The Brief
- A Milwaukee man is accused of attacking a Milwaukee County Transit System bus driver.
- The incident in question happened on a bus near Teutonia and Florist on July 18.
- The bus driver, a 72-year-old man, suffered multiple injuries.
MILWAUKEE – A 23-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of attacking a 72-year-old Milwaukee Transit System (MCTS) bus driver while on a bus near Teutonia and Florist. The accused is Anthony Miller – and he faces the following criminal counts:
- Battery to public transit operator
- Physical abuse of an elder person-intentionally cause bodily harm
Bus driver attack
What we know:
According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police were dispatched on the morning of July 18 to Teutonia and Florist to investigate a battery call. Dispatch told police a MCTS bus driver was assaulted by a passenger.
When officers arrived on the scene, they found the bus driver, a 72-year-old man, being treated by ambulance personnel. The bus driver indicated around 10:20 a.m., a passenger who had just gotten off the bus “forced his way back onto the bus pushing in the door and began yelling at (the bus driver) asking where his phone was,” the complaint says. The complaint indicates the passenger “forced himself past the security plexiglass protecting (the bus driver) and began striking (the bus driver) in the face with a closed fist approximately 20 times, causing a 4-inch laceration on (the bus driver’s) forehead, pain and swelling all over (the bus driver’s) face and head,” the complaint says. The driver told police after the attack, the suspect left the bus on foot. The bus driver’s injuries required four stitches on his forehead.…