MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Fridley faculty bus driver faces an assault cost after he allegedly attacked a 12-year-old pupil Tuesday morning.
Paul Martin, 72, of Ham Lake faces one misdemeanor depend of fifth-degree assault, in keeping with Anoka County courtroom paperwork.
The criticism says the incident occurred within the Fridley Excessive College car parking zone after the bus driver, recognized as Martin, dropped college students off round 7:45 a.m. Police responded to the scene after a faculty official reported the assault.
The college digicam system recorded the incident, the criticism stated. Within the video, Martin might be seen working off the bus, pushing a pupil after which tackling the 12-year-old pupil from behind. Each Martin and the scholar fell to the bottom. Martin was on prime of the scholar briefly earlier than getting off the bottom, in keeping with the criticism.
In an interview with police, Martin allegedly admitted that he “misplaced it.” After responding to the scene, law enforcement officials arrested Martin and took him to the Anoka County Jail.
A Fridley Public Colleges consultant launched an announcement to WCCO, saying no pupil ought to expertise “this sort of mindless act.” In line with the varsity, the bus driver just isn’t an worker of the varsity and works for a contracted bus firm. The college has terminated the motive force’s providers.
Right here’s the total assertion:
Firstly, our ideas are with our pupil, whose well-being is our prime concern. No pupil ought to ever must expertise this sort of mindless act. The security of all our college students is a excessive precedence for us, and we’re outraged and saddened that this unlucky incident occurred to considered one of our college students.
The bus driver works for a contracted bus firm and isn’t a Fridley Public Colleges worker. We acted swiftly to terminate the motive force’s providers and cooperated absolutely with the Fridley Police Division who’re investigating this incident. We can not present any extra data resulting from pupil privateness legal guidelines, and an ongoing lively police investigation.
If convicted, Martin might withstand 90 days in jail and/or a $1,000 effective.
