WILLMAR, Minn. (KFGO/KWLM) – A former Willmar school bus driver has been sentenced to 51 months in prison for having a sexual relationship with one of the students on his bus.
50-year-old Eric Leist pleaded guilty to 2nd and 3rd Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct and Possession of Child Pornography on his computer. Leist was given credit for 22 days already served, and upon his release from prison, he will be on 10 years probation.
Leist was a paraprofessional at Dream Technical Academy in Willmar and drove bus. He had a relationship with the girl in November and December of 2022 when she was 15 to 16 years of age. She told her mother she had been assaulted by Leist, who was arrested, and a search of his computer uncovered messages between him and the girl.
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