Carson City Sheriff's Office arrest bus driver involved in Wednesday child endangerment incident
On Wednesday, September 14, 2022, James Blueberg was an employee of the Carson City School District and driving a Carson City school bus occupied with Bordewich Bray Elementary students.
Shortly, after arriving at Bordewich Bray Elementary School, a motorist, identified as Michael Baxter approached the driver window of the school bus and made allegations of misconduct against some of the children on the bus.
Mr. Blueberg acknowledged Mr. Baxter’s complaint and then allows him to enter the bus to identify the children responsible for the misconduct. Mr. Baxter addresses multiple children and confronts a child who raised his hand, claiming responsibility for the misconduct.
Mr. Blueberg sat in the driver seat of the bus, while Mr. Baxter stood in the stairwell of the bus, where he prevented students from exiting as he reprimanded the 4th grade student.
As Mr. Baxter is reprimanding the child, Mr. Blueberg, says, “What are you doing? Do you want to get your head caved in?”
Mr. Baxter then directs the child’s attention to his right hip by tapping his holster and saying, “You see this? This is a gun!”.
Mr. Blueberg allows Mr. Baxter to continue while the child cries and Mr. Baxter tells him, “People shoot people for these kind of things”.
Mr. Blueberg cooperated with the investigation and was interviewed on Thursday, September 15, 2022.
On Friday, September 16, 2022, Mr. Blueberg met with Carson City Sheriff’s Office Detectives at the Carson City Sheriff’s Office where he was arrested on the following charges:
Child Endangerment
Threatening a Student
Mr. Blueberg’s was booked into the Carson City Detention Center without incident. His bail is $40,000.00.
Any parent of a child who was involved in this incident, who has not been contacted by Wednesday, September 21, 2022 should call Detective Sam Torres at 775-283-7855 so arrangements can be made for an interview.