Attorneys representing Sarah Kreager, the 26-year-old woman assaulted on a Baltimore City bus, are launching an investigation into whether there have been other complaints of violence along the No. 27 bus route in Hampden.
Baltimore-based lawyers Peter Kandel and John Calhoun said Kreager approached them last week about a potential lawsuit against the Maryland Transit Administration.
They are now searching for any other people who might have been assaulted previously on that bus line.
“We?re looking for previous complaints of violence,” Calhoun said Monday. “We?re looking for any complaints about Robert Poole Middle School prior to Dec. 4.”
MTA officialssaid Monday they knew of no incidents of violence on the No. 27 bus prior to Kreager?s altercation.
“We?ve never had another incident on that bus or involving that school,” MTA spokeswoman Jawauna Green said. “We?re happy to share any information we have with these attorneys.”
Nine teenagers ? three females and six males ? from Robert Poole Middle School are accused of assaulting Kreager, her boyfriend, Troy Ennis, 30, and the bus driver at about 3 p.m. Dec. 4 as they were riding home from school.
Kreager suffered two broken bones in her left eye socket during the attack. Two seats and the bus?s rear window were destroyed, police and prosecutors said.
Calhoun said he?s also interested in why the camera on the bus wasn?t working the day of the attack.
“Right away when this happened, the bus driver said, ?We have a camera, and this will all be on camera,? but that wasn?t the case,” he said.
The nine students, ages 14 and 15, have been ordered to remain on home detention until their Jan. 31 trial at the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center.
One of the students, Nakita McDaniels, 15, filed countercharges against Kreager, alleging Kreager spit on her and punched her seven times while Ennis yelled racial slurs and threatened to stab the students.
Baltimore City prosecutors dropped the charges filed by McDaniels.
There is a status conference in the case scheduled for Jan. 29.
