– teenager arrested for bringing weapon to school
– juvenile apprehended with firearm on school grounds.
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A 14-year-old student from Q.I. Roberts Junior-Senior High School in Putnam County, Florida, found himself in police custody on Friday afternoon, charged with third-degree felony possession of a weapon on a school campus.
The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office received a notification via the FortifyFL app, alerting youth resource deputies to the presence of a firearm in the student’s backpack. Acting swiftly, deputies managed to detain the 9th-grade student within three minutes of receiving the tip.
Fortunately, due to the quick response and the lack of class changes at the time, the school administration decided against initiating a lockdown, allowing regular activities to proceed as usual.
Upon inspecting the student’s backpack, deputies discovered a handgun secured in a holster. The student claimed to have found the firearm near Main Street and Madison Street in Palatka while on his way to the bus stop, but maintained that he had never removed the gun from his backpack.
Deputies noted that the gun was covered in dirt and appeared to be in a condition unsuitable for firing. Despite their assessment that there was no malicious intent, authorities emphasized the seriousness of bringing a firearm onto school premises.
Sheriff H.D. ‘Gator’ DeLoach stated, “Despite the fact that there was no ill-intent, we have to charge this student for bringing a firearm on campus. This gun could have fallen into the wrong hands, and we would have had a different scenario. All this young man needed to do was turn in the gun to an adult, Deputy Brady, or an administrator on the campus.”
Following the arrest, the 14-year-old was taken into custody and later released to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
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– 14-year-old arrested for bringing gun to school
– Putnam County Sheriff’s Office reports.
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