Thursday, October 25, 2012
The Greater Cleveland RTA released Artis Hughes' personnel file Thursday.
The RTA bus driver who was caught in a viral video uppercutting a passenger in Beachwood has three written disciplinary marks in his personnel file. Artis Hughes has been cited by the RTA for listening to headphones while driving twice and hitting a tree with his right-side mirror, according to documents released by the RTA Thursday. See all posts on this topic: RTA Uppercut Topic Page The 22-year-veteren of the RTA has never been punished with more than a written warning. According to the disciplinary reports, Hughes told the RTA that he was listening to the Bible on cassette the second time he was spotted wearing the earbud in January 2005. The first time he was cited for the earbud was in August 2003. The other written warning he …
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Artis Hughes will meet with administration today to discuss his employment after he was caught on video uppercutting an unruly passenger.
Artis Hughes will meet with Cleveland Regional Transit Authority administrators today to discuss the future of his employment at the company. Hughes, who drove for the RTA for 22 years before his unpaid suspension began Oct. 13 after the RTA saw the viral video online, has been charged with assault in Beachwood for the uppercut he delivered to passenger Shidea Lane Sept. 18. See all posts on this topic: RTA Uppercut Topic Page Lane, 25, reportedly boarded an RTA #5 bus Sept. 18 in Beachwood without paying. A dispute began — which was recorded on a cell phone and later became a viral video — that ended in the notorious uppercut. Lane was charged with disorderly conduct and was booked and released last week. A spokesperson from the RTA …
Despite a viral video depicting an assault on a Cleveland RTA bus last month, the company asserts that riding is safe.
The viral video depicting an argument between a Cleveland RTA driver and a passenger that culminated in the driver punching the passenger has people everywhere talking about the transit company. Tweets about the incident include people swearing they'll never ride the bus and many more people swearing that they'll never cross an RTA driver. See all posts on this topic: RTA Uppercut Topic Page So how often do instances like this happen? The Cleveland RTA released some stats Tuesday to shed light on the issue. 200,000 people ride the bus every weekday. There were 71 reported assaults on drivers on RTA buses in the past five years. "While one is too many, that's one in every 80,000 rides," an RTA spokesperson wrote in a statement. Drivers can…
Monday, October 22, 2012
Artis Hughes turns self in at Beachwood Police Department Monday afternoon.
Beachwood Police have confirmed that Artis Hughes, the 59-year-old RTA bus driver who uppercut a passenger in a viral video last month, has turned himself in on an assault charge. See all posts on this topic: RTA Uppercut Topic Page Shidea Lane, 25, reportedly boarded an RTA #5 bus Sept. 18 without paying. A dispute began —which was recorded on a cell phone and later became a viral video — that ended in the notorious uppercut delivered by Hughes. Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook Fox 8 news reports that Hughes was booked, posted his $5,000 bond and was released in about half an hour Monday afternoon. WEWS reported that dozens of supporters surrounded Hughes as he entered the police department today with signs, arguing that Hughes …
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Both Shidea Lane and Artis Hughes have been charged with misdemeanors over an incident that was filmed on a Beachwood bus and has gone viral online.
Both the RTA bus driver and the passenger who were involved in a dispute that was filmed and went viral online have been criminally charged for the incident. See all posts on this topic: RTA Uppercut Topic Page Shidea Lane, 25, reportedly boarded an RTA #5 bus Sept. 18 without paying. A dispute began —which was recorded on a cell phone and later became a viral video — that ended in the notorious uppercut delivered by the angry bus driver. Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook Thursday Beachwood City Prosecutor Thomas Greve authorized criminal charges against both Lane and bus driver Artis Hughes. Lane, 25, has been charged with disorderly conduct, a fourth-degree misdemeanor that carries a maximum penalty of 30 days in jail and a $250…
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The Cleveland RTA announced today that they pressed charges against the woman accused of choking and spitting on a bus driver before he responded with a violent uppercut. See all posts on this topic: RTA Uppercut Topic Page Shidea Lane, 25, reportedly boarded an RTA #5 bus Sept. 18 without paying. A dispute began —which was recorded on a cell phone and later became a viral video — that ended with the notorious uppercut delivered by the angry bus driver. Many Patch commenters have jumped to the driver's defense, arguing that Lane's behavior was innapropriate. What do you think? Does Lane deserve to be criminally charged? Take our poll, and tell us why in the comments! MORE | RTA to File Charges in Beachwood Against Uppercut Recipient WATCH…
The RTA announced this afternoon that it has filed charges in Beachwood.
The woman who received a nasty uppercut from an RTA bus driver in Beachwood last month could face criminal charges for her actions, the RTA announced today. Shidea Lane, 25, reportedly boarded an RTA #5 bus Sept. 18 without paying. A dispute began — which was recorded on a cell phone and later became a viral video — that ended in the notorious uppercut delivered by the angry bus driver. Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook The RTA filed charges with the City of Beachwood today, and the police department said that the city prosecutor is working on the case this afternoon. See all posts on this topic: RTA Uppercut Topic Page The driver, 22-year RTA veteran Artis Hughes, told Transit Police that Lane choked him and spit on his face …
Friday, October 12, 2012
Read the reports filed by the Cleveland RTA and the Beachwood Police Department about an RTA bus driver delivering an uppercut to a female passenger on a bus in Beachwood.
Editor's Note: Above, see the statement from Artis Hughes, the Cleveland RTA bus driver who was caught on video uppercutting a female passenger, and witnesses to the event. The following information was supplied by the RTA Police Department. Statements made by Hughes and the witneses are considered allegations as no charges have not been filed against any party at this time. To protect the identities of the witnesses to this incident, we have left out the bottom of these forms, which include the names and personal information of the witnesses. See all posts on this topic: RTA Uppercut Topic Page WATCH | Cleveland RTA Bus Driver Hits Female Passenger: Video Taken in Beachwood POLL | Do you think the driver deserves more punishment? READ | …
See excerpts from the RTA Police report the driver filed after the Sept. 18 Beachwood incident that became a viral video.
The RTA driver who delivered an uppercut to a female passenger on a Beachwood bus told RTA police that the woman had choked him and spit on him while he was driving. A video taken of the incident, which occurred near the 23300 block of Chagrin Boulevard, was posted online Oct. 11 and has had nearly 3.3 million hits since. See all posts on this topic: RTA Uppercut Topic Page According to driver Artis Hughes' statement, the woman, Shidea N. Lane, boarded the bus Sept. 18 and did not pay. He told her to pay and she began cursing at him, he said. Eventually she paid, but continued to berate him. LOOK | Driver and Witness' Full Statements to Police He told police that she grabbed his neck and spit in his face while he was driving. Hughes' …
The Cleveland RTA released the names of the two people involved in the incident that became a viral video of a driver uppercutting a woman on a bus in Beachwood.
The Cleveland RTA has released the name of the bus driver who uppercut a woman on a bus in Beachwood in a video that became viral this week. Artis Hughes, a 22-year-veteran of the Cleveland RTA, has been identified as the bus driver in the video. He was suspended Oct. 11 after RTA personnel saw the video online. See all posts on this topic: RTA Uppercut Topic Page The woman in the video is Shidea N. Lane, 25, the RTA wrote. Hughes called Transit Police and filed a report that he had been assaulted, but Lane did not file a report. Neither party pressed charges against the other. READ | Cleveland RTA Uppercut Driver: Woman Choked Me, Spit on Me The RTA wrote that the company is conducting an internal investigation into the incident. …
Ken Persuchetti
6:30 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Hughes actions were indefensible. I applaud the RTA and the DA's office for doing the right thing. more ›