Indiana Teen Sentenced in Rape of Nonverbal Child on School Bus
Landon Doty was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to charges including rape and sexual battery of a 7-year-old nonverbal child on a school bus.
3 reports on this incident · first at Aug 20, 2026, 10:24 a.m. ET
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Aug 27, 2026, 4:22 a.m. ET
Indiana Teen Sentenced in Rape of Nonverbal Child on School Bus
Landon Doty, an Indiana teenager, was sentenced on August 13, 2026, after being convicted of raping a nonverbal 7-year-old child on a school bus in 2025, according to court records. The government claimed that surveillance video captured several instances of assault over several weeks, as reported by local12.com and ktul.com.
Doty faced charges of aggravated vehicular homicide, rape, and sexual battery, according to ktul.com, cbs6albany.com, and local12.com. The sentence imposed was reported differently by sources: local12.com and ktul.com reported a total of 54 years, with 50-and-a-half years to be served in the Indiana Department of Corrections and three-and-a-half years suspended to probation, while cbs6albany.com reported six and two-thirds to 20 years in state prison.
The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina, and the investigation involved the Albany police, according to cbs6albany.com.
Aug 20, 2026, 10:24 a.m. ETFirst report
Paris Alonzo Lewis-Bynum Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison Following Charlotte Shootout
Paris Alonzo Lewis-Bynum, 21, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced on August 13, 2026, to nine years in prison for illegally possessing a firearm and using a firearm to further drug trafficking activities, according to an official announcement from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina.
According to official court records, Lewis-Bynum was previously convicted in 2023 for speeding to elude arrest, which prohibited him from possessing a firearm. Court records state that at approximately 3:50 p.m. in December 2024, a shootout occurred near the intersection of W.T. Harris Blvd. and Albemarle Rd. in Charlotte. A school bus full of students was struck multiple times by projectiles from the shooting. Investigators determined Lewis-Bynum was involved in the shootout, and he was arrested on December 16, 2024. Law enforcement also determined he was involved in local drug trafficking activities.
Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, stated, "Lewis-Bynum is the type of repeat offender that my office prioritizes for federal prosecution. It is a miracle that none of the children on the school bus were seriously hurt or killed during the shooting. We will not stand idly by when people put our children in danger."
Official records state that Lewis-Bynum is currently in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service and will be transferred to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department investigated the case, which was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Charlotte.
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