Parents of Sumter student arrested after fight at bus stop with disabled father, his wife in front of students

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The parents of a Sumter School District student are both facing assault and battery charges after allegedly attacking another couple, one of whom is disabled, last week at a school bus stop after a verbal altercation involving students.

Marquis Tyrell Rogers, 29, and Shanora Carter, 33, both of Wilma Court, both face one count of second-degree assault and battery. Rogers also faces one count of third-degree assault and battery, according to the Sumter County Sheriff's Office. They were arrested on Monday.

Warrants state Rogers and Carter, parents of a student at a Sumter bus stop, blocked a roadway near the stop on March 28 and waited for the female victim to return after she had been traveling back and forth at the intersection near Wilma Court and Reona Avenue multiple times that morning arguing with some of the students because they were in the roadway.

Rogers is accused of assaulting the woman when she exited her vehicle before pushing her toward Carter, who is then accused of assaulting her, according to Adrienne Sarvis, public information officer with the sheriff's office. The woman sustained facial swelling, bruises to her body and a puncture wound to the back of her head from a strike by an unknown object.

Rogers then reportedly approached the woman's vehicle and started punching her husband in the face, according to an incident report. The male victim told deputies who responded to the scene that he told Rogers he did not want to fight because he is disabled.

The man sustained severe facial injuries and lost consciousness for a short time, according to a warrant.

Both victims were treated by Sumter EMS at the scene.

The incident occurred in the presence of the students and was partially recorded by one of the victims, Sarvis said.

Rogers was arrested on Jan. 3 for another incident involving a student at a bus stop.
That time, he allegedly prevented the bus driver from closing the doors in August 2018, according to the Sumter County Third Judicial Circuit and sheriff's office.

Rogers and the bus driver reportedly had a verbal altercation when Rogers came to the bus stop stating his son was threatened by the driver, according to a previous incident report.

The driver reportedly told the responding deputy that Rogers said his son told him the bus driver "said she was going to lay hands on him." The driver said the middle school student was upset because she asked him to sit at the front of the bus before she started her high school route.

She said at the time she asked all middle school students to sit at the front of the bus, according to the report.

During that interaction, Rogers reportedly told her, "I will show you how to put hands on somebody" and put his hands on the bus doors to prevent them from closing.

Rogers was charged with interfering with the operation of a school bus for the first incident and was released on a $1,062.50 personal recognizance bond the next day.

For this most recent incident, Rogers posted a $2,500 surety bond and Carter a $5,000 surety bond on Tuesday.