That 11-year-old girl is getting hosed.
Students in Alachua, Fort Myers charged with bringing loaded guns to schools
The Associated Press
Students in Alachua and Fort Myers have been arrested for bringing guns to school.
An 11-year-old girl, who is a fifth grader at Alachua Elementary School, has been placed in a juvenile detention center in Gainesville for bringing her father's loaded handgun and 15 extra rounds of ammunition to school Monday.
In Fort Myers, a 13-year-old Trafalgar Middle School boy wanted for violating home detention was arrested Tuesday afternoon for bringing a gun to school.
The girl's father put the handgun in her backpack the weekend before the incident, police said. The father had been drinking, police said, and believed the backpack was his. He faces a misdemeanor charge of failure to properly store or secure a firearm.
The names of the girl, 11, and her father, 48, were not immediately available.
Alachua Elementary officials called police Monday morning, shortly after the girl told her teacher that she had a handgun in her backpack.
The girl told school administrators she had left for school that morning with no knowledge that she had the Smith and Wesson .38-caliber revolver.
In Fort Myers, Dexter West was arrested after the school's resource officer found a .25-caliber Beretta in the boys pants pocket.
The gun wasn't loaded, but he had ammunition in his backpack.
Principal Joe Vetter said Fort Myers police contacted school officials shortly after noon Tuesday, saying West was wanted for questioning and he could be carrying a gun.
Fort Myers police spokeswoman Kara Winton said West was under home detention, a form of court-ordered supervision similar to a house arrest.
West was taken to a juvenile detention center in Fort Myers. He faces a charge of possession of a firearm on school property from the Cape Coral Police Department and a charge of violation of home detention from the Fort Myers police.
Winton said West had been arrested earlier this month by Fort Myers police on charges of grand theft auto, driving without a license, burglary, failure to appear in court and possession of burglary tools.
Lee County School District Spokesman John Dattola said West will be suspended immediately.
Copyright 2000, Sun-Sentinel Co. & South Florida Interactive, Inc.
Students in Alachua, Fort Myers charged with bringing loaded guns to schools
The Associated Press
Students in Alachua and Fort Myers have been arrested for bringing guns to school.
An 11-year-old girl, who is a fifth grader at Alachua Elementary School, has been placed in a juvenile detention center in Gainesville for bringing her father's loaded handgun and 15 extra rounds of ammunition to school Monday.
In Fort Myers, a 13-year-old Trafalgar Middle School boy wanted for violating home detention was arrested Tuesday afternoon for bringing a gun to school.
The girl's father put the handgun in her backpack the weekend before the incident, police said. The father had been drinking, police said, and believed the backpack was his. He faces a misdemeanor charge of failure to properly store or secure a firearm.
The names of the girl, 11, and her father, 48, were not immediately available.
Alachua Elementary officials called police Monday morning, shortly after the girl told her teacher that she had a handgun in her backpack.
The girl told school administrators she had left for school that morning with no knowledge that she had the Smith and Wesson .38-caliber revolver.
In Fort Myers, Dexter West was arrested after the school's resource officer found a .25-caliber Beretta in the boys pants pocket.
The gun wasn't loaded, but he had ammunition in his backpack.
Principal Joe Vetter said Fort Myers police contacted school officials shortly after noon Tuesday, saying West was wanted for questioning and he could be carrying a gun.
Fort Myers police spokeswoman Kara Winton said West was under home detention, a form of court-ordered supervision similar to a house arrest.
West was taken to a juvenile detention center in Fort Myers. He faces a charge of possession of a firearm on school property from the Cape Coral Police Department and a charge of violation of home detention from the Fort Myers police.
Winton said West had been arrested earlier this month by Fort Myers police on charges of grand theft auto, driving without a license, burglary, failure to appear in court and possession of burglary tools.
Lee County School District Spokesman John Dattola said West will be suspended immediately.
Copyright 2000, Sun-Sentinel Co. & South Florida Interactive, Inc.