UPDATE: 2 Arrested After Stolen School Bus Found Abandoned in Edgewater

UPDATED at 4:45 p.m.

A Crownsville man and a Davidsonville woman face numerous charges for allegedly taking a special needs school bus on a joy ride Tuesday morning.

The vehicle was left damaged and abandoned in the Edgewater area.

Anne Arundel County Police sent out Twitter alerts early in the morning asking residents to be on the lookout for Anne Arundel County Public Schools Bus No. 874 with license plate LG96488.

The bus was stolen from 1229 Generals Highway in Crownsville. There were no students on the bus, police say.

The suspects drove the bus through a gate to start their joy ride, so the bus has extensive front-end damage, plus numerous broken windows.

The county’s aviation unit found the bus about 9:15 a.m. on Governor Bridge Road and Strawberry Run in Davidsonville, reports WJLA TV.

Police were approached by a witness about 11:15 a.m. who reported seeing two suspicious subjects walking in the middle of the roadway at the intersection of Governors Bridge Road and Strawberry Run Road about 6:15 a.m. The suspects were captured on video surveillance from the bus.

Authorities say the pair, a man and a woman, eventually drove a dark-colored sedan eastbound on Governors Bridge Road. Based on this information, two people matching the witness’ description were located at a residence in the area of the 700 block of Governor’s Bridge Road around noon and taken into custody without incident.

Before the bus crashed in the wooded area it struck a BGE tower. The suspects also trieed to set the bus on fire after the crash, police say.

It appears the suspects were under the influence of alcohol and were looking for change to purchase cigarettes. They had no known affiliation to the Anne Arundel County Public Schools.

Suspects Travis Edward Champagne, 24, of 934 Buttonwood Trail in Crownsville, and Nicole Jo-Ann Adams, 24, of 1287 W. Central Ave. in Davidonsville, are both charged with first-degree burglary, theft over $100,000, destruction of property over $100,000, and attempted arson.

»A stolen Anne Arundel County Public Schools bus was found crashed and abandoned Tuesday morning in the Edgewater area. Credit: AACPD