Angela Sweeney, 36, was charged with reckless endangerment following an incident involving her daughter on a school bus transporting McGavock High School students. The altercation on the bus began when students engaged in a fight, and one student used pepper spray on others. The bus driver stopped the vehicle at Lisa Lane and Lebanon Pike to address the situation.
As medics attended to a student affected by the pepper spray, Sweeney arrived and attempted to board the bus but was stopped by the driver. Upset that her daughter had been pepper sprayed, Sweeney retrieved a handgun from her car and waved it around, although she did not point it at anyone. She then left the scene.
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Responding officers intercepted Sweeney on Lebanon Pike, taking her into custody without incident and recovering the handgun. Aside from the pepper spray exposure, no injuries were reported.
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