(File Photo of a top of a School Bus)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Carnegie, PA) A father from Carnegie is now facing charges after police confirm he got on a school bus and threatened kids he believed were bullying his third-grade daughter. According to a criminal complaint filed by Carlynton school police, 32-year-old Michael Woods Jr. climbed onto a bus on August 29th, 2025 and threatened students, swearing at them and demanding to know who was bullying his daughter. Police state that Woods going onto a bus in Carnegie close to the intersections of Chestnut Street and Main Streets was seen on surveillance video. According to investigators, Woods could be seen walking past the driver and down the aisle before he started yelling at a group of students. Police confirm Woods exited the bus when no one answered him. Woods recently got charged with a misdemeanor count of unauthorized school bus entry. The superintendent of Carlynton School District confirmed in a recent statement that Woods boarded a bus without permission and was charged. Carlynton School District also said that it can not make any comments further on the specific information on this case from this incident, citing an active investigation.