David L. Ferry, 57, was fired after being charged with criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds. State police say Ferry had purchased a .22-caliber rifle and placed it under his seat while driving a school bus with 12 students on board.

New York State Police apprehended a school bus driver from central New York after he purchased a .22 caliber rifle and was “observed driving away in a Naples school bus

A Naples Central School District bus driver was arrested on Monday after authorities found a .22 caliber rifle under a seat of his school bus. David L. Ferry, 57, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds, a felony, and endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor.