Bus driver assaulted, man arrested

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A 38-year-old man faces charges after a bus driver was assaulted.

Winnipeg Police Service officers were sent to Cavalier Drive and Hamilton Avenue at 1 a.m. Thursday, found a suspect near a Winnipeg Transit bus and arrested him.

Police said the man had been travelling on the bus and began to cause a disturbance. The situation escalated to the point where the accused threatened and assaulted the driver, the WPS said.

Police found a small utility knife on the man while searching him.

The driver, 35, suffered minor injuries “to his upper body,” police said in a news release. He did not require medical attention.

The accused faces charges of assault, uttering threats, possession of a weapon and failing to comply with conditions of a release order.

The man was detained in custody.