Former Utah bus driver admits to setting school bus on fire, federal prosecutors say

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A former school bus driver admitted to being responsible for setting a bus on fire while driving it.

Michael Austin Ford, 60, was indicted in February 2024, but admitted to being responsible for the arson on March 27.

According to court documents and admissions made at Ford’s change of plea hearing, he used a cigarette lighter to set a Granite School District school bus on fire on April 7, 2023…

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