Report: Parent Threatens Boy, 9, on Stratford School Bus

A Stratford man faces charges after allegedly telling a 9-year-old boy on a school bus that he would have a bigger kid come punch him in the face, according to the Connecticut Post.

The Post reports Luis Arce, 29, of Huntington Road, was arrested after police were dispatched to Chapel Street Elementary School on Friday after the boy got off the bus crying.

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Arce told the Post that his 8-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter are actually the victims of bullying on the school bus and denied threatening the other child.

The 9-year-old boy told police that he had been playing “Zombie tag” on the bus with other children the day before and had tapped Arce’s son on the knee a few times until the boy asked him to stop, according to the Post. He was then confronted by Arce on the bus the following morning when it stopped in front of Arce’s house, according to the Post.

Read the full report at the Connecticut Post here.