{"id":140893,"date":"2026-07-29T11:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/convicted-killer-who-drove-bus-in-crash-that-killed-6-children-back-behind-bars-after-new-arrest-140893"},"modified":"2026-07-29T11:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:35:14","slug":"convicted-killer-who-drove-bus-in-crash-that-killed-6-children-back-behind-bars-after-new-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/convicted-killer-who-drove-bus-in-crash-that-killed-6-children-back-behind-bars-after-new-arrest-140893","title":{"rendered":"Convicted killer who drove bus in crash that killed 6 children back behind bars after new arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A repeat offender is back in jail in <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/tennessee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tennessee<\/a> after online court records indicate he is facing a slew of new charges related to an alleged domestic violence incident.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, records from the Davidson County Sheriff\u2019s Office list convicted killer Johnthony Walker, 34, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/us\/nashville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nashville<\/a> jail facing seven new charges relating to this incident.<\/p>\n<p>This is not Walker&#8217;s first run-in with the law; he was convicted of <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/homicide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">negligent homicide<\/a> in a school bus crash that killed six children, and injured dozens more in an incident that happened 10 years ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/former-tennessee-bus-driver-sentenced-to-prison-in-crash-that-killed-6-kids-report-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FORMER TENNESSEE BUS DRIVER SENTENCED TO PRISON IN CRASH THAT KILLED 6 KIDS, REPORT SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Documents say Walker, who was working as a school bus driver for a Chattanooga school district at the time, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/tennessee-school-bus-driver-convicted-in-crash-that-killed-6-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">traveling at high speeds<\/a> while transporting elementary school students in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxTrueCrime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not only was he <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/politics\/virginia-bus-crash-killed-five-involved-driver-doesnt-speak-english-sean-duffy-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">driving at high speeds<\/a>, but court records say we was also driving on an unauthorized route when he swerved and hit a mailbox and telephone pole, causing the bus to flip and smash into a tree.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>LIKE WHAT YOU&#8217;RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walker was convicted two years later in 2018, and sentenced to four years in prison, records show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/us\/man-accused-raping-three-underage-girls-faces-new-charge-prison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>MAN ACCUSED OF RAPING THREE UNDERAGE GIRLS FACES NEW CHARGE FROM PRISON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two years after the deadly bus crash conviction, in 2020, the Davidson County District Attorney says Walker <a href=\"https:\/\/da.nashville.gov\/former-bus-driver-convicted-in-chattanooga-pleads-guilty-in-nashville-on-statutory-rape-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">pleaded guilty<\/a> to rape.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/tips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SEND US A TIP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walker was sentenced to six years and one month in prison, to run consecutively to his four-year sentence in the deadly school bus crash case, and was ordered to register as a <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/sex-crimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sex offender<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unrelated to the bus crash and rape conviction, Walker was booked into jail on Monday on charges including aggravated assault by strangulation, aggravated burglary, child abuse, interference with an emergency call, and three charges relating to sex-offender violations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/convicted-killer-drove-bus-crash-killed-6-children-back-behind-bars-new-arrest\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/convicted-killer-drove-bus-crash-killed-6-children-back-behind-bars-new-arrest <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A repeat offender is back in jail in Tennessee after online court records indicate he is facing a slew of new charges related to an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-140893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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