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Police say a Phoenix bus driver was caught on cellphone video repeatedly punching a passenger and slamming the man's head against a bench.

Authorities say 45-year-old Todd Allen Shields was charged with assault and other counts and placed on leave.

According to police, passenger Desirae Madrid recorded Shields fighting with a 21-year-old man after the man tried boarding the bus with a reduced fair ticket for minors. Police say the bus driver demanded identification, but the passenger refused.

Madrid told KSAZ-TV that's when she saw Shields pick the man up and throw him off the bus. Police say the video shows Shields attacking the man, who suffered minor injuries.

It was not known if Shields had an attorney.

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Police say a Phoenix bus driver was caught on cellphone video repeatedly punching a passenger and slamming the man's head against a bench.

KSAZ-TV reports (http://bit.ly/13NGg49 ) that 45-year-old Todd Allen Shields was charged with assault and other counts and placed on leave.

According to police, passenger Desirae Madrid recorded Shields fighting with a 21-year-old man after the man tried boarding the bus with a reduced fair ticket for minors. Police say the bus driver demanded identification, but the passenger refused.

Madrid told KSAZ-TV that's when she saw Shields pick the man up and throw him off the bus. Police say the video shows Shields attacking the man, who suffered minor injuries.

It was not known if Shields had an attorney.

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Information from: KSAZ-TV, http://www.myfoxphoenix.com

Bob Meistrell, who co-founded the Body Glove clothing company and helped develop the first neoprene wetsuit, has died in Southern California. He was 84.

Body Glove International LLC President Russ Lesser tells the Torrance Daily Breeze (http://bit.ly/10qayf5 ) that Meistrell suffered a heart attack on his boat Sunday while returning from Catalina Island and couldn't be revived.

In the 1950s Meistrell and his identical twin, Bill, developed a wetsuit with the insulating material used in the back of refrigerators. The streamlined suit fit like a glove and eventually was marketed under the name Body Glove. The company celebrates its 60th anniversary this year.

Bill Meistrell died in 2006 at age 77.

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Information from: Daily Breeze, http://www.dailybreeze.com

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A group of 7-Eleven managers, owners and workers in New York and Virginia were taken into custody by federal authorities Monday as part of a human smuggling investigation.

The raid follows allegations that store owners helped smuggle workers into the U.S. from Pakistan. Authorities said the workers were forced to live in housing provided by the store owners, NBC New York reports.

Some store owners and managers were arrested Monday. Law enforcement officials say they are expected to face identity theft, money laundering and other charges, while a few are also accused of stealing from 7-Eleven's corporate headquarters, NBC reports.

More than a dozen workers were also taken into custody by immigration officials. The New York raids were centered on Long Island.

The 7-Eleven company says in a statement that it is cooperating with federal authorities. It had no further comment.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Columbus, Ohio, police are seeking any video that may have been taken of a shooting at a weekend festival that wounded an 11-year-old boy.

The shooting happened Saturday night at the Juneteenth Festival, which celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S. The violence ended the annual festival at a park just outside downtown Columbus.

The boy was hit in the leg by a stray gunshot and hospitalized with injuries that weren't life-threatening. A 15-year-old boy was arrested.

Police say four other young people had been involved in fighting and were arrested before the shooting.

Officers are asking the public to take a look at any cellphone or other video captured to see if it could be used as evidence in the case.

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