Cops: Bus Rider Jacks Another Woman in the Face After She Talks About Her 'Mama'

A Pace driver curbed his bus in to call the cops last week when one of his passengers socked another in the face.

An argument erupted between two women on the bus around 2:35 p.m. Oct. 6, according to the report. It led to Helen L. Sanford, 22, of the 3300 block of Commercial Avenue in South Chicago Heights being charged with one count each of battery and criminal damage to property.

were called to the stopped bus at 183rd Street and Ridgeland Avenue around 2:46 p.m. that day. They said the bickering started when Sanford was sitting in the middle of the bus and the victim, a 20-year-old woman, was sitting in the back. Both women got out of their seats at one point and began shoving each other.

"The bus driver told (them) to go back to their own seats or he was going to call the police," the report said.

Police said the two obliged until the victim told Sanford to "go find your mama."

"Helen stated she became upset when (the other woman) made that comment about her mom," the report said. "Helen got out of her seat, walked to the back of the bus and struck (the woman) in the face with her closed fist …"

The punch broke the victim's glasses, police said, but she was otherwise unscathed. She refused medical treatment.

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