Bus Monitor Found Guilty Of Hitting Student With Autism

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Despite her testimony that she hit a student with autism to protect herself, a DuPage County judge found a Bolingbrook woman guilty of misdemeanor battery Tuesday. Joyce Jones, 69, was accused of hitting the 8-year-old boy in April 2016, later telling reporters "I took my hand and kind of rubbed it over his mouth" after he spit in her face.

Judge James Orel found Jones guilty of six counts of misdemeanor battery, saying there's "no acceptable defense" for her actions, the Tribune reported.

Last year, Indian Prairie School District 204 Superintendent Karen Sullivan said both Jones and the school bus driver were immediately removed from the boy's bus route after his parents reported the incident.