Police: Chartiers Valley bus contractor lacked insurance [The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]

May 27--State police said the operator of a now-defunct bus company wasn't insured when it transported hundreds of Chartiers Valley School District students over the last several months.

According to a news release, Michael N. Krawec, 25, of Pittsburgh faces 161 counts of required financial responsibility, along with false application for title, tampering with records, securing execution of documents by deception, insurance fraud, false swearing, and tampering with public records.

Police said that someone made an anonymous call to a trooper in April to say that Krawec didn't have insurance on his buses.

Police said they found the buses in an empty parking lot along Route 51 in Baldwin on April 25. Inside one bus, police said, they found an insurance card saying that it covered all vehicles owned or operated by the Chartiers Valley Transportation Department.

The trooper called the insurance company, which said the policy had been canceled on Oct. 5. Troopers said the district said Krawec's company made 160 runs transporting students between Dec. 7 and April 25.

Police filed charges against Krawec on Friday. He referred questions to his attorney, Nicholas Krawec, his father, who said that the bus company is no longer operating.

District officials couldn't be reached for additional information this afternoon.

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