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A new detail related to the disabled man who, instead of being taken home from his day program, was abandoned on a freezing bus for 17 hours by the bus matron. The bus's driver has, the Post reports, "a shocking rap sheet of 28 arrests, including an assault on a Bronx cop." Walter Gibbs has been charged with "forgery, grand larceny, theft of service and drug crimes on his record," and most recently, "grand larceny and harassment," this past summer. According to Outstanding Transport's website, its drivers are "are 19A Motor Vehicle Qualified. This means that they are randomly drug tested, fingerprinted, background checked and with no criminal background." But when the Post headed to the home of Charles Curcio, head of Outstanding Transport, Curcio "slammed the door." A police source told the Daily News, "He has no business driving a school bus or being anywhere near any kids, no matter what age."

The bus matron who knowingly left a mentally disabled man on a bus overnight was arrested . And what's more, Rivera had been sitting right behind the driver.