Authorities in Tennessee say an allegedly intoxicated man stole a school bus to pull his car out of a ditch, then returned the vehicle to where he found it.
The Dickson County Sheriff's Office said deputies heard a report of a subject boarding an unoccupied school bus while they were en route to the scene of a reported accident in White Bluff, the Dickson (Tenn) Herald reported Wednesday.
The deputies said they arrived at the scene of the accident to find Nicholas Creech, 31, had taken the school bus, used it to pull his car from a ditch and returned the bus to where it had originally been parked outside a residence.
Jesse Roberts, transportation director for Dickson County Schools, said the back door of the school bus cannot be locked for safety reasons.
"The driver left the keys in the bus when he shouldn't have," Roberts said.
Creech was arrested at the scene after a brief struggle with deputies. He was charged with second offense driving under the influence, violation of implied consent, felony theft, filing a false report, assault on an officer, resisting arrest and vandalism to county property. He was jailed on nearly $60,000 bond.
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The Dickson County Sheriff's Office said deputies heard a report of a subject boarding an unoccupied school bus while they were en route to the scene of a reported accident in White Bluff, the Dickson (Tenn) Herald reported Wednesday.
The deputies said they arrived at the scene of the accident to find Nicholas Creech, 31, had taken the school bus, used it to pull his car from a ditch and returned the bus to where it had originally been parked outside a residence.
Jesse Roberts, transportation director for Dickson County Schools, said the back door of the school bus cannot be locked for safety reasons.
"The driver left the keys in the bus when he shouldn't have," Roberts said.
Creech was arrested at the scene after a brief struggle with deputies. He was charged with second offense driving under the influence, violation of implied consent, felony theft, filing a false report, assault on an officer, resisting arrest and vandalism to county property. He was jailed on nearly $60,000 bond.
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