Teenager arrested in connection with robbery on bus in Telford
Police investigating a robbery in Brookside, Telford have arrested a teenage boy.
A 16-year-old from Telford has been arrested on suspicion of robbery and has been bailed until Sunday 31 May pending further inquiries.
The arrest is in connection with an incident which happened between 3.30pm and 3.45pm on Thursday 12 March when the victim, a bus driver, was driving the bus through Brookside when she stopped at a bus stop adjacent to Bembridge.
A male got onto the bus and handed over money for the bus fair to the driver, as is policy the note was checked with an ultra violet torch which showed the note was counterfeit.
At which point, the male reached through the gap in the plastic security glass of the driver's cabin and grabbed the bus driver's hand which was holding the money and took the money back from her as well as a handful of £1 coins. He then ran off from the scene.
