Jaquez Bertram Armand, 63, could face charges of assault, child abuse causing injury and harassment, officials said.
The incident took place in early April as Jaquez was driving students home from school. In a written statement after the incident, a 10-year-old girl said she moved her mask down below her nose because she wasn’t feeling well. When Armand told her to put her mask back on and she refused, he “slapt me and he walked away,” the girl wrote.
Armand submitted a written statement in which he admitted, “Out of reaction, I slapped her once.”
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video obtained by Gazette news partner KKTV shows a bus driver trying to manually replace a mask over a girl’s nose, then striking her when she pulled away from him.
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Colorado Bus Driver Facing Charges After Slapping Student
A Colorado school bus driver has been charged with multiple crimes after slapping a student for improperly wearing her face mask.
The incident took place in Fremont County, which is home to towns such as Canon City, Penrose, and Florence, last month.
The driver, Bertram Jaquez, allegedly approached a 10-year-old girl that was on the school bus after she failed to wear her face mask correctly, pulling it down to her chin, according to reports.
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Jaquez then allegedly pushed the young girl s mask up into her face and then slapped the girl, all of which has been caught on camera.
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