Teacher Arrested For Robbery, Loaded Gun In Classroom

SAN JOSE, CA – A 35-year-old San Jose man was arrested Wednesday at a school where he teaches for suspicion of having a firearm in his classroom and for strong-arm robbery that allegedly stemmed from a road-rage incident, police said.

When Charles Ha So was taken into custody at Chaboya Middle School in San Jose, where he is a full-time, eighth-grade teacher, he had a loaded handgun in a satchel inside his classroom, the San Jose Police Department said.

The robbery charge was from a Feb. 21 incident when police were called at 2 p.m. to the 80 block on South 4th Street, where a man claimed a road-rage incident escalated to battery with the suspect forcibly taking the victim's cell phone, police said.

Detectives identified So as the suspect, obtained a warrant for his arrest and the department's MERGE Unit took him into custody at the school at 3276 Cortona Dr., police said.

So was to be booked into the Santa Clara County Jail for suspicion of robbery and possession of a firearm at a school -- both felonies, the agency said.

Anyone with information related to the case can contact Detective Sergeant Ray Vaughn of the SJPD Robbery Unit at (408) 277-4166. Those wishing to remain anonymous may call the Crime Stoppers Tip Line, (408) 947-STOP (7867). Persons providing information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect may be eligible for a cash reward from the Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers.

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