Baltimore Substitute Teacher Brought Gun To AA County School: Police

BALTIMORE, MD — A substitute teacher from Baltimore is accused of taking a loaded handgun to Glen Burnie High School, Anne Arundel County Police said.

A school resource officer at the school was notified about 2:15 p.m. Friday by administrators that a backpack containing a handgun was found unattended in a classroom. The backpack was taken to an administrative office and a loaded 9mm Taurus handgun was seized, the police report said.

School administrators and school resource officers identified the owner of the backpack as substitute teacher Derric Andre Simms, 45.

He was charged with gun-related offenses, authorities said.