Student Arrested After Drugs, Gun Found

A Richmond police officer confiscated a gun and drugs from a student at Richmond High School earlier this month, police said. The school resource officer was working at the school on Jan. 11 when he received a tip about a student who was possibly armed with a firearm, police Lt. Felix Tan said today.

After identifying the student, the officer and school security guards located the student during lunch period and escorted him to the administration office. There, the student admitted to having marijuana in his backpack, police said.

The officer located the marijuana individually packaged for sale, and after searching the student, located a .32-caliber Beretta semi-automatic pistol and a bindle of methamphetamine, police said. The student, whose name is not being released, was arrested.

By Bay City News