County detectives looking into vandalism of school buses
Catoosa County sheriff’s detectives have an open investigation into three possible acts of vandalism that occurred to county school buses Memorial Day weekend.
According to the Sheriff’s Department, a county bus driver and one of the school system’s employees called police on May 26 following an incident on Boynton Drive in which an unknown offender damaged a bus windshield.
The bus driver told deputies that she was traveling on Boynton Drive near Baggett Road when a person in a truck either shot or threw an object at the windshield of the bus, reports show.
The bus driver suffered injuries from small amounts of broken glass cutting her right arm and had to be checked out by Angel EMS.
Detectives were able to pull camera footage from the bus, which showed a white, fullsized truck pulling a trailer at 3:48 p.m.
Detectives also learned that two other bus drivers experienced similar incidents that day, both occurring on Boynton Drive. The two incidents involved similar damage to the buses. The first bus driver thought a rock had flown up and hit the window, but the second stated they did see a white truck pulling a trailer during their incident.
Capt. Chris Lyons says detectives have pulled onboard camera footage from all three buses and are investigating the case.
“Those incidents happened on the last day of school,” Lyons said. “We haven’t had any other incidents like those, but the buses aren’t running as much either since school is out.”
Anyone with information about the incidents is encouraged to contact Detective Daniel Thacker with the Catoosa County Sheriff’s Department at 706-935-2424.