(KAIR)--A bus driver for the Atchison Public Schools is accused of threatening a student rider, arrested Tuesday in connection with the crime. 

Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson tells MSC News 68-year-old Paul Detherage was taken into custody Tuesday morning, around 8:45, arrested at the USD 409 Bus Barn, in the 2600 block of Industrial Road, after he returned from his bus route. 

Detherage, who now faces a charge of criminal threat, was booked into the Atchison County Jail. 

According to Wilson, Atchison Police, Tuesday morning, were notified about "an argument that had occurred between a bus driver and a student on a school bus" early Tuesday morning when the driver, now identified as Detherage, allegedly made threatening statements. 

Detherage, as of Wednesday morning, remained jailed, with his bond set at $10,000.