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Two Teens Charged After School Officer’s Gun Goes Missing at Arlington Heights School

An internal affairs review is underway over the officer’s conduct.

Overview

  • Arlington Heights police charged 18-year-old Juan Pablo Sanchez Jaramillo and a 17-year-old on Wednesday, alleging the student took the gun from a school bathroom and handed it to the teen off campus, and Sanchez Jaramillo is due in court Thursday.
  • Detectives recovered a rail-mounted flashlight during a Tuesday night search warrant in a nearby community, but they have not found the handgun.
  • Forest View Educational Center reopened Wednesday with extra police on site following Tuesday’s class cancellation for safety checks.
  • Police put the school resource officer on leave and called the episode “unfortunate and embarrassing,” with an internal probe now examining how the weapon was left unattended.
  • Investigators are urging tips at 847-368-5300 as they work to locate a police-duty handgun that remains unaccounted for in the community.