IT'S NINE TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR EX-BANGOR HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT WRESTLING COACH BRAD WASHBURN FOR VIOLATING HIS PAROLE. WASHBURN'S PAROLE WAS REVOKED BECAUSE OF HIS ARREST IN MAY FOR HEROIN POSSESSION. WASHBURN HAD BEEN IN JAIL FOR USING DRUGS WITH AND SELLING DRUGS TO BANGOR STUDENTS. ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS, RICHARD CLARK, KILLED HIMSELF TWO YEARS AGO. THREE YEARS AGO, BANGOR BIOLOGY TEACHER GINA RISO DIED WHEN SHE OVERDOSED ON HEROIN IN WASHBURN'S BETHLEHEM APARTMENT.
VICTIM 1 IS STEPPING OUT OF THE SHADOWS AND ONTO BOOKSHELVES AND TV. ON ABC'S 20/20, 18-YEAR-OLD AARON FISHER TALKS ABOUT THE SEXUAL ABUSE HE BEGAN ENDURING AT THE HANDS OF JERRY SANDUSKY BEGINNING MORE THAN SIX YEARS AGO. FISHER TELLS ABC'S CHRIS CUOMO HE COULDN'T TELL ANYBODY WHAT WAS HAPPENING FOR THREE YEARS. "I COULDN'T DO IT. IT WAS EMBARRASSMENT AND A FEAR OF NOT BEING BELIEVED," FISHER SAYS. FISHER TELLS ABC HE FIRST MET SANDUSKY AT SANDUSKY'S SECOND MILE CAMP IN 2005. HE SAYS WHEN HE FINALLY TOLD HIS PRINCIPAL ABOUT THE ASSAULTS, SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE HIM AND DID NOTHING.
NEARLY HALF OF NEW JERSEY'S 24,000 SCHOOL BUSES FAIL INITIAL INSPECTIONS EACH YEAR. THE MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION'S LATEST SCHOOL BUS REPORT CARD SHOWS 47 PERCENT FAILED AND HAD TO BE TAKEN OFF THE ROAD. ANOTHER 12 PERCENT FAILED FOR MINOR ITEMS THAT DON'T AFFECT SAFETY. ALMOST HALF OF ALL SCHOOL VEHICLES INSPECTED IN 2010 FAILED INSPECTION AND ANOTHER THIRD GOT 30-DAY NOTICES. THE MOST COMMON VIOLATION WAS INSUFFICIENT BRAKES. OTHER COMMON PROBLEMS INCLUDED EMISSIONS, LIGHTS, SEATS AND ENGINE PROBLEMS. MVC SPOKESWOMAN ELYSE COFFEY SAYS 91 PERCENT OF THE FAILED BUSES ARE REPAIRED, RE-INSPECTED AND PASSED THE SAME DAY.
DESPITE RIDING A FOUR GAME WINNING STREAK, PENN STATE HEAD COACH BILL O'BRIEN SAYS HIS TEAM NEEDED LAST WEEK'S BYE WEEK. "IT'S PRETTY GOOD WHEN THE BYE WEEK COMES RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD A LONG TRAINING CAMP AND THEN SIX TOUGH GAMES. IT'S BETTER TO HAVE IT THEN RATHER THAN AFTER THE FIRST GAME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT," O'BRIEN SAYS. AFTER HEALING SOME INJURIES, THE NITTANY LIONS VISIT IOWA SATURDAY NIGHT IOWA HAS WON TWO STRAIGHT AFTER LOSING TWO OF THEIR FIRST FOUR GAMES. PENN STATE AND IOWA KICKOFF TONIGHT AT 8 O'CLOCK ON WAEB.
