SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio – The woman charged with disorderly conduct in the RTA uppercut incident that went viral was sentenced Tuesday. Shidea Lane was given a 30-day jail sentence, but 27 of those days were suspended with the remaining jail time to be scheduled followed by a two-year probation. Lane, who is now pregnant and […]
SHAKER HEIGHTS, OH (WOIO) – Former RTA bus driver Artis Hughes was sentenced on Tuesday to three days in jail and fined $1,000. Hughes was convicted of punching passenger Shi’dea Lane last September. A verbal altercation turned physical on the bus in Beachwood when Hughes stood up and punched Lane. The upper cut came after a long string […]
SHAKER HEIGHTS, OH (WOIO) – It has been called the punch heard round the world, largely because it went viral on the Internet. Shidea Lane, the victim of the punch, was in court on her own case Tuesday for disorderly conduct on the RTA bus. A verbal altercation turned physical on the bus in Beachwood when driver Artis […]
The verdict is in in the case of former RTA bus driver Artis Hughes and it is guilty! Hughes pled “no contest” to charges filed against him in Shaker municipal court after the incident involving passenger Shi’dea Lane and the judge found him guilty of assault. The sentence has yet to be handed down, but Hughes […]
http://s2smagazine.com/stories/2012/10/bus-victim-learned-lesson Last week it was reported that a Cleveland bus driver, who punched a female passenger with a vicious uppercut before physically forcing her off of the bus, had been suspended. Now supporters are coming to the defense of the 22-year RTA employee. The incident, which took place on September 18, was caught on […]
