Guard fends off attacker at Greyhound bus station
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LAFAYETTE — Police said Friday a security guard at the Greyhound bus station should be commended for holding off an assailant who tried to take her gun.
Cpl. Paul Mouton, spokesman for the Lafayette Police Department, said a security guard at the station was physically attacked for unknown reasons about 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
Sidney John Handy, 36, of Lafayette, allegedly approached the 38-year-old security guard and attempted to disarm her.
Mouton said the guard was able to keep control of her weapon.
“It sounds like she held her own,” Mouton said.
Police said Handy ran away from the scene after he failed to disarm the guard.
Lafayette police located him near the Jefferson Street underpass shortly afterward.
Mouton said Handy was first taken to the hospital before being released for incarceration.
He was arrested for simple battery, aggravated assault and resisting an officer.
Mouton said the reason for the attack remains unknown and he did not know of any connection to the attack and ongoing controversy surrounding Greyhound.
That controversy involves Greyhound’s decision to build a station on Moss Street, leaving its Lee Avenue location.
The City-Parish Council recently voted to repeal a zoning change for the site. However, the company said it plans to continue construction at the site until it is legally blocked from doing so.
Cpl. Paul Mouton, spokesman for the Lafayette Police Department, said a security guard at the station was physically attacked for unknown reasons about 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
Sidney John Handy, 36, of Lafayette, allegedly approached the 38-year-old security guard and attempted to disarm her.
Mouton said the guard was able to keep control of her weapon.
“It sounds like she held her own,” Mouton said.
Police said Handy ran away from the scene after he failed to disarm the guard.
Lafayette police located him near the Jefferson Street underpass shortly afterward.
Mouton said Handy was first taken to the hospital before being released for incarceration.
He was arrested for simple battery, aggravated assault and resisting an officer.
Mouton said the reason for the attack remains unknown and he did not know of any connection to the attack and ongoing controversy surrounding Greyhound.
That controversy involves Greyhound’s decision to build a station on Moss Street, leaving its Lee Avenue location.
The City-Parish Council recently voted to repeal a zoning change for the site. However, the company said it plans to continue construction at the site until it is legally blocked from doing so.
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