Ex-Weston School Bus Driver Pleads Not Guilty

Scott DeiCas of New Canaan pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of threatening Weston officials. The former Weston school bus driver also pleaded not guilty to holding police officers at bay during a 10-hour standoff at his home.

Weston police have charged DeiCas with first-degree harassment, third-degree computer crimes and possession of child pornography. From New Canaan, he faces charges of second-degree harassment, second-degree threatening, first-degree criminal mischief, interfering with an officer, resisting arrest, use of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance.  

DeiCas will return to Stamford Superior Court on Dec. 21 for a pretrial hearing, according to court officials.

DeiCas was arrested in July after a the standoff at his home on Ponus Ridge Road, where Weston police had appeared to serve him with a warrant. DeiCas worked as a school bus driver for Weston Public Schools from 2007 to 2009. He is accused of making a suspicious phone call on July 29 to a Weston Board of Education administrative assistant. Weston police said DeiCas angrily asked for the Weston schools' director of finance and operations Jo-Ann Keating to return his call. Weston Police also said that threats were made against New Canaan First Selectman Jeb Walker and New Canaan police officers during the standoff.

DeiCais is also accused of posting a comment on the Weston schools Web site on July 30 under the name "DEATH" that read "be ready Zionist scum." In addition, he is accused of posting a link to a video --  made by an individual in Colorado -- of a "killdozer"  reinforced with concrete that drove through town buildings. Another video comment read, ""KILL THE BEAST; I will start with the Weston, Connecticut Town Government!!!"

Weston police said in September that they discovered child pornography while searching DeiCas' computer. DeiCas' attorney, Mickey Sherman, said he was awaiting reports from doctors to determine "that he is not a danger to himself or the community." "We'll do our best to work things out," he said.

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