Crime & Safety

Police Arrest Student Who Pulled Out Unloaded Airsoft Gun On School Bus

Student charged with Possession of a Weapon on School Grounds, Carrying a Facsimile Firearm, and Breach of Peace, police say.

 

This information is from the Madison Police Department:

On October 18, 2012 at 0803 hours, Madison Police Department was notified by the administration at Daniel Hand High School that a student at the school had been found in possession of a facsimile firearm on the school property.  School administrators and security personnel had identified the student and removed the facsimile firearm from his possession as the police were notified.

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Madison Police Patrol and Criminal Investigation personnel responded to the school.  The investigation revealed that a 14 year-old male student had shown the facsimile firearm, which was an “Airsoft” style pistol, to other students on a school bus.  One student who had seen the firearm alerted a parent who notified the school.  There were no injuries, and the investigation revealed that the firearm was unloaded. 

Madison Police arrested the student and charged him with Possession of a Weapon on School Grounds, Carrying a Facsimile Firearm, and Breach of Peace.  He was released to the custody of his parents and will appear at the Superior Court for Juvenile Matters in New Haven. 

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