WASHINGTON — Metro Transit Police have arrested an Alexandria, Virginia man charged with punching a Metrobus operator last week.
Michael S. Powell, Jr., 27, was charged with malicious bodily injury and misdemeanor assault and battery after assaulting a female bus operator before midnight last Wednesday.
Powell allegedly had a dispute with the driver at the Braddock Road Metro station, punched her and assaulted a passenger as he tried to exit the bus.
The victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say Powell was arrested without incident and will be arraigned in Fairfax County Circuit Court.
