A Missouri father is accused of entering a school bus with his young daughter and commanding her to repeatedly punch another girl in the head until the girl cried.

Maurice Fox, 36, faces charges of first-degree harassment , two counts of fourth-degree assault, and trespassing on a school bus, St. Louis County jail records show. He was arrested on Monday night, but the underlying incident occurred on Oct. 9, authorities said.

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It was just after 9 a.m. that day in Ferguson, and a Ferguson-Florissant School District bus rolled up to the 100 block of Frost Avenue. As the bus stopped, Fox and his 6-year-old daughter got on — despite the bus driver putting

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