Woman assaults child, then spits on school bus driver and steals keys, WA cops say
A 44-year-old woman is accused of assaulting a child who was waiting at a bus stop in Washington, police said.
The woman approached the 12-year-old girl in the Yesler Terrace neighborhood on Jan. 25, the Seattle Police Department said in a news release.
After yelling at the girl and striking her with a plastic water bottle three times, police said the woman followed the girl onto the bus.
She then spat on the 58-year-old driver before grabbing the bus keys and running off, police said.
Police arrested the woman a few blocks away from the incident and booked her into the King County Jail on multiple counts of assault and vehicle theft.
This story was originally published January 25, 2022 at 3:09 PM with the headline "Woman assaults child, then spits on school bus driver and steals keys, WA cops say."
