Will Cleveland – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 10/18/2020 on page A3
A Gates Chili school bus driver was arrested Friday morning after school officials said the driver was drunk while driving students around.
Lashonda Griffin, 29, of Gates is charged with six counts of endangering the welfare of a child, driving while intoxicated, and multiple counts in violation of Leandra’s Law for driving under the influence of alcohol with children under the age of 16 in the vehicle, Gates Police Chief Jim VanBrederode said.
She made her first run Friday morning and then returned to the district bus garage parking lot, VanBrederode said. She allegedly passed out while in the bus and missed her second run, he added. That led parents to call the district and ask where the bus was. She was then located in the parking lot still asleep in her bus.