Ex-school bus driver sentenced to 60 years for child exploitation in North Texas

A former school bus driver who produced sexually explicit photos of two children in Fort Worth has been sentenced to 60 years in prison, federal prosecutors said in a news release.

Scott Wayne O’Toole, 60, pleaded guilty in April to two counts of sexual exploitation of children. He was sentenced on Thursday, Aug. 28, by Judge Reed O’Connor, according to the news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas.

Authorities in Alaska began investigating O’Toole in December 2024 after a USB drive containing child sexual abuse material was found at a hotel where he was staying during a temporary job as a school bus driver, according to court records. The FBI investigated the case with the Fairbanks, Alaska Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety…

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