14-year-old charged in Jackson school bus theft
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MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. — A 14-year-old boy is charged with stealing a school bus, according to a release from the Jackson Police Department. Police say the boy stole a school bus late Tuesday from North Side High School. He is charged with felony theft. Shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, one space policeone space wereone space calledone space aboutone space aone space boyone space whoone space hadone space runone space awayone space fromone space home, according to the release. Whileone space officersone space wereone space takingone space theone space report,one space theyone space wereone space notifiedone space theone space Tennesseeone space Highway Patrol hadone space stopped aone space schoolone space busone space eastboundone space onone space Interstateone space 40one space nearone space mileone space markerone space 102. Theone space driverone space andone space soleone space occupantone space wasone space identifiedone space asone space theone space 14-year-oldone space runaway, according to the release. Police notified the transportation supervisorone space with the school system whoone space verifiedone space theone space busone space hadone space beenone space stolenone space fromone space Northone space Sideone space Highone space School. The bus was returned to the transportation supervisor who confirmedone space the keys for the busone space hadone space beenone space leftone space in the ignition, according to a release from the Jackson-Madison County School System. The boyone space was arrested,one space charged with felonyone space theftone space and transportedone space to theone space Madisonone space Countyone space Juvenileone space Detentionone space Center, according to the police department. Theone space teenone space willone space haveone space aone space detentionone space hearing Wednesdayone space inone space Madisonone space Countyone space Juvenileone space Court. Bus drivers with the school system are instructed to secure bus keys by keeping them in their possession or by locking them in a lock box, according to the release from the school system. Employee noncompliance with district safety measures will result in disciplinary action, the release also states. The school district is performing an internal investigation into the bus driver, according to a spokesperson with the school system. Aone space representative with the school system notedone space damage to theone space bus, according to the police department, and investigatorsone space areone space attempting toone space determine if theone space damageone space isone space new.one space Newone space damageone space couldone space resultone space inone space additional charges. Stay with WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News for updates.
