East St. John High student arrested on terrorizing after school lockdown
East St John Parish LA November 13 2019
An East St. John High school student was arrested and booked with terrorizing Monday after reports of him having a weapon led to a school lockdown.
The suspected weapon was later found to be an open stapler wrapped in a bandanna.
According to a St. John the Baptist Parish School Board spokeswoman, the school was put on lockdown just after 11 a.m. Monday, after another student reported the suspected weapon.
The St. John Sheriff’s Office conducted a search of the campus, finding that the suspected weapon was actually a stapler.
Deputies then removed the student from campus and he was booked on one count of terrorizing, the spokeswoman said.
The lockdown had been lifted Monday afternoon.
Terrorizing is a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison and up to a $15,000 fine.
