Former Spotsylvania County Schools employee Miguel Angel Velazquez Velasco was convicted of 13 counts of child XXX abuse at the September 19th court hearing. Commonwealth’s Attorney Ryan Mehaffey made two interesting statements on his Facebook page.

• “The offenses against the special needs children began on September 11, 2024 with the defendant touching a wheelchair-bound 8-year old child in a way that made her feel “uncomfortable.” The child contemporaneously reported the offensive touching to her father, who likewise reported it to the school.”

• “The conduct ended with the heroic efforts of a school bus driver, who insisted on a thorough review of her school bus surveillance footage on September 26, 2024…”

The issue occurred on September 11. The bus driver pushed for video footage on September 26. Why is there a 15-day gap before something was done? Why didn’t the school administration immediately seek video footage on September 11? Why did it take a bus driver to push for reviewing video footage for action to occur?

Who in Spotsylvania County Schools was held accountable for the inaction? Is this the reason why Nicole Cole, Megan Jackson, Carol Medawar, Lorita Daniels and Belen Rodas consistently voted against allowing a 3rd party investigation to determine why there was a lack of action by the school administration?

Leadership starts at the top. This occurred under Superintendent Clint Mitchell’s watch. He is responsible for the day-to-day actions of his administrative staff. Mitchell has a lot of explaining to do. It is our opinion that Mitchell and Nasty Nicole Cole participated in the coverup of the inaction of the child XXX abuse. It really took a bus driver to push for the video footage before something was done? In our opinion, people needed to be fired and it starts with Mitchell.

The next court hearing for Miguel Velasquez Velasco, the Spotsylvania County Schools bus aide with 15 charges of child XXX abuse is at 1230pm on March 12 https://spotsywire.com/2025/01/16/next-court-hearing-for-miguel-velasquez-velasco/

There are four more charges for Miguel Velazquez Velasco, the Spotsylvania County Schools bus aide that was previously charged with 11 counts of child XXX abuse. Now the total is 15 charges. Below is a screenshot of one of the new charges in Spotsylvania County Circuit Court. Notice that they misspelled his name by leaving out the “s”. We are confident that this is the same person because all the other information matches the previous information.

This screenshot shows that the defendant status is set to “Fugitive”. It also shows that a “Capias order” occurred on 2/18/2025. That means a judge ordered a law enforcement officer to arrest the defendant. We thought he was sitting in a jail cell so why is he listed as a fugitive?

The next court hearing for Miguel Velasquez Velasco, the Spotsylvania County Schools bus aide charged with 11 counts of child sexual assault, is on March 12, 2025. Velasquez Velasco was arrested in September 2024.

It seems like they are dragging this court case out. Five months would pass between the arrest and the next hearing, and they still need to schedule a trial. We suspect that at the March 12 hearing we will learn the results of his competency test.

Over the past few months, we received communications from credible sources providing insight on the Miguel Velasquez Velasco case; the Spotsylvania County Schools bus aide charged with 11 counts of child sexual assault. Below is a screenshot of an email we received. We redacted much of this email so that we do not reveal the source. This email confirmed as early as November 2024 that he does not speak English. That explains why he needed an interpreter in court today.

During public comment at the 1/13/2025 school board meeting, speaker Roy Searles read the excerpt from this email during public comment. We shared that video in an earlier article.

Velasquez Velasco was arrested in September 2024, and we are almost into February 2025. The 1/15/2025 court hearing was a competency hearing. Yet, the test results have not come back so another competency hearing needs to be scheduled. This raises some interesting questions.

• Why is the legal process moving very slowly on these serious crimes?
• Since he does not speak English, is he illegal?
• If he is illegal, is this the reason why Spotsylvania County Schools has been very quiet on this?
• Since he was hired by Spotsylvania County Schools and assumed to be competent at the time of his hiring, why is there now a question about his competency?

Update on today’s court hearing of Miguel Velasquez Velasco, the Spotsylvania County Schools bus aide charged with 11 counts of child XXX assault.  The results of the competency test have not arrived so there will be another hearing setup in the future.  An interpreter is required in court.  Once the interpreter arrives, a new date for the hearing will be announced.

These events generate some thoughts. If he needs an interpreter, he clearly doesn’t speak English so is he in the country illegally? If his competency is in question, why did Spotsylvania County schools hire him? How was he able to complete training and sign off on training documents that were obtained by Delegate Phil Scott’s office?

The next hearing for Miguel Velasquez Velasco, the Spotsylvania County Schools bus aide charged with 11 counts of child sexual assault, will be on January 15, 2025. During public comment at the 1/13 school board meeting, speaker Roy Searles read an excerpt from emails sent to the Spotsy Wire from credible verified sources that wish to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation from school division leadership.

On a different note, we find it interesting that at 9:30pm at the 1/13 school board meeting that there is a presentation on the safety climate of the school division. We find this to be propaganda in light of all the child XXX abuse situations that have occurred in the school division.

Amy Williams, the director of Human Resources for Spotsylvania County Schools, provided a presentation on the hiring process at the 12/9 school board meeting. This was nothing more than performative politics. She did nothing but skirt around the central issue of hiring Miguel Velasquez Velasco, the bus aide who is charged with 11 counts of child XXX assault. We hope Ms. Williams responds to our email.

The Spotsylvania County Schools Superintendent and School Board leadership have been silent on the child sexual assault charges in the Miguel Velasquez Velasco case. Here is a screenshot of the email we sent to Superintendent Mitchell asking a few questions.

We believe that the silence is nothing more than a cover-up led by Superintendent Mitchell, school board chair Lorita Daniels, and Vice Chair Nicole Cole. Mitchell started as Superintendent on August 1, 2024. Spotsylvania County Schools provided training to Miguel Velasquez-Velasco on August 5 and August 6. We have the training documentation showing these dates with Velasquez-Velasco’s signature. All of this occurred under the watch of Mitchell and the head of transportation.

The next hearing for the Miguel Velasquez Velasco case will be held on January 15, 2025. Miguel Velasquez Velasco is the Spotsylvania County Schools bus aide that was arrested in September 2024 and charged with 11 counts of child sexual assault. Our understanding is that this January 15th hearing concerns the defendants’ competency.

Here is our earlier article on this case – https://spotsywire.com/2024/10/05/charges-against-miguel-velasquez-velasco-spotsylvania-county-schools/

There are 11 charges of child sexual abuse against Miguel Velasquez Velasco, the Spotsylvania County Schools bus aide, who was arrested last week. The hearing for these 11 charges will take place on November 13, 2024. Velasquez Velasco was charged under VA Code 18.2-67.1, 18.2-67.3, 18.2-370.1. We have included screenshots of the Virginia Code below.

Velasquez Velasco was arrested on 9/26, had his arraignment on 9/27, and the Sheriff’s department put out a press release on 9/28. The Sheriff’s department 9/28 press release online states that only 3 kids were assaulted. This brings up some interesting questions.

• Are there more than just 3 kids assaulted? Are more charges coming?
• Why did the Sheriff’s Department explicitly state his immigration status in the press release when they don’t provide that information in other press releases?
• Velasquez Velasco is listed as “white” for his race. Does he look “white” to you?

The Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Department issued a press released on 9/28 on the arrest of Miguel Velasquez Velasco on child sexual assault charges. The press release invites more questions. We have not heard anything pubicly from Spotsylvania County Schools.

• Has Spotsylvania County Schools informed the parents of other students that rode this bus?
• Since buses have cameras, were these incidents video recorded?
• Which bus number did the assaults occur?
• Who discovered the assaults taking place?
• How long did it take for the school division to react after this was discovered?

This event occurred under the watch of Superintendent Clint Mitchell. There are many recent reports of teachers being arrested for assault or student attacking teachers. It seems to be growing. We are unaware of any actions taken by Mitchell to keep students and educators safe.

We are curious as to why the Sheriff’s department explicitly state the immigration status of Velasquez Velasco. Past press releases by the Sheriff’s Department do not list the immigration status of everyone they arrest. This has us wondering if there is more to the story. If he is legal, there must be employment paperwork and background check information on Velasquez Velasco. If he is not legal, the school division has a much bigger problem.

On Friday September 27, the Spotsy Wire announced that Miguel Angel Velasquez Velasco was arrested with a wide variety of crimes against children. At that time, we believed and later confirmed he had an association with Spotsylvania County Schools. The Spotsy Wire broke this news 1 day before all the other news outlets wrote articles on this topic.

Once again, Spotsylvania County Schools is in the news for more child abuse issues. There have been many calls by the community and some school board members for a third-party investigation into all the systemic child abuse issues occurring in Spotsylvania County Schools. Yet, the school board led by Lorita Daniels and Superintendent Clint Mitchell are on record in their public statements that they have very little interest in 3rd party investigations.

This arrest of Miguel Angel Velasquez Velasco occurred under the tenure of Superintendent Clint Mitchell. The following news outlets are covering this story on a regional or national scale.

The Daily Wire – https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-school-bus-aide-allegedly-sexually-assaulted-disabled-4-and-5-year-olds

Yahoo News – https://www.yahoo.com/news/deputies-school-bus-aide-charged-202925208.html

Fox 5 News DC – https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/spotsylvania-county-sheriffs-arrest-sex-offenses-stafford-virginia/65-fd0c6433-4394-446e-940e-9e957801b367

CBS WUSA 9 CBS – https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/spotsylvania-county-sheriffs-arrest-sex-offenses-stafford-virginia/65-fd0c6433-4394-446e-940e-9e957801b367

ABC WJLA 7 – https://wjla.com/news/local/school-bus-aide-arrested-charged-assaulting-children-disabilities-miguel-velasquez-velasco-spotsylvania-sheriffs-office-sexual-battery-indecent-liberties-rappahannock-regional-jail

WRIC News – https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/deputies-school-bus-aide-charged-for-allegedly-sexually-assaulting-students-with-disabilities-in-spotsylvania

Please tell us this has nothing to do with Spotsylvania County Schools.  We will investigate. Miguel Angel Velasquez Velasco was arrested with a wide variety of crimes against children.