Man who allegedly spat at T bus driver skips arraignment; bus driver who allegedly smashed his face shows up

Updated with arraignment info.

A Boston Municipal Court judge issued an arrest warrant today for Homer Henderson, 52, of Roxbury, when he failed to show up to face a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon - his spit - in an incident on a 1 bus at Mass. Ave. and Washington Street on Dec. 20, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

Terri Felix, 40, of Brockton, the driver of the bus, who allegedly followed Henderson onto the street and swung a wooden chock block at him, smashing him in the head and sending him to the hospital with a broken cheek and other injuries, was released on personal recognizance on her own charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon - the chock block - the DA's office reports.

Assistant District Attorney Eric Anderson told the court that Henderson was a passenger on a Route 1 bus driven by Felix on the date of the incident. Surveillance images on the bus show Henderson apparently fall asleep on board the bus and later wake. He can be seen walking to the front of the bus and engaging Felix in conversation. The conversation soon escalated to an argument, which was captured on cell phone camera by another passenger.

After the bus stopped in the area of Massachusetts Avenue and Washington Street, Henderson allegedly spat on Felix before exiting. Prosecutors said Felix retrieved a wooden chock block from a storage compartment and followed Henderson, continuing to argue with him outside the bus. Footage from a passenger’s cell phone camera allegedly shows her following Henderson down Washington Street and striking him in the head with the block, knocking him to the ground, before returning to the bus and calling MBTA Transit Police.

Innocent, etc.