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Student arrested for having gun at school
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Published: November 20, 2009
LAKE PLACID - A Lake Placid Middle School student was arrested Wednesday after school officials reportedly found a gun in his book bag.
The 15-year-old was charged with possession of a firearm on school property, a third-degree felony.
Kerry Lanier, the dean of students, told Highlands County Sheriff's School Resource Officer Martin McKee she'd received information the student was in possession of a gun, according to the arrest report.
Lanier looked in the juvenile's book bag and reportedly found .22 caliber firearm that was wrapped in a bandana. No ammunition was found.
The student told McKee he had the gun with him for protection, the report stated. He was taken to the Department of Juvenile Justice's Bartow detention facility.
Highlands Today reporter Brad Dickerson can be reached at 863-386-5838 or bdickerson@highlandstoday.com
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