Crime & Safety
Pikesville Crime: Bus Driver Beaten, Suspect in Dumpster
The following information was supplied by the Baltimore County Police Department. In cases were a criminal charge is noted, the information provided does not indicate a conviction.
Two men were arrested Tuesday for beating a bus driver who had reprimanded them.
Keyjuan Kenneth Branch, 19, and Johnathan Michael Watkins, 20, were charged with first-degree assault in the incident that occurred on an Maryland Transit Administration bus, according to a police report.
Between 6:55-7 p.m. Tuesday, the 43-year-old male driver was operating the bus on Milford Mill Road and Liberty Road in Milford Mill, when he reportedly asked the men to stop ringing the buzzer.
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In response, when the bus was stopped, the two allegedly punched and kicked the driver in the head and face, and ran.
According to the report, police found Branch hiding in a dumpster in the 8000 block of Woodgate Court. Police captured Watkins at Peach Bottom Lane and Kenmar Road.
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According to court records, Keyjuan, a resident of the 3000 block of Windsor Ave. in Baltimore, also was charged with second-degree assault, and as of Friday was being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center.
Watkins, a resident of the 8500 block of Glen Mihael Lane in Randallstown, also was charged with second-degree assault and is at the detention center, according to court records.
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