RadioOnFire.com - A motorist accused of obstructing a school bus driver says through a lawyer he tried to stop the bus to complain a student passenger threw a bottle at his windshield, then was forced to jump on its hood when the bus began moving.
Baltimore County Police arrested 68-year-old Leverne Doran on Thursday and charged him with disorderly conduct, obstructing a school bus driver and other charges, court records show. A video shows Doran clinging to the front of the moving bus, banging on the hood.
Doran's attorney, Steven Silverman, told The Baltimore Sun Tuesday that Doran disputes the police account. Silverman says his client stood in front of the bus to stop it, but when the driver inched forward that left him no choice but to avoid being hit.
County police said the incident occurred around 3:15 p.m. Thursday in the area of Putty Hill and Hoerner avenues in Parkville. Baltimore County Public Schools confirmed to 11 News that the school bus is from county schools, and it was transporting students from Loch Raven Academy.
Police said Doran told them that someone threw a bottle from the bus that struck his car.
"A school bus traveling from Loch Raven Middle School was in traffic, it was sitting next to another vehicle. Allegedly, a bottle of some sort was thrown out of the bus toward that vehicle. At that point, the driver of that vehicle got out of his vehicle," Baltimore County police Sgt. Andrea Bylen said.
Charging documents state that the man caused damage to the bus and was able to force the door open and get on board. Once on the bus, the man yelled at the driver, police said. At that point, an off-duty officer arrived and was able to get the man off the bus.
"We happened to have an off-duty officer who was present in the area who assisted and intervened quickly. He came over, separated all of the parties, and at that time, the suspect
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was arrested on scene without incident," Bylen said.
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