The Chestnut Ridge Middle School assistant principal faces more than 60 charges after allegedly failing to report multiple instances of suspected sexual assault committed by a 12-year-old boy on a school bus.

Patrick Nathan Isgan, 37, of Bedford was charged with two felony counts of endangering the welfare of children, felony counts of failure to report or refer and continuing failure to report or refer, 55 misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of children – parent/guardian/other, two misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of children – prevent/interfere with making report and a misdemeanor count of failure to report or refer.

He was arraigned Friday afternoon before Magisterial District Judge Kevin R. Diehl and remanded to the Bedford County Correctional Facility with bail set at

$1 million. Bail was posted later Friday and Isgan was released on conditions that prohibit contact with minors and state that he is not permitted within 500 feet of any areas where minors may typically congregate, said District Attorney Ashlan Clark in a news release.

The charges stem from an investigation into the Chestnut Ridge School District after it was discovered through several Child Advocacy Center interviews that multiple cases of sexual assault, allegedly committed by the same 12-year-old boy, were not reported to ChildLine, court documents state.

The investigation began

Feb. 8 when state police at Bedford received six ChildLine reports indicating that six juvenile victims at Chestnut Ridge Middle School were sexually assaulted by the boy.

On Feb. 12, troopers met with the middle school principal and Isgan at the middle school, where Isgan, a mandated reporter, stated he conducted his own investigation and concluded that no sexual assault occurred, court documents state.

Isgan and the middle school principal provided police with a typed timeline that shows on Nov. 2, both the principal and Isgan received an email from a bus contractor at 5:11 p.m. The email states that it was reported to a bus driver that the 12-year-old sexually harassed an 8-year-old girl. The bus contractor said he watched the video and did not see the 12-year-old doing what was claimed, court documents state.

The timeline also states that on Nov. 3, Isgan met with the 8-year-old girl and asked her what happened on the bus. The girl told Isgan the boy touched her and she didn’t like it, the report states.

Isgan then met with the juvenile male who denied touching other students, but said he does joke around with some of them, the timeline shows.

According to the timeline provided to police and outlined in the affidavit of probable cause, Isgan talked to a 15-year-old female who rides the bus. The teen said she told the girls to cover up with their book bags so the 12-year-old boy couldn’t grab them.

Two other females, an 11-year-old and a 12-year-old, also told Isgan that the 12-year-old boy was grabbing kids, the timeline states.

Isgan viewed the Nov. 2 video footage from the school bus and saw the 12-year-old boy get out of his seat and sit with an 8-year-old girl. Video shows the boy put his arm around the girl and talked to her, but the footage doesn’t show inappropriate touching, according to Isgan’s report.

Isgan then met with the 12-year-old old boy to discuss that he needs to keep his hands to himself and that he was not to pick on other students on the bus. The boy was removed from the bus for one day, due to his behavior, the report states.

On Feb. 5, the Chestnut Ridge Elementary School guidance counselor received a phone call from the stepfather of two young girls and reported the 12-year-old boy on their bus was touching kids in their private areas.

It was reported that an 8-year-old, who was not touched, witnessed the 12-year-old boy touching other students by putting his coat “overtop” so no one could see. The 8-year-old said this happens “a lot.”

A 6-year-old girl said the boy touched her private area and, despite being told to stop, he didn’t.

A 5-year-old boy reported the 12-year-old boy touched his genital area and would not stop despite being told to stop.

Isgan again met with the 12-year-old, the timeline shows, and the boy denied the claims.

The boy was removed from a school bus and transported via a school van instead.

On Feb. 7, the principal and Isgan rewatched the Nov. 2 video from the bus and saw what appeared to be the 12-year-old inappropriately touching a younger child, the report states.

At that point, the parents of the 12-year-old were called to the school and the boy was immediately suspended from school. The report states the boy was present for some of the meeting, where he admitted to all the allegations, court documents state.

Also on Feb. 7, Isgan notified ChildLine of the suspected assaults. Isgan then made another call to ChildLine on Feb. 8 with new information, according to the report.

After receiving the ChildLine report, state police, along with Isgan and the principal, viewed the bus video from Nov. 2.

Troopers said at the time of the alleged assault on a 6-year-old, the 12-year-old boy places several book bags over his and the child’s lap and appears to be touching the younger boy’s genital area for several minutes. Police said the 12-year-old also put his head under the book bags. At the conclusion of these events, police report the video shows the 6-year-old pulling up his pants.

The 12-year-old then moves to sit with an 8-year-old girl. Due to the camera angle and height of the seats, police state it is unknown what happened, but note that after the 12-year-old gets off the bus, the girl tells the bus driver that he “touched her leg but in the middle.”

During the state police investigation, it was discovered via several Child Advocacy Center interviews that additional victims disclosed sexual assault from the same 12-year-old boy.

On Feb. 21, state police and the Bedford County district attorney made the decision to open an investigation into the Chestnut Ridge School District for failure to ChildLine the November incident.

Police said six victims were sexually assaulted by the 12-year-old boy on a school district bus. The sexual assaults include crimes of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault and indecent assault. Court documents state the victims said the sexual assaults were occurring daily between Nov. 2, 2023, and Feb. 5, 2024.

The Bedford County district attorney said the failure of Isgan to report the suspected abuse allowed the boy to sexually assault five more children.

“The purpose of having mandated reporters is to ensure the protection of the most vulnerable of our population — our children, and to ultimately prevent abuse,” Clark stated. “Isgan’s failure to report the allegations of sexual assault in November led to these children being repeatedly victimized and suffering irreparable harm that could have been avoided.”

Isgan is scheduled for a preliminary hearing March 27 in Bedford County Central Court.