SANFORD, Fla., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Criminal charges were dropped against a Florida man whom many considered a hero on behalf of his disabled daughter and who must now perform community service.
James Willie Jones, 42, of Sanford was ordered Monday to pay approximately $1,000 in costs, serve six months of probation, do 10 hours of community service, and take anger management and victim awareness classes for having boarded a bus, threatening to kill the driver and using profanity to chew out children he accused of bullying his daughter who has cerebral palsy, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
The misdemeanor charges against Jones -- disrupting a school function and disorderly conduct -- were dropped..
School district videotape of Jones's Sept. 3 tirade made him a hero in the eyes of many parents, the Sentinel reported.
