Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee HS Stabbing Was Planned, 2nd Student Charged With Plotting The Attack: Prosecutor Fort Lee HS Stabbing Was Planned, 2nd Student Charged With Plotting The Attack: Prosecutor
Fort Lee HS Stabbing Was Planned, 2nd Student Charged With Plotting The Attack: Prosecutor A second 16-year-old student has been charged in connection with a violent stabbing at Fort Lee High School—this time, for allegedly helping plan the attack, Prosecutor Mark Musella announced Friday, May 2. The stabbing happened on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, inside a school bathroom, when a 16-year-old student repeatedly stabbed a classmate during a fight, according to Bergen County authorities. The school was placed on lockdown, and the victim was rushed to an area hospital with serious injuries. The first suspect was arrested on scene and charged with first-degree attempted murder, among oth…

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by Cecilia Levine
Upper Marlboro, MD
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Teens Charged As Adults After Loaded Gun Found In Banned Backpack At Wise HS: Police Teens Charged As Adults After Loaded Gun Found In Banned Backpack At Wise HS: Police
Teens Charged As Adults After Loaded Gun Found In Banned Backpack At Wise HS: Police Two 10th-grade boys will be charged as adults after a loaded gun was found hidden inside a banned bookbag at Wise High School in Upper Marlboro, according to Prince George’s County Police. The incident happened around 1:55 p.m. Thursday, May 1, when school security officers saw one student hand off a black bookbag to another student in a hallway.  Only clear backpacks are allowed on campus, police said. Security searched the bag and found a loaded firearm inside. Both students ran from the building before they could be detained. The two suspects — a 17-year-old and a 16-year-old — ar…

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by Zak Failla
Woodbridge, VA
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Woodbridge Teen Secretly Filmed Girls, Inappropriately Touched Classmate At School: Police Woodbridge Teen Secretly Filmed Girls, Inappropriately Touched Classmate At School: Police
Woodbridge Teen Secretly Filmed Girls, Inappropriately Touched Classmate At School: Police A Virginia high school student is facing serious charges after authorities say he secretly recorded female classmates and inappropriately touched one during the school day. On Tuesday, April 29, a 17-year-old from Woodbridge was arrested after a School Resource Officer’s investigation at C.D. Hylton High School in Prince William County, police announced. The officer was first notified on April 22 that a student had been filming others without their consent inside the school, located on Spriggs Road in Woodbridge. According to the Prince William County Police Department, the probe found tha…

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by Zak Failla
Columbia, MD
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Howard County Substitute Teacher Removed After Child Pornography Arrest, Officials Say Howard County Substitute Teacher Removed After Child Pornography Arrest, Officials Say
Howard County Substitute Teacher Removed After Child Pornography Arrest, Officials Say A substitute teacher who briefly worked at two Maryland high schools has been charged with possession and distribution of child pornography, school officials announced. Thomas Miller was arrested by Baltimore County Police and is facing charges unrelated to his work inside Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) buildings, according to a statement released by officials. Officials said Miller worked only three days within HCPSS: Dec. 13, 2024 at Wilde Lake High School; Jan. 4, 2025 at Marriotts Ridge High School; March 7, 2025 again at Marriotts Ridge. Police confirmed that the criminal…

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by Zak Failla
Waldorf, MD
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Teen Caught With Loaded Ghost Gun, Drugs At Westlake High School Charged As Adult: Sheriff Teen Caught With Loaded Ghost Gun, Drugs At Westlake High School Charged As Adult: Sheriff
Teen Caught With Loaded Ghost Gun, Drugs At Westlake High School Charged As Adult: Sheriff The 17-year-old student caught with a loaded handgun and a stash of drugs at Westlake High School in Charles County is now facing adult charges, authorities announced. The student was arrested Thursday, April 24, after administrators at the school noticed a strong odor of cannabis coming from the teen around 7:30 a.m., according to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office. When confronted, the student became combative and tried to flee with a backpack. A school resource officer who responded to the scene detained the teen, even as the student resisted arrest, officials said. During a search of …

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by Zak Failla
Triangle-Dumfries, VA
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Woman Threatened To Bomb Potomac Middle School During Office Meltdown: Police Woman Threatened To Bomb Potomac Middle School During Office Meltdown: Police
Woman Threatened To Bomb Potomac Middle School During Office Meltdown: Police A woman is facing charges after allegedly threatening to bomb a Virginia middle school during a heated argument in the front office, police said. Officers with the Prince William County Police Department said the fiery incident happened at around 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 23 at Potomac Middle School, on Panther Pride Drive in Dumfries. The school’s resource officer was alerted after a woman, later identified as Candice Sherrell Logan, 35, of Woodbridge, got into a verbal altercation with school staff that escalated inside the main office. During the encounter, Logan allegedly threatened to …

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by Zak Failla
Waldorf, MD
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Gun Found In Westlake High School Student’s Backpack During Pot Investigation: Sheriff Gun Found In Westlake High School Student’s Backpack During Pot Investigation: Sheriff
Gun Found In Westlake High School Student’s Backpack During Pot Investigation: Sheriff What started as a search for cannabis turned into a much more serious discovery at a Maryland high school, when officials found a loaded handgun in a student’s backpack. A student at Westlake High School in Charles County is in custody after school staff and deputies investigating him for possessing cannabis found a handgun in his backpack, officials confirmed Thursday morning. The incident unfolded early on April 24, though authorities have not specified the exact time. No one was injured, and there were no threats of violence, the sheriff's office said. "The gun was not displayed, and th…

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by Zak Failla
Haverstraw, NY
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Bear Spotted Near Haverstraw Elementary Prompts Safety Protocol Activation Bear Spotted Near Haverstraw Elementary Prompts Safety Protocol Activation
Bear Spotted Near Haverstraw Elementary Prompts Safety Protocol Activation A bear sighting near a Rockland County school led to a quick response from staff and local authorities to ensure students and staff remained safe throughout the incident, district officials said. The bear was seen on the perimeter of the campus at Haverstraw Elementary School during school hours on Tuesday, April 22, according to an email sent to families by Principal Francisco Ovalles.  As soon as the animal was spotted, school staff activated established safety protocols, keeping students and staff secure and accounted for. No one was harmed. The New York State Department of Conserv…

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by Ben Crnic
Waldorf, MD
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Gun Fired In Billingsley Elementary School Belonged To Visiting Relative, Police Say Gun Fired In Billingsley Elementary School Belonged To Visiting Relative, Police Say
Gun Fired In Billingsley Elementary School Belonged To Visiting Relative, Police Say A loaded handgun that went off inside a Maryland elementary school earlier this month belonged to a visiting relative, and potential charges are now pending, authorities said. Investigators in Charles County have wrapped their probe into the April 10 firearm incident at Billingsley Elementary School and confirmed the gun did not belong to the student who brought it. Instead, detectives determined the firearm “belonged to a relative of the student who was visiting from out of town,” the sheriff’s office announced on Tuesday, April 22. The gun went off during school hours, and although no on…

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by Zak Failla
Chesapeake City, MD
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Drug Bust Near Beach Elementary School: Crack, Xanax, $1.5K Seized, Calvert Sheriff Says Drug Bust Near Beach Elementary School: Crack, Xanax, $1.5K Seized, Calvert Sheriff Says
Drug Bust Near Beach Elementary School: Crack, Xanax, $1.5K Seized, Calvert Sheriff Says A Maryland man is facing serious drug charges after deputies say they caught him parked with crack cocaine and prescription pills just feet from a Calvert County elementary school. Deputies responded to Beach Elementary School in Chesapeake Beach at 7900 Old Bayside Road recently, after receiving a report that a suspicious truck was striking curbs in the parking lot, according to the sheriff's office. The vehicle eventually pulled away from the school but stopped again in the 3900 block of Old Bayside Road. When deputies made contact with the driver, identified as 39-year-old Derek James W…

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by Zak Failla
Schenectady, NY
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School Employee Had 'Inappropriate' Conversations With Students At Capital Region Campus: Cops School Employee Had 'Inappropriate' Conversations With Students At Capital Region Campus: Cops
School Employee Had 'Inappropriate' Conversations With Students At Capital Region Campus: Cops A school employee was placed on leave after allegedly having inappropriate conversations with students at a campus in upstate New York, police said. Schoharie County resident Paul Hallock, 65, of Cobleskill, was arrested Thursday, April 10, following a New York State Police investigation into alleged misconduct at William H. Golding Middle School. An investigation found that Hallock, who works as a lunch monitor at the school, engaged in inappropriate conversations with multiple students between October 2024 and February of this year, according to police. Troopers opened a formal investig…

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by Michael Mashburn
Paramus, NJ
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'Shoot Up The School': River Dell Teen Made Threat Online, Cops Say 'Shoot Up The School': River Dell Teen Made Threat Online, Cops Say
'Shoot Up The School': River Dell Teen Made Threat Online, Cops Say An 18-year-old student at River Dell High School is facing criminal charges after police say she posted a threat online to "shoot up the school." The post was discovered on social media Friday morning, April 11, and reported to local authorities by the FBI around 9:55 a.m., according to Lieutenant David Gangemi of the Oradell Police Department​ Police determined the post came from a female senior at the high school, located at 55 Pyle Street in Oradell. Officers from Oradell, River Edge, Paramus, Bergen County, and other agencies responded to the scene. Nearby schools were also placed on l…

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by Cecilia Levine