Driver who left man on bus had lengthy arrest record
January 6th, 2009From the New York Daily News, WCBSTV:
Walter Gibbs, the bus driver who says he unknowingly left a man with cerebral palsy on a freezing bus overnight, was found to have a police record with 28 arrests that span drug charges, grand larceny, and assault of a police officer.
Gibbs has not been indicted in the incident that occurred on his second day on the job, but police sources said he never should have been hired “[Gibbs] has no business driving a school bus or being anywhere near any kids, no matter what age,” said one. Bus matron, Linda Hockaday, has been charged with reckless endangerment.
The website for the bus company , Outstanding Transport, says all of its drivers are “randomly drug tested, fingerprinted, background checked and with no criminal background.” The owner of the bus company defended Gibbs yesterday.
Earlier post here.

