-- From Seattle Times staff reporter Christine Clarridge:

A police report released Wednesday provides more details on the assault last Friday of a King County Metro bus driver in the Rainier Valley. A 26-year-old Seattle man was arrested after he allegedly attacked and threatened the driver on Route 8.

Seattle police were called to the 5100 block of South Henderson Street around 6:30 a.m. Friday after the driver reported that a passenger had threatened to kill her. She said she was "terrified" of the suspect.

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According to the police report, the passenger boarded the bus and dropped 34 cents into the fare box -- far less than the $2.25 fare. The man then went to the back of the bus, where he argued with another passenger. The man then returned to the front of the bus and demanded the driver give him back his change.

The man then grabbed the driver by the collar. The bus driver managed to kick the man away and he responded by threatening to kill her, according to the police report. The man then got off the bus and threw something at the windshield of the bus, according to police.

Police located a man matching the suspect's description about an hour later. He told police that the driver had kicked him when he reached for a transfer.

Police discovered the man, who had a crack pipe on him, was wanted on two outstanding warrants. He was arrested and booked into King County Jail on the warrants and investigation of robbery.

In January, another female Metro bus driver was knocked unconscious when she was attacked while driving her route. The driver, a 56-year-old grandmother of five, was found bleeding and taken to a hospital.

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with two counts of assault in connection with the attack.