A school bus driver is accused of stalking an 8-year-old boy and his family, at times requesting inappropriate photos, walking around the child’s home at night and tracking the boy’s parents with GPS devices, WMTW-TV reports.The driver, 39-year-old Michael Chick of Eliot, Maine, is now charged with interstate stalking, a federal crime.Authorities allege that Chick gave the boy multiple cell phones and asked the child to take inappropriate photographs of himself and send the images to him, according to court records obtained by CNN.Chick also reportedly admitted to police that he installed GPS tracking devices on vehicles belonging to the child’s parents, and that he would visit the family’s home six to 10 times at night “just to walk around the house,” the court documents state, according to CNN.The boy told investigators that Chick threatened to kidnap and torture the boy if he did not comply with the demands.Police arrested Chick on August 5, months after the parents first notified school officials in April about comments the bus driver reportedly made toward their son and daughter on the bus. Chick also allegedly plied gifts and candy to the children and provided them get-well cards telling them he missed them.At one point, Chick allegedly sought to attend one of the boy’s youth baseball games. Chick claimed to investigators that he was going to bring his nephew to get him involved in Little League.The boy also reported to a family member that his sister had started to share with Chick where they kept the key to their home after Chick allegedly shared where he kept his key for his home, WMTW-TV reports.
[Featured image: Michael Chick/U.S. District Court]
