Incident happened today!
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July 13, 2014 21:45
Today, Sunday July 13, 2014, at 1:08 p.m., East Precinct officers responded to Southeast 82nd Avenue and Powell Boulevard on the report that a woman spit on and pushed a TriMet bus operator.
Officers arrived in the area and were directed to the suspect, who was off of the bus. The suspect, later identified as 30-year-old Eucharia Michelle Nwerem, resisted attempts to arrest her and fought with officers before being taken into custody.
Officers learned that Nwerem pushed, shoved and spit on a TriMet bus operator on a northbound 82nd Avenue bus, then when another driver was getting on the bus to relieve the first driver, she pushed him and poked him in the face.
Neither victim required medical transport for injuries.
Nwerem was transported to a Portland hospital for an evaluation prior to being booked into the Multnomah County Jail on charges of Assault in the Third Degree, Assaulting a Public Safety Officer, Attempted Possession of Methamphetamine, Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree, Harassment (two counts), Interfering with Public Transportation, and Resisting Arrest.
Nwerem will be arraigned on Monday July 14.
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6 comments:
she put a dollar in, and he asked to see her honored citizen card. That in my opinion is not advisable. Just give her a ticket and get rolling, let the fare inspectors deal with her,that's their job. Almost every assault is over a stupid fare issue.
YUP, not sure why so many operators don't get it.
99% of assault on transit operator comes from fare dispute and almost every transit in North American have transit enforcement division
the main job of transit operator are the operation of the bus in lawful and safe manner. the customer service aspect of the job
period..once you applied those two principle you will go to your lovely ones 99% of the time
And neither side will recognize that the SOP is ambiguous: enforcer or informer?
HB
Henry Beasley SOP is clear from the operator side is "informer" have heard the rule' challenge and concede ' in real world an operator cannot an enforce of the fare, he is the weakest link of the transit chain. no special power, no protection, no rights ..
Anon, read it over then, look at the sticker on the fare box then, restate your position.
HB
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