Florida father goes ballistic on school bus after his daughter with CP is bullied

From the Orlando Sentinel in Florida:

A Sanford father allegedly threatened to kill students on a school bus and the driver after he accused the children of bullying his daughter — who suffers from cerebral palsy — and throwing a condom on her head.

James Willie Jones told the Orlando Sentinel his 13-year-old daughter has been hospitalized because of the stress caused by the alleged attack.

Jones would not comment on the case, but said his attorney Natalie Jackson would hold a press conference Sept. 20.

Seminole County sheriff's deputies on Thursday arrested Jones on charges of disorderly conduct and disturbing a school function stemming from the incident.

Jones, 42, bailed out of the Seminole County Jail later that day after paying a $2,000 bond. A judge ordered that he cannot contact the bus driver and must stay 100 feet away from all Seminole County school buses.

Deputies said that on the morning of Sept. 3, Jones boarded the school bus headed to Greenwood Lakes Middle School at W. Airport Boulevard and Bungalow Avenue in Sanford because several boys on the bus were allegedly bullying his daughter.

"He believed in his mind, he had to take action against the children on the school bus before they hurt his little girl," according to the arrest report.

Jones told deputies the boys had placed an open condom on his daughter's head, smacked her on the back of the head, twisted her ear and shouted rude comments at her, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office report shows.

Video surveillance taken inside the school bus shows Jones' daughter pointing at the students accused of harassing her. Jones walks up the aisle to the student's seat, points at him and threatens to kill him and others who bully his daughter.

Some of the children on the school bus watch quietly as Jones yells profanities and gestures wildly, while others giggle at the man's reactions.

Jones is then seen walking toward the bus driver and threatening to kill him as well before he steps off the bus.

He told deputies he has complained to school administrators in the past, but nothing had been done about the alleged attacks on his daughter.

Now his daughter is afraid to ride the bus to school, Jones said.