Surveillance video captured the moment a mother boarded a school bus in Mesa, Ariz., last week, asked the 64-year-old bus driver if he was “talking trash” to her daughter, and then unleashed a furious rant. It was getting worse. He punched the driver, then grabbed him by the hair and began dragging him towards the exit of the bus as he cried.
Video released of attack on Mesa bus driveryoutube.be
Police arrested 27-year-old Hermenegilda Marquez on Wednesday in connection with the April 11 incident. KSAZ TV reportedadded that she is charged with aggravated assault on a school employee, a felony.
Investigators said: “The defendant showed no emotion when shown the video of the bus attack and was told that he would be charged with a felony because he was seen on video committing the assault.” said, KSAZ added.
Oh, and KTVK TV reported Marquez was already on unsupervised observation for a domestic violence assault conviction.
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According to KSAZ, investigators said the incident occurred after the bus driver dropped off the children at a designated stop in a residential area near McKellips Road and 4th Avenue, and court documents say the bus on the route, it added, showing that the driver told police he was a substitute driver and did not normally do so.
KSAZ reports that court documents show that Marquez was captured on school district video boarding the bus and yelling at the driver.
“Are you talking nonsense with my daughter?” the mother repeatedly yells as she walks up the bus steps while the students walk down the stairs next to her and exit the bus. I heard it. The woman apparently pretended to be at the bus driver, but the driver yelled at her to get off the bus.
KTVK, citing documents, reported that the bus driver told Marquez he did not know about Marquez or his daughter and that he had not told anyone.
The mother quickly got off the bus, but the video shows at least two other people on the steps of the bus yelling at the driver, with one of them calling the mother a “stupid son of a bitch.” ing.
With that, the mother got back on the bus and assaulted the crying driver with a series of punches and slaps. At one point, the attacker tried to drag the bus driver out by the hair.
Court documents say a man, later identified as the defendant’s boyfriend, got on the bus and pulled the defendant from the bus, and investigators said Marquez fled the scene in a car before officers arrived. added.
Mr. KSAZ first story The district cited a letter to the family saying the bus driver suffered minor injuries in the attack. The bus driver’s pacemaker began to shock her, KTVK said, citing police.
A judge ordered the woman to stay away from the bus stop and set bail at $5,000, according to a video report from KSAZ.
Below is a longer video of the attack, including before and after. Content warning: language
Mother yells and attacks Arizona bus driveryoutube.be
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