teen told investigators Fick first indecently assaulted her on a school bus back in 2008 when she was a 5th grade student at Oley Elementary School. The teen said the assaults happened more than once and her mother reported Fick to school authorities. Investigators say Fick, who was a bus driver employed by Quigley Bus Service at the time, was fired after the reported incident.
On February 11, 2016 detectives learned another victim reported a similar incident in January, 2001. The woman told investigators Fick indecently assaulted her when she rode the school bus from the time she was in pre-kindergarten through 5th grade in the Oley School District. The girl’s mother also reported the incident to Oley School authorities.
Officials obtained an arrest warrant for Fick who surrendered to police on Tuesday around 3 p.m. at the Berks County District Attorney’s Detective Office.
He is charged with indecent assault and corruption of minors. He was arraigned with bail set at $25,000 unsecured.
