Queens Man Sentenced After Stealing School Bus, Crashing Into Cars: DA

QUEENS — A man from Jamaica was sentenced to prison after he stole a school bus in Brooklyn and crashed into several vehicles with drivers inside in 2021, prosecutors said.

Anthony Reyes, 44, was sentenced to seven years in prison after he stole a school bus in East Flatbush and injured several people on Dec. 2, 2021, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said.

Reyes was charged with attempted assault after he got into an unoccupied school bus with the keys in the ignition about 1:30 p.m. on East 51st Street and drove away, the district attorney said.

Police chased Reyes, who rammed into the side of a building and several vehicles that were parked and others in the middle of the street until officers caught up to Reyes and arrested him, Gonzalez said.

One of the vehicles Reyes crashed into had a woman inside, and police managed to pull her out of the car before the 44-year-old rammed into the vehicle a second time, prosecutors said.

Several other people suffered minor injuries, the district attorney said.