Probable cause: Carl Junction bus driver admitted fondling high school student multiple times

Carl Junction R-1 bus driver Dennis Frakes is being held in the Jasper County Jail on a $50,000 cash-only bond following his arrest on statutory sodomy and sexual contact with a student charges.

The probable cause statement says Frakes, 67, admitted to fondling the high school multiple times in an off-campus setting. He also is accused of touching her genital area during a school band competition on the Missouri Southern State University campus March 27, 2015.

The girl was under age 17 at the time, according to the statement.