Westfield NJ January 9 2023 A New Jersey art teacher was arrested after he overdosed on fentanyl in front of students at a Westfield school, police said. Frank Thompson, 57, was charged Thursday with possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and endangering the welfare of children in connection with an incident […]
PORTLAND Ore. January 9 2023 A 15-year-old boy, who was already wanted on an unrelated warrant, was booked for unlawful firearm possession on Saturday night following a shooting outside of Franklin High School during a basketball game, authorities said. The incident, which happened around 7:40 p.m., took place during a men’s basketball game when a Portland […]
Newport News VA January 7th, 2022 A 6-year-old first-grader at an elementary school in Newport News, Va., shot a teacher on Friday afternoon during an altercation in a classroom, the authorities said, leaving her with “life-threatening” injuries and renewing calls for greater gun restrictions. The boy, who shot the teacher once with a handgun at […]
Chattanooga TN January 7 2023 A student and his parent have filed a complaint against a school security guard after he says that the security officer assaulted him. The boy’s mother said that she took him to Erlanger Children’s Hospital where medical records show he was diagnosed with a concussion following an incident at Brainerd […]
Jackson Township PA December 28, 2022 An arrest warrant is out for a former school security guard in the Seneca Valley School District. The suspect, Matthew Cowan, was terminated from his job with Seneca Valley School District after allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage victim on school grounds last year. Now, he’s facing child pornography […]
Providence RI December 27 2022 A fight at a Providence public charter school involving approximately 15 individuals — including adults — led to the arrest of four juveniles. Providence police were called on Thursday afternoon to Charette Charter School on Westminster Street. According to police, chairs and tables had been thrown in an altercation that involved […]
Denver CO December 23, 2022 An incident alleged to have occurred last year has culminated in the arrest of a Denver Public Schools security guard. Jeffrey James Blanchard has been charged with one count of sexual exploitation of a child, a class-five felony. Blanchard, 27, of Lakewood, is accused of uploading several images of child sexual […]
Shaker Heights OH December 17 2022 Police reported that several security officers were assaulted during a school fight. At 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9, officers were dispatched to Shaker Heights High School, 15911 Aldersyde Drive. That’s where security staff at a basketball game detained two 15-year-old Shaker Heights students. Security told police that the girls pushed […]
Las Vegas NV December 16, 2022 The private Adelson Educational Campus in Las Vegas is using an artificial intelligence system to detect school security threats. The preschool through 12th grade Jewish school is contracting with SparkCognition, an Austin, Texas-based company. SparkCognition spokesman Stephen Gold told the Review-Journal the technology integrates with the school’s existing cameras […]
NEWBURGH NY December 16, 2022– An incident in the parking lot of Newburgh Free Academy Main early Wednesday morning involved an assault on a security guard. According to initial reports, at around 7:10 a.m. a security officer was struck by a car in the parking lot after which a parent and student in the vehicle […]