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Orlando teen sentenced after taking bus, charging fares

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published December 19, 2006

FERN PARK - A 15-year-old was sentenced Monday to four years in a juvenile-treatment program after deputies stopped him while driving a stolen bus along a public transit route, picking up passengers and collecting fares.

A judge also sentenced Ritchie Calvin Davis to an additional four months in a treatment program for trespassing and theft linked to an unrelated break-in at a United Way office, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

Davis also lost his driving privileges for a year, though he doesn't have a driver's license. The sentence means he won't be able to drive for a year after getting a permit or license.

He was previously charged for a similar bus theft and having a fake driver's license. In January, he took a tour bus and drove passengers around without incident.

Davis took the bus Oct. 28 from the Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando, where it was parked awaiting sale at an auction, a Seminole County sheriff's report said. The bus belongs to the Central Florida Transportation Agency, which runs public transit services in the Orlando area.

[Last modified December 19, 2006, 06:06:58]