Johnthony Walker Faces 7 New Charges in Nashville After 2016 Bus Crash Killed 6 Children
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 29
Johnthony Walker Faces 7 New Charges in Nashville After 2016 Bus Crash Killed 6 Children
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 29
Summary
Davidson County jail records show Johnthony Walker, 34, was booked Monday on seven charges tied to an alleged domestic violence incident, including aggravated assault by strangulation, aggravated burglary and child abuse.
Three of the new counts relate to sex-offender violations, and the case also includes interference with an emergency call.
Walker was previously convicted over a 2016 Chattanooga school bus crash that killed six children and injured dozens after prosecutors said he sped on an unauthorized route before the bus flipped into a tree.
He was sentenced to four years in that case, then in 2020 pleaded guilty to rape, received a consecutive 6-year-and-1-month term and was ordered to register as a sex offender.
What do the latest allegations against Johnthony Walker reveal about gaps in monitoring high-risk offenders and protecting victims?
How did a man already imprisoned for a deadly school bus crash and a rape conviction end up facing new strangulation and sex-offender charges in Nashville?
With a child present and a 911 call allegedly blocked, what evidence will determine the outcome of Walker’s new Tennessee case?