LISD bus monitor employee arrested, accused of child indecency

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Leander Independent School District transportation employee was arrested Tuesday after he was accused of indecency with a child, according to the Cedar Park Police Department.

Police said on social media it identified that employee as 70-year-old Steven Wade Lackey. He was booked into the Williamson County Jail on two counts of child indecency.

Attorney information was not available for Lackey, as of Tuesday. We will update this if that changes.

According to CPPD, the department received the report of the allegation on Oct. 8. That case was then assigned to the department’s Special Victims Unit, which began its investigation “immediately.” Following the investigation, police said it obtained an arrest warrant for Lackey.

KXAN also reached out to LISD for a statement, and a spokesperson for the district said they “are aware” of Lackey’s arrest. The district shared the email that was sent to the families of students who were on the Lackey’s former bus route on Friday and Tuesday by the transportation director.

The email from Friday said on Thursday, Oct. 9, the LISD Police Department “reviewed evidence suggesting potential inappropriate conduct by a bus monitor toward students on a district bus.”

“Our initial findings were enough to indicate serious violations of district policy. The bus monitor was terminated Friday morning,” the email said.

The emails sent from LISD’s transportation director can be viewed in full below: