72-year-old ex-Chesapeake school bus driver gets more than 19 years in child sex abuse case

March 10--CHESAPEAKE -- A former Chesapeake school bus driver already serving a federal prison term was sentenced Friday to more than 19 years for sexually abusing a child on his bus.

Larry Homan, 72, pleaded guilty last year in the state case to three counts each of aggravated sexual battery and indecent liberties. A Circuit Court judge on Friday imposed the sentence of 19 years and 2 months laid out in Homan's plea agreement.

The term will run at the same time as his 25-year federal sentence for making child pornography.

The victims in the federal and state cases were different.

In court Friday, Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney David Whitted said the psychosexual evaluation completed on Homan was "one of the most disturbing we've ever seen." The document was not publicly available Friday.

Police began investigating in 2015 when a parent told the school system that Homan inappropriately touched her daughter, according to court documents.

Surveillance video on the school bus caught Homan fondling the child, court records say.

Homan used to drive students at Carver Intermediate and Thurgood Marshall Elementary schools.

Homan molested at least seven children -- including three on his bus and four at his apartment, according to federal court documents.

Police searched Homan's Norfolk apartment and found electronic media containing explicit photos of prepubescent girls, several of which were shot inside his apartment, according to court documents.

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