Woman pours beer on bus driver's head in Dorchester, bites one cop, spits on others, police say

Transit Police report arresting a woman who turned into a fighty, spitting whirling dervish of chaos Monday night.

Police say that around 10 p.m., officers responded to Columbia Road and Washington Street in Dorchester on a 23 driver's report of "a disorderly group" on his bus. The group fled before the cops arrived, but not before Shatia Butler, 24, poured a beer on the driver's head and one of her companions, at 16 too young to be publicly names, kicked the bus door, shattering one of its glass panels.

Police say they found Butler and her teen companion not far away, and moved to arrest her on a charge of assault and battery on an MBTA employee while writing a summons for the kid to show up in court on a charge of malicious destruction of property. He was then released to the custody of a guardian.

Butler, however, did not go gently into that good cruiser; in fact, officers struggled just to get her into a police vehicle and then she tried to keep them from closing the door on her, in an effort police say included spitting at one of the officers.

While at TPD HQ Butler became more combative and refused the booking process. Butler bit an officer and spit at another. Finally, when Butler was identified it was discovered there were several warrants in existence for her arrest issued out of Brockton District Court, Boston District Court-Central Division and Dedham District Court all for Larceny.

In addition to the initial A&B charge, Butler was also charged with four counts of assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest, police say.

Innocent, etc.