Butler man facing charges for boarding school bus
A Butler man is facing charges for allegedly boarding a school bus transporting Butler Area School District students on Thursday morning and threatening students.
Butler City police said Clifford Anderson, 44, was arrested Thursday evening, and charged with misdemeanor counts of terroristic threats, harassment and unauthorized entry of a school bus. He was driving when he was pulled over by police and taken into custody, police said.
At approximately 7 a.m. Thursday, police said a Valley Lines bus driver reported that a man entered the bus on Lincoln Avenue near Center Avenue, threatened students and used profane language. She told him to leave the bus several times before he complied, police said. Police said they used video to identify Anderson as the suspect.
Police said it appears that there was a dispute among the children that Anderson allegedly decided to intercede and threaten the numerous students on the bus.
Anderson is being held in the county prison in lieu of $20,000 bail. His preliminary hearing has been scheduled Nov. 17 before Magisterial District Judge William Fullerton.
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