A former Littleton Public Schools paraprofessional took a deal and pleaded guilty Monday morning to assault and child abuse after she was caught on camera beating a nonverbal child with severe autism on a bus ride home in 2024, according to court records.
Kiarra Jones pleaded guilty to 10 counts of third-degree assault of an at-risk child, a felony, and two counts of misdemeanor child abuse, 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Eric Ross said. The deal dropped one charge of felony child abuse from her case.
The last-minute plea deal canceled a jury trial that was scheduled to begin Monday in Arapahoe County District Court, court records show. Jones previously pleaded not guilty in April 2025 to all 11 felony assault and child abuse charges, and the two misdemeanor child abuse charges, according to court records.
Each of the felony counts Jones pleaded guilty to carries a maximum sentence of 18 months in prison, Ross said.
If she receives the maximum sentence for each of the 10 assault charges during her March 18th sentencing hearing, Jones will spend 15 years in prison.
Parents of special-needs children who rode the school bus where the incident happened to and from Joshua School in Englewood said they suspected the abuse had been happening for months before Jones’ arrest.
The Littleton Public Schools transportation department is contracted to bus the students to the private school, which serves students on the autism spectrum.
Littleton Public Schools fired Jones on March 19, 2024, after reviewing a video recording of the previous day’s bus ride, according to the school district. The review came after a mother complained about bruises on her son.
The video showed Jones elbowing the boy in the stomach, punching him in the head and slamming his face into the bus window. The boy was sitting calmly at the time of the unprovoked assault.
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Mohamedbhai also alleged that Jones assaulted a third child, who was not included in the criminal case.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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