By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
TWO students, aged 10, were arrested in connection with a gun and marijuana sold at their elementary school in Florida
Hendry County Sheriff’s Office, in a statement, said a deputy’s son agreed to exchange a handgun for a sum of $300 back in February.
NBC News reported that the Country Oaks Elementary School was placed under lockdown Wednesday morning after the sheriff’s office received a call about a suspicious incident on campus.
Stonix News learnt that authorities discovered ammunition in the backpack of the boy who purchased the gun.
According to investigators, the gun was later found in his backyard under a shed, hidden with a 74-gram bag of marijuana.
The gun was later found in his backyard under a shed, hidden with a 74-gram bag of marijuana.
The deputy’s son was charged with selling a firearm to a minor, unlawful possession of a firearm by a minor, possession of a firearm on school property and grand theft of a firearm.
The boy, identified as Carlos Santos Madrid, was charged with the purchase of a firearm by a minor, unlawful possession of a firearm by a minor, possession of a firearm on school property and possession of marijuana over 20 grams.
10-year-old Carlos Santos Madrid
The sheriff’s office revealed that the mother of the boy who sold the gun, also a Hendry County deputy, was placed on administrative leave pending an administrative inquiry.
Both students have been in the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice since their arrest.
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