PHOENIX — Gilbert police want charges of disorderly conduct filed against a school-bus driver and three teens whose fight was captured on a bus videotape.
Gilbert police said they suggested Maricopa County prosecutors also file a single count of aggravated assault against the Higley Unified School District driver, 54-year-old Kim Sullivan, and against the 15-year-old girl who demanded to be let off the school bus.
The bus driver's 16-year-old daughter jumped in when her mother and the 15-year-old began pushing and yelling at each other in the aisle near the driver, the bus security video of the Feb. 15 incident shows.
The tape shows the 16-year-old pulling the 15-year-old's hair and head back. Then she yelled at her mother to get off the 15-year-old.
A 14-year-old girl had been standing behind the 15-year-old as she and Sullivan were arguing. The 14-year-old girl had also demanded Sullivan let her off, the video shows.
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Police released the video Thursday. It shows the disagreement escalated over 15 minutes.
The ride started with the 15-year-old girl pretending not to be on the list of authorized passengers. Then she and Sullivan exchanged words.
Sullivan pulled the bus over and the situation intensified after Sullivan asked the 15-year-old, "Why are you on this bus?" and suggested she "find another way" to get to and from school.
After the two began pulling each other's hair and pushing one another, a boy on the bus called 911.
Higley school officials sent a letter to parents Wednesday saying they were conducting their own investigation.
An assistant superintendent of the district has said drivers can only let students off at authorized stops.
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