Crime & Safety
11-Year-Old Accused of Assaulting School Bus Aide
Essex Junior Academy student allegedly shoved bus company worker who was trying to break up a fight.
An 11-year-old boy, a student at Essex Junior Academy, has been charged with aggravated assault for shoving a school bus aide last Friday, according to Cedar Grove Police.
Officers went to the school's Pompton Avenue location at about 9 a.m. after receiving a report that a student allegedly assaulted the bus company staffer by pushing her backwards with both hands after she attempted to stop a fight in the school parking lot, according to police.
The aide said she was not injured in the incident, according to police.
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The child was taken to CGPD headquarters, charged and released to the custody of a guardian pending a ruling from the Essex County Juvenile Court, Police Chief Richard Vanderstreet told Patch.
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