Surveillance video on a bus captured an aide allegedly abusing a 9-year-old special needs student in Port St. Lucie.
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\nAviesar Pinillos, 43, was charged with abuse of a child without great bodily harm. He has since bonded out following his arrest.<\/p>\n
According to Port St. Lucie Police, the video shows Pinillos on a bus from Northport K-8 School shaking and screaming at a little girl for not sitting down in her seat. Pinillos was then seen walking up to the student and forcefully sat her down while she screamed "Don’t touch me." Police said the incident took place in March.<\/p>\n
Police Chief Leo Niemczyk called Pinillos\u2019 behavior \u201cunacceptable\u201d. \u201cAny reasonable adult would feel angry seeing one of our most vulnerable members of the society victimized in that way,\u201d said Niemczyk.<\/p>\n
St. Lucie Public Schools said Pinillos is no longer a bus aide and is currently assigned away from students while they wait for "A recommendation for termination."<\/p>\n
The incident highlights the need for careful supervision and protection of special needs students. It is crucial for schools and authorities to ensure that those responsible for the care and well-being of these students are held to the highest standards of conduct and that any form of abuse is swiftly addressed and prevented.<\/p>\n
A bus aide, Aviesar Pinillos, was captured on surveillance video allegedly abusing a 9-year-old special needs student by shaking and screaming at her, and then forcefully sitting her down.<\/p>\n
Pinillos was charged with abuse of a child without great bodily harm.<\/p>\n
Pinillos has been removed from his position as a bus aide and is currently assigned away from students, pending a recommendation for termination.<\/p>\n
Police Chief Leo Niemczyk described Pinillos’ behavior as "unacceptable" and expressed outrage at the victimization of a vulnerable member of society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Incident on a Port St. Lucie Bus Overview of the Incident Surveillance video on a bus captured an aide allegedly abusing a 9-year-old special needs student in Port St. Lucie. Aviesar Pinillos, 43, was charged with abuse of a child without great bodily harm. He has since bonded out following his arrest. Details of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.nbcmiami.com\/2025\/03\/38571401910-1080pnbcstations.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&fit=1920,1080&w=1920&resize=1920,1080&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11336"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11338,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11336\/revisions\/11338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}