A Maryland man has been arrested after police say he attempted to board a school bus and clung to the front of the moving vehicle after the driver refused to let him in.
Baltimore County Police said on Saturday, the man tried to stop the bus on Oct. 5 after a bottle was allegedly thrown out of it, striking his vehicle. When the bus driver refused to let him in, police say he jumped on.
“The school bus driver, concerned for his safety and concerned for the safety of the students on board, did not want to open the door, so the man then went around to the front of the bus and stood in front of the bus as it began to move forward,” Sgt. Andrea Bylen of the Baltimore County Police told WBAL.
Video posted to social media shows the man hanging onto the front of the vehicle, yelling at the driver to “open the door,” before slamming his fist on the hood of the moving vehicle.
A police statement says the driver continued to move slowly in the direction of a police precinct for assistance while the man clung to the bus.
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“We happened to have an off-duty officer who was present in the area who assisted and intervened quickly,” Bylen said. “He came over, separated all of the parties, and at that time, the suspect was arrested on scene without incident.”
Court records show 68-year-old Leverne Doran faces four charges including disorderly conduct. The records don’t list an attorney and a message left at a number listed for Doran wasn’t immediately returned.
— With files from Global News
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