PAINESVILLE, Ohio – A northeast Ohio judge known for handing down interesting sentences has done it again, this time to a drunken driver. Painesville Municipal Court Judge Mike Cicconetti is trying to get keep drunken drivers from becoming repeat offenders. In court Tuesday, first time OVI offender Jonathan Tarase, 27, was handed down a sentence […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – RTA has done over 3-million uninterrupted paratransit pickups, meaning they have not declined a special needs person a ride. Many in the Cleveland area rely on this mode of transportation, especially during this time of the year. It really helps to get a lot of Christmas shopping done. Paratransit service is […]
CLEVELAND – The RTA introduced a protective plexiglass and steel enclosure for its bus drivers Tuesday at a board hearing. “Safety is priceless,” said Mary Schaffer, RTA spokesman. The proposal comes after a string of physical and verbal assaults between drivers and riders over the past few months. “It seems to be roomy enough in […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – RTA leaders met with Cleveland City Council on Wednesday to discuss the recent surge in assaults on drivers. In the end, RTA came under attack for not having cameras working, for not prosecuting attackers and not doing enough for safety as violence against drivers has escalated. There were nine attacks on drivers […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The woman ordered to hold an embarrassing sign for refusing to stop for a Cleveland school bus loaded with kids completed her second day of public punishment on Wednesday – and she wasn’t alone. Shena Hardin had a sole supporter show up with a sign on his chest. He believed her punishment was too harsh, and stood in solidarity […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Cleveland woman who refused to stop for a city school bus served out part of her unique and humiliating punishment Tuesday morning. Shena Hardin was ordered to stand at the corner of East 38th Street and Payne today and tomorrow wearing a sign that says, “Only an idiot would drive around a school […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – 19 Action News has learned RTA is testing shields or enclosures that surround drivers. This comes after an attack on an RTA driver as he was in his seat Thursday afternoon, and the viral video where an RTA driver punched a female passenger after she spit on him and assaulted him. […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – 19 Action News has learned that the RTA bus driver who punched a passenger back in October has been fired. The incident came to light when cell phone video of the incident surfaced shortly after it happened last month. The video went viral. The driver, Artis Hughes is facing charges stemming […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Cleveland woman caught on cell phone video driving recklessly around a city school bus pleaded guilty on Monday. Shena Hardin’s license was suspended for 30 days and she must pay $250 in court costs. Hardin was also ordered to stand at the corner of East 38th Street and Payne next […]
BEACHWOOD, OH (WOIO) – The RTA bus driver at the center of a beating caught on tape speaks out. Artis Hughes walked out of Beachwood City Hall Monday after turning himself in. He’s charged with assault on a female passenger. Hughes says, “I’m hoping to get my job back. I’m praying to get my job back. That’s […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – “Give that man his job back!!!” That’s what one woman yelled at an RTA stop near Tower City in Downtown Cleveland. RTA police say that the video that’s now become a youtube sensation shows Artis Hughes, 59, being harassed, spit on and then hit. In the video Hughes loses it. He stops the bus and […]
SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio – The Rapid Transit Authority of Greater Cleveland (RTA) has filed a disorderly conduct charge against Shidea Lane of Shaker Heights, and an assault charge has been slapped against the bus driver. This, after the RTA rider approached the bus driver and an argument ensued. Lane is seen on cellphone video shoving […]