Thursday Night WTF Moment

By: Mr. T on June 19, 2009
Anyone else here tracking the fast-changing story (or stories) about the minister who was recently charged in Council Bluffs for sexual assault? You can access the latest OWH story here and the LJS iteration here. No doubt we can all agree that child sex predators are a despicable lot, but most Lincolnites may pick up on the somewhat striking discrepancies in reported factual background about the alleged perp’s time here in Lincoln. As reported by the OWH:
Umana worked as a Lincoln Public Schools bus driver from 1992 to 1997. In 1993, three students reported they felt uncomfortable around Umana, according to memos obtained by The World-Herald. The students reported he hugged them, said things like “Hi, Babe” and told them how pretty they were. He also kissed one and grabbed at their coats, according to the documents. One girl reported that she told him the bus was cold and he said, “Yes, but you and me are hot.” In 1994, three elementary school students reported Umana grabbed them in inappropriate places. Umana denied the allegations to school officials. In 1997, Umana was terminated.
So according to the OWH, the guy was called out for six alleged cases, in 1993 and 1994, of arguably inappropriate behavior with minors. But in the LJS, it was reported:
Umaña worked as a bus driver for Lincoln Public Schools from 1992 to 1997. Nancy Biggs, LPS associate superintendent for human resources, declined to comment on why he was terminated, but said it had nothing to do with inappropriate touching or behavior with students. “If we thought he shouldn’t be around kids we wouldn’t have allowed him around children,” Biggs said.
All I can say is: Put this story/stories in the "Someone has some serious explaining to do" file.

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