Burnsville police were setting up interviews Thursday with four more possible victims of scoutmaster Peter Stibal II, who remains in the Dakota County jail on $1 million bail after allegedly sexually molesting three scouts under his supervision.
Police Sgt. Jef Behnken said Thursday that other concerned parents have now called police, saying they fear Stibal assaulted their boys after getting to know them through scouting or through his job with a school bus company.
Stibal, 44, started working as a bus driver for First Student, the private company contracted to transport students in School District 191, in May 2007. That October, he switched to a desk job but also began filling in as a substitute driver or bus aide for students with special needs, officials said.
"I haven't had the opportunity to interview the children yet, and that will be coming up shortly here," Behnken said. "I have had people calling from the scouts and several parents calling from the [First Student] special needs program."
Randy Clegg, superintendent of the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District, sent a letter Wednesday to parents of kids who have used special transportation services. It told of the charges against Stibal and listed phone numbers for Burnsville police and county prosecutors.
The charges filed Wednesday in Dakota County District Court include two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and four counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct between 2002 and 2008. Each incident involved a scout under 16 who was alone with Stibal at the time.
Police also want to know if Stibal molested kids while volunteering with youth activities at Mary, Mother of the Church in Burnsville. His activities included chaperoning two mission trips to Mexico. Church officials also put out a letter to parents in the parish, listing Behnken as a police contact for parents.
Church officials told Behnken that as a volunteer, Stibal never had one-on-one contact with youths.
