By Jim Clark

Police responded to a complaint of disorderly passengers bothering people on a MBTA bus last Thursday.

Officers arrived at the High School on Highland Ave., where the bus had been stopped, and questioned the driver about the nature of the disturbance.

The driver pointed out three young male passengers on the bus and reportedly said that they had been loud and unruly and that he wished them to be taken off the bus.

Police said that the young men in question were shouting while they were conducting their investigation, yelling such things as, “I paid and you ain’t kicking me off,” according to reports.

The officers ordered the youths off the bus, but they refused and continued to shout obscenities and refusals to leave, police said. They were then personally escorted out by the police officers.

One particular passenger was reportedly particularly difficult and had to be escorted off the bus by two police officers. This individual continued shouting obscenities and became physically confrontational with the police officers, according to reports.

Police said that they repeatedly asked the boys to “just leave,” but after making several threatening gestures one of the youths was pepper-sprayed and taken to the ground.

The juvenile was taken into custody and charged with disorderly conduct.

The other boys dispersed and the bus continued its service.