MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – A 26-year-old Morgantown area man was arrested following a pursuit that involved a Mon County School bus Friday afternoon.
Morgantown police were conducting a security patrol on North High Street when a car driven by Stephen Thomas Cox rolled through the intersection of Prospect Street without stopping, almost striking the cruiser.
When police stopped the car Cox was argumentative, refused to cooperate and pulled away from the scene while the officer ordered him to stop and grabbed the window. Cox then traveled the wrong way on Spruce Street then onto Willey Street.
When Cox passed a school bus on Willey Street students that were getting off had to run for safety.
Soon units from the Mon County Sheriff’s Department and Morgantown police had Cox blocked on Locust Avenue.
Cox has been charged with fleeing in a vehicle with reckless disregard for the safety of others, improper passing, driving against traffic, driving left of center, failure to yield, failure to stop for a school bus, prohibited use of a cell phone, reckless driving and driving on a suspended license. He also had an outstanding burglary warrant from Mon County. He will be arraigned in Monongalia County Magistrate Court.