Father arrested after boarding bus, making threats
In an incident similar to the one involving James Jones in Florida last month, an angry father boarded his son's school bus and threatened another student who, the father claims, assaulted his son the day before.
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. — Police have arrested a man who boarded a school bus and threatened a 7-year-old boy last week, WCSC reports.
Timothy James Capazzi has been charged with assault and battery in the third degree. According to police, Capazzi entered a school bus while it was at a bus stop and made verbal threats directed at a young boy who, Capazzi claims, assaulted his son on the bus the previous day.
The bus driver put out a distress call to the transportation department, summoning the police.
This incident is similar to one that occured in Florida last month in which James Jones boarded his daughter's school bus to confront children who were allegedly bullying her. To read SBF's coverage of that story, click here.
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