Two Auburn University Transit Bus Drivers Charged with Rape
Two men who worked for a company that runs the Auburn University transit system are charged in the alleged rape of a student on one of the buses.
The Auburn city police department says Monday that 32-year-old James Don Johnson Jr. of Auburn, Alabama, and 51-year-old Tony Martin Patillo of Columbus, Georgia, were arrested Saturday. Each is charged with first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy in the Friday night attack.
Police say Johnson was driving a bus while Patillo was in the back of the vehicle raping an 18-year-old woman. A passerby later reported seeing Patillo standing over the woman on a city street.
It was not immediately clear whether either man has an attorney. Each was jailed under $125,000 bond.
The university says the bus company has fired the men.
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