A Florida woman was arrested after witnesses told deputies she punched a school bus, threw herself against the back of it as it drove away and then moved among cars on a Fort Myers road.
The encounter happened March 5, but body-camera footage from the arrest is getting a new audience months later. A Law&Crime Network video published Tuesday drew more than 31,000 views within its first few hours online.
The footage follows Lee County deputies as they piece together what happened at a morning bus stop, speak with witnesses and eventually confront 55-year-old Roberta Stansel near her home.
What begins with deputies collecting cellphone video becomes a prolonged encounter as Stansel disputes what happened, tries to walk away and later refuses to get out of another person’s vehicle.
At The Bus
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Deputies were dispatched shortly after 8:30 a.m. to the area of Evergreen Road and Piney Road in Fort Myers.
According to the incident account presented by Law&Crime, a witness was driving south on Piney Road when she saw Stansel standing near several children at a bus stop.
Lee County School Bus 1825 stopped with its red lights flashing and stop signs extended. Three children boarded.
The witness told deputies that Stansel then punched the boarding side of the bus twice and threw her body against the rear of it as the bus drove away.
Another witness described watching Stansel move from the bus toward nearby vehicles.
She told a deputy that Stansel walked toward her truck, appeared to move as though she might hit it and then
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