CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has fired a bus driver who allowed a 26-year-old man onto the bus headed for Southwest Middle School early Monday, a CMS spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Investigators said Jase Edward Squires, a part-time employee of 96.1 “The Beat,” got on the bus as part of a morning radio show prank.

Squires is charged with disturbance on a school bus. He has a previous criminal record.

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