The woman charged with murder after police said she was caught on video pushing a 74-year-old man face-first off a bus in Las Vegas has been released on bail, court records show.
Cadesha Bishop, 25, of Las Vegas, was free Wednesday after posting $100,000 bond. She’s now on high-level electronic monitoring ahead of her preliminary hearing on May 23, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
Police in Las Vegas released disturbing surveillance video Tuesday showing a woman pushing Serge Fournier, 74, with both hands down the front steps of a bus on March 21 after witnesses said he asked her to be nice to other passengers. Fournier died a month later from his injuries and a coroner ruled the death a homicide from complications of blunt force injuries, the newspaper reports.
Bishop, who was arrested on May 6, was accused of yelling and swearing at other passengers prior to shoving Fournier. Police said the elderly man landed on his head roughly 8 feet from the bus.
Chicago alderwoman apologizes for ‘wrong place at the wrong time’ comment on slain student
Driver hops curb, strikes 9 students during after school pickup in Iowa
Two arrested after US Park Police officer shot in apparent DC ambush: report
Judge grants $1 murder bond for Georgia woman accused of using pills to induce second-trimester abortion
Florida GOP gubernatorial candidate calls for sweeping federal limits on Muslim immigration
NJ Gov. Sherrill attends mosque led by Imam once accused of Hamas ties in deportation case
Ballot box upset: Democrats flip Florida legislative seat in Trump’s stomping ground
Pritzker’s glowing review of lakefront resurfaces after college student killed by illegal alien nearby
Dems vow to force weekly Iran war votes after GOP blocks latest move to curb Trump
FBI’s ‘Operation Box Cutter’ indicts Chinese pharma firms, terror-linked cartel assets in fentanyl takedown
President Trump Invokes Jesus While Pushing Senate to Pass the SAVE America Act
Oklahoma Governor Names Energy Executive to Fill DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s Senate Seat
Angel mom, GOP blame Spanberger after illegal immigrant with 30 arrests charged in killing
Alert: Lawmaker Cites TSA Report Confirming Cash Leaving Minneapolis Airport Approached $1 Billion by 2025
Senate confirms DOJ fraud chief as Minnesota daycare scandal draws national scrutiny
Bishop, who was riding the bus with her son at the time, walked away after the incident, investigators said.
Bishop could not be reached for comment early Wednesday and a public defense attorney representing her did not immediately return a message.
Court records cited by KLAS show that Bishop was previously convicted of domestic violence in 2012 and 2013. One of her neighbors told the station that the footage detectives say shows her pushing Fournier with both hands is hard to watch.
“It was heartbreaking — I cried,” the woman, Kia Lea, told the station. “Just to see not anybody helping in the video; he was just laying there all alone. It’s always sad when someone passes away, but to have them pass away in such a horrible manner, they need strength for that.”
Story cited here.
