FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Case #17CF1036
Date: April 27, 2017
BUS DRIVER TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING THREE SPECIAL NEEDS WOMEN
SANTA ANA – A bus driver is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow for sexually assaulting three special needs women.
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Defendant |
Charges |
Maximum Sentence |
Court Date |
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Jon Francis Farris, 56, Garden Grove |
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11 years in state prison |
Arraignment
Bail: $100,000 |
*The Orange County District Attorney’s Office is not releasing further information on the specific charges in this case for investigative reasons and privacy interests surrounding the victims.
Circumstances of the Case
- At the time of the crime, Farris worked as a bus driver for Western Transit Systems, Inc (WTS).
- The defendant was assigned to a route transporting special needs clients of the Regional Center of Orange County.
- On March 23, 2017, the defendant is accused of sexually assaulting three victims.
- Farris is accused of dropping off one client and parking the bus in a nearby neighborhood to sexually assault the other female riders.
- When the bus remained parked in the same spot for several minutes, a concerned resident approached the bus to conduct a welfare check.
- The resident contacted WTS to report his observations.
- WTS notified Tustin Police Department (TPD), who investigated this case.
TPD arrested Farris on April 26, 2017.
Prosecutor: Deputy District Attorney Lexie Elliot, Sexual Assault Unit