DAYTON — The woman accused of assaulting a local bus driver is facing formal charges.
Mar’tia Franklin, 29, was indicted by a Montgomery County grand jury on one count of felonious assault, according to Montgomery County Common Pleas Court records.
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Franklin was arrested late last week for the alleged attack that happened on Dec. 19 at Emerson Academy. As News Center 7 previously reported, Franklin was upset and accused the driver of purposefully leaving her child at the bus stop and allegedly assaulted the driver, seriously injuring them.
Body camera video from the aftermath of the incident showed police talking to the driver, who said Franklin came out of nowhere.
“She said she warned my supervisor that she was going to get me,” the driver said.
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News Center 7 obtained video of the incident from inside the bus on Friday. As the students get off the bus at the school, you can hear someone try and warn the driver that they had “a parent walking up on you.”
As we showed you on News Center 7 at 5:00, Franklin got on the bus and asked the driver, “So you purposely left my kid? You went another route?”
Franklin didn’t even let the driver respond and began hitting the driver and grabbing her by the hair as the children gathered to watch from outside.
The attack lasted about a minute and a half with at least eight punches thrown before the two were separated. It resulted in the driver getting a broken nose and fractured orbital bone.
Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck, Jr. said Friday that Franklin should be “ashamed of what she did.”
“She doesn’t show any shame for doing it, but she should be ashamed, and embarrassed, and remorseful for what she did in front of her own child, but also and in front of all these children in there school,” Heck said. “It’s just unacceptable and will not be tolerated.
Franklin was released from jail on bond Thursday and is scheduled to appear in court next on Jan. 11.
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