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Somerville Man Threatens To Hit Bus Driver With Chock Block For 'Driving Too Slowly' Somerville Man Threatens To Hit Bus Driver With Chock Block For 'Driving Too Slowly'
Somerville Man Threatens To Hit Bus Driver With Chock Block For 'Driving Too Slowly' A 22-year-old Somerville man must have been late to an important meeting because he berated an MBTA bus driver for not going fast enough and threatened them with a heavy wooden block, authorities said.  Wakell Steele hopped on the bus at Davis Square around 6:30 p.m. on Friday, July 15, but pressed the request stop button moments later, Transit Police said. When the driver pulled over, Steele began shouting at them for "f**king driving too slowly" and demanded his money back, authorities continued.  Steele grabbed a chock block, a five-pound hunk of wood drivers put behind t…