St. Mary's Co. Handgun on School Property

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On January 17, 2020, School Resource Officer, Corporal Angela Delozier was working a basketball game at Leonardtown High School located at 23995 Point Lookout Road in Leonardtown. Cpl. Delozier was alerted to suspicious activity involving a group of juveniles by staff at the game. Cpl. Delozier and staff from the St. Mary’s County Public Schools immediately moved the juveniles to a secure location away from students and spectators and began an investigation. During the investigation, Cpl. Delozier located a loaded handgun on a 17-year-old male juvenile, from Mechanicsville.


The juvenile was arrested and transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center and charged as an adult with the following:

Carry and Possess a Handgun on School Property
Did Carry and Transport Loaded Handgun on Person
Wear and Carry a Dangerous Weapon-Conceal
Possession of Regulated Firearm- Individual Under 21
Disruption of School Activities

The juvenile remains incarcerated at the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center awaiting an appearance before the District Court Commissioner. Due to a recent change in Maryland law, the name and photograph of the juvenile will not be released until the court makes a finding at the waiver hearing to determine the jurisdiction of this incident.

This investigation is ongoing and the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office continues to collaborate with the St. Mary’s County Public Schools to ensure the safety and security of our students and staff.

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Disclaimer: In the U.S.A., all persons accused of a crime by the State are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. See: https://so.md/presumed-innocence. Additionally, all of the information provided above is solely from the perspective of the respective law enforcement agency and does not provide any direct input from the accused or persons otherwise mentioned. You can find additional information about the case by searching the Maryland Judiciary Case Search Database using the accused's name and date of birth. The database is online at https://so.md/mdcasesearch . Persons named who have been found innocent or not guilty of all charges in the respective case, and/or have had the case ordered expunged by the court can have their name, age, and city redacted by following the process defined at https://so.md/expungeme.

 

[BernieP]

Mechanicsville is strange zipcode. I think part of it goes to Leonardtown, the other part goes to Chopticon.
Be interesting to see who was playing Leonardtown. Because it sounds like this young man was expecting or looking for trouble.
Good job by the school staff and Cpl Delozier to nip it in the bud before anyone got hurt.

 

[Bonehead]

I hope they bury this little sh-t under the jail.

 

[Tech]

Mechanicsville is strange zipcode. I think part of it goes to Leonardtown, the other part goes to Chopticon.
Be interesting to see who was playing Leonardtown. Because it sounds like this young man was expecting or looking for trouble.
Good job by the school staff and Cpl Delozier to nip it in the bud before anyone got hurt.

Since Chopticon also released a statement, I'll go along it was them

 

[BernieP]

I hope they bury this little sh-t under the jail.

It's not just him, it's the attitude that every perceived slight requires retaliation
It requires a posse and at least one weapon, and as the saying goes, don't bring a knife to a gun fight.
Since "they" are under 18 they will probably get charged as a juvenile, receive the slap on the wrist and off they will go.
Frankly, sending them to prison or youth correctional facility will just make them a better hoodlum.
Our jails and prisons are well know for their "education" and indoctrination of the rookies.

We have to find a better way to teach them. Punishment is a lesson they need to learn, their is a consequence for your actions.
The age old question is how to do that and not just make them a better criminal, with even more anger.
I'm sure with modern technology we can come up with some sort of implant that can be used as a "reminder" to obey the rules.
Like a shock collar on a dog.