School bus driver charged with breaking into East Cobb home

Cobb Police have arrested a man they say walked into a home in East Cobb looking for a girl who rides a bus he drives for the Cobb County School District.

According to an arrest warrant, Gogineni Rayudu entered a condominium unit on Ashborough Circle, located off Delk Road near I-75, at 1:30 p.m. on Monday.

The warrant said the man claimed to be the girl’s bus driver, and that he closed the door behind him and asked to see her.

According to the warrant, the man fled the residence “upon being asked questions about why he was there.”

The girl’s mother told police that Rayudu has come to the residence three times in the last month and questioned neighbors about where her daughter lives, according to the warrant.

WSB-TV reported Wednesday that Rayudu recently began driving a bus route for Powers Ferry Elementary School, where the girl is a student.

The Cobb school district is on winter break this week.

“The date of the incident occurred when school was not in session and there was no reasonable explanation given by said accused to be there,” the warrant states.

According to a Cobb Sheriff’s Office booking report, Rayudu was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon, charged with a felony count of burglary and misdemeanor count of loiter prowl.

Rayudu, 55, whose home address is listed in the booking report at Woodberry Lane in East Cobb, was being held in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center on a bond of $22,220.

UPDATED:

Rayudu was released on bond Thursday afternoon, according to Cobb Sheriff’s Office records.

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