By JAN LARSON McLAUGHLIN
BG Independent News
Two Bowling Green students face charges after bringing knives to their schools this week.
The first knife was discovered at Bowling Green Middle School on Monday, according to BG Police Major Justin White. An officer was on routine foot patrol at the school when the assistant principal notified the officer that a student was found with a fixed blade knife.
School officials searched the 13-year-old boy’s locker and found another knife in his bookbag. The student reportedly told school officials he had the knives at school “for defensive purposes.”
“We had no indication he made any threats,” White said.
The boy was taken to the Wood County Juvenile Detention Center and charged with conveyance of a weapon in a school safety zone.
The second knife was found Tuesday when the father of the alleged victim called police to report that his 10-year-old son had been threatened by another 10-year-old with a knife.
The victim told police that he and another 10-year-old boy were walking home from Conneaut Elementary School and engaging in an ongoing argument. The alleged victim said the other boy threatened him by showing him the knife and saying something like, “I’m going to get you,” White said.
During the investigation, police discovered that the boy with the fold-out pocket knife had the weapon at school, with a school official reporting that they saw the knife when the student left school.
The boy has been charged with aggravated menacing and having a weapon in a school safety zone. He was also taken to the juvenile detention center.
No one was injured in either incident.
The police are working with school administration, which will handle any school discipline.
“Kids are making poor decisions,” White said. “They are potentially affecting the rest of their lives.”
