FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) -- A mother was arrested after police say she got on her child's school bus and threatened to kill the bus driver and the students on board.

Police in Floyd County have charged 28-year-old April Davis of Auxier with 44 counts of menacing and one count of terroristic threatening.

The alleged threats were caught on the bus surveillance camera. Authorities are not releasing that video for the students' safety.

Floyd County School directors say the Prestonsburg bus was full of elementary and high school students Tuesday morning when April Davis climbed on board.

Sgt. Tim Clark with the Floyd County Sheriff’s Department watched the bus' surveillance video. Clark says Davis first threatened to kill the bus driver.

"Basically, she was going to take a knife and cut this school bus driver's head off," Sgt. Clark said.

Then he says she threatened the 44 students on board.

"The kids were going wild. This lady was screaming at the top of her voice, just absolutely scared these children to death," Sgt. Clark said.

School directors say the bus driver quickly called for help, and officers responded.

"I actually feel that it wouldn't have taken much more for her to be combative and hurt or kill someone on that bus," Sgt Clark said.

Investigators say Davis was mad over an earlier incident involving her own child on the bus.

"I don't think there's any reason for any parent to react the way this lady did," said Floyd County Superintendent Henry Webb.

Davis was in court on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to the charges.
She is expected to be back in court in November.