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Man charged after transit operator, other riders spat on in Mississauga

A Peel Regional Police car is seen on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Peel Regional Police say they charged a 25-year-old man after a Brampton transit operator and other riders were reportedly spat on while aboard a bus in Mississauga.

Police say that around 3:30 p.m. on May 11, the man was asked to leave the bus in the area of Rathburn Road West and Duke of York Boulevard.

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Police allege the man then spat on the bus driver and add that they believe his spit also landed on other transit riders in the vicinity.

Read more: Brampton man in hospital after serious daytime stabbing: police

Investigators arrested and charged Di’Shon Campbell with assault on May 21.

Campbell is to appear in court at a later date, police say.

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