Woman arrested after Saskatoon bus driver threatened
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Saskatoon police have charged a 20-year-old woman after a city bus driver was threatened early Tuesday.
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Around 12:40 a.m., officers responded to a report of a Saskatoon Transit driver being threatened at the intersection of 44th Street and First Avenue North, police said in a news release.
Officers heard the driver was threatened “by a woman with a knife after declining to take her to a specific location.”
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The driver was not injured, the release reported.
They arrested the woman without incident and found a knife and two screwdrivers on her person.
She is charged with uttering threats, possession of a dangerous weapon and carrying a concealed weapon.
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