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By: Lisa Marchesoni

Posted: Thursday, September 4, 2008 3:54 pm

A 16-year-old boy accused of assaulting a bus driver remains in Juvenile Detention after his attorney appealed for another judge to release him Wednesday.

The boy was charged with assaulting bus driver Danny Lee Campbell, 43, during a fight Aug. 22 on Blaze Drive near Blackman High School.

He and his 16-year-old cousin were charged with simple assault of Campbell, who suffered a broken leg in the fight.

Juvenile Court Judge Donna Scott Davenport ordered the boys held until a Sept. 17 hearing. The mother, who is the aunt to the second boy, asked for attorneys to represent them.

Attorney Mark Downton, who represents one boy, appealed Davenport’s decision for the boy to remain in custody. In a request to Circuit Court Judge Royce Taylor, Downton said Davenport ordered him held without a chance for him to be represented by an attorney and did not allow him to speak.

Also, Downton stated the judge didn’t hear about less restrictive alternatives to detention. In his motion, Downton reported statements from other witnesses and students accused Campbell of attacking the boy.

In an order, Taylor ruled Downton failed to show the confinement was illegal and dismissed his motion.

During the original detention hearing, Campbell testified the cousins, who were supposed to ride another bus, got on his bus. When the bus pulled away from Blackman High School, the taller boy pulled his belt off. Campbell said he ordered the boy to put his belt on and come to the front of the bus. He stopped the bus on Blaze Drive near the school.

The boy cussed him, the driver said. He was supposed to have a help line on his bus but it was not installed yet. Both boys approached him.

“They grabbed my leg and jerked me off the bus,” Campbell testified, adding the taller boy kicked him in the head and face. He suffered a broken leg and injuries to his face. He was treated at Middle Tennessee Medical Center.

The mother of one of the boys, who is the aunt of the second boy, told the bus driver to get off her son, he said.

But after the hearing, the mother, who didn’t want her name to be used, said she went to Blackman High School to pick up her son and cousin after another student threatened to stab one of them. They decided to ride the bus as she followed.

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By: Trvlace on 9/4/08
I'd say either the boy who was going to stab them was on the bus they got on. Or the driver was the one who was going to stab them. Something is very fishy here. I smell a mackrell.

By: 5014 on 9/4/08
"The mother of one of the boys, who is the aunt of the second boy, told the bus driver to get off her son, he said."..

WOW, What spin this is, Good thing I grew up on a farm b/c I know what BS is ...

SO now the mean old nasty bus driver was “on” the innocent, angel boy, and the mean bus driver kicked the angel boy so hard the angel boy had no injuries but the mean old nasty bus driver broke his leg. To top it off innocent Mother-sister-aunt was behind the bus to protect innocent, angel boy from...from....from.... who knows what.

Ever think Mother-sister-aunt might be playing the Tennessee trash lotto? (Sue the school system)

By: Wondrnthru on 9/5/08
Trvlace, this is the second time I've seen you mention the driver possibly stabbing the boys. I haven't read anything concerning a knife in this confrontation. Am I missing something?

By: Duvics on 9/5/08
What kind of parent/guardian figure would simply let those two on the bus because of a stabbing threat and then follow behind?

She seems to be about as sharp as marble.

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