Former TN bus driver who was involved in crash that killed 6 children arrested again in Nashville. Here’s what we know

What This Story Is About

• A former bus driver was arrested in Nashville on new charges connected to a reported domestic disturbance and an alleged violation of sex-offender restrictions.

Why It Matters

• Johnthony Walker was convicted of criminally negligent homicide in a 2016 Hamilton County school bus crash that killed six children. He later pleaded guilty in Nashville to aggravated statutory rape involving a 14-year-old and was required to register as a sex offender.

What Happens Next

• Walker will face the new charges in Davidson County court.

Catch Up

• The Nashville District Attorney’s Office said Walker received an additional six-year sentence for the statutory rape conviction, to be served after his four-year sentence in the Chattanooga crash case.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Johnthony Walker, the former Chattanooga school bus driver convicted in a 2016 crash that killed six children, has been arrested again in Nashville.

Walker, who is now 33, is facing seven active charges, including aggravated burglary, aggravated assault by strangulation, interference with an emergency call, child abuse without injury and sex-offender-registration or victim-contact violations, according to the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office.

He was not eligible for release at the time the jail record was posted because of a domestic-violence hold, court order and pending added charges.

Arrest affidavits allege Walker forced his way into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment on July 23, tackled and assaulted her and took her phone as she tried to call 911. The documents allege he punched, kicked and briefly strangled the woman. They also allege her 4-year-old daughter fell after Walker tripped her while the child was trying to get help.

Police reported seeing bruising, scratches and a fractured arm on the woman, according to the affidavits.

A separate warrant alleges Walker violated Tennessee sex-offender restrictions by contacting or coming within 100 feet of a former victim. The affidavit says Walker was registered as homeless in Williamson County and had no legitimate reason to contact the woman.