On Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at about 4:00 pm, Deputies responded to a call about a verbal altercation between a parent and a Beaufort County School Bus Driver on the Biggs Road in Pinetown. After arrival Deputies learned the substitute bus driver had been confronted by an angry parent claiming the driver had dropped her child off at the wrong location. The driver reported, that during the altercation 21 year old Karly Rae Gurganus of Washington, tracked the bus down, got out of her vehicle, aggressively approached her window and threatened her with bodily harm while using profanity in front of the children still on the bus.
After an investigation into the incident and reviewing camera footage on the bus, the following day Gurganus was charged by a Beaufort County School Resource Officer with one count of Disorderly Conduct on a School Bus. The unidentified victim in the case also charged Gurganus with one count of Communicating Threats.
Gurganus was arrested on October 29, 2018. Her bond was set at $3,000.00 secured. Gurganus has also been banned from entering the property at Bath Elementary for the remainder of the school year.
