Criminal Justice The Boy On The Bus: When Sex Offender Registries Aren't Enough I first encountered Smith on the school bus 1977. I was 6 years old, and he was 16, a journalist and native Iowan writes in this first-person examination for the Investigative Reporting Workshop into the life of an Iowa pedophile. By Andy Kopsa/Investigative Reporting Workshop / 4 Apr 2018