Crime & Courts

SC Midlands high school student charged with having a knife on campus

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A 16-year old Columbia High School student has been charged after allegedly having a knife at school and making threats.

A school resource officer and school administrator saw the student threatening others in the hallway and acting as if he had a knife in his hand, according to a news release. The school administrators searched the student and found a knife in his pocket, according to the news release.

He was charged with having a weapon on school property. The student was taken to the juvenile wing of the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, according to the news release.

This story was originally published October 27, 2021 at 6:57 AM.

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Lucas Daprile
The State
Lucas Daprile has been covering the University of South Carolina and higher education since March 2018. Before working for The State, he graduated from Ohio University and worked as an investigative reporter at TCPalm in Stuart, FL. Lucas received several awards from the S.C. Press Association, including for education beat reporting, series of articles and enterprise reporting. Support my work with a digital subscription
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