Overview
- Deputies say a 15-year-old approached an 18-year-old in the school parking lot just before 3:30 p.m., asked for a vape, pointed a revolver-style handgun, and demanded the car, but the driver drove away.
- School administrators and the school resource officer identified the suspect after reviewing surveillance footage.
- A resident tip directed deputies to a home on the 300 block of Wildhaven in Monroe Township, where the teen was arrested.
- A search recovered a silver pellet gun that looked like a real firearm and a recently stolen vehicle from a nearby business.
- The teen is lodged at the Monroe County Youth Center, investigators believe he acted alone, and officials ask anyone with information to contact the Sheriff’s Office or Crime Stoppers.