Mom arrested in attack on school bus driver, BRPD says

The woman accused of attacking a school bus driver with her two teenage daughters last month was arrested Tuesday.

Brittany Banks, 34, faces counts of second-degree battery of a bus driver and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to Baton Rouge Police. 

The April 25 attack of the school bus driver by three people — Banks and her two daughters — was captured on video and spread widely on social media. The driver suffered multiple injuries to her head, neck and shoulder area, as well as a broken finger, police said. 

Carlicia Lewis, 18, was arrested shortly after the attack. She was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish prison for second-degree battery of a school bus driver and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile. 

Banks’ juvenile daughter was arrested on April 28 and booked into the East Baton Rouge Juvenile Detention Center for second-degree battery and battery of a school bus driver. 

Edward Humphrey, identified by police as Banks’ boyfriend, was arrested Tuesday on a count of accessory after the fact, police said.

Police said on Tuesday that Banks has been staying at a local hotel. She had earlier agreed to turn in herself and her 13-year-old daughter, but failed to do so, police said.

Lewis and Banks had been called to come to the bus on the day of the attack after a student had a verbal argument with the driver, police said in a statement then.  

The video spurred the leader of the Baton Rouge Metro Council, LaMont Cole, to seek new laws aimed at protecting bus drivers and other personnel.