Grand Rapids Public Schools banned backpacks earlier this month after a handgun was found on a student. The incident is the latest occurrence of a student taking a gun to an elementary school. The child abuse charge carries a penalty of up to one year in prison and the felony weapons charge carries a penalty of up to five years in prison. An arraignment date has not been announced. Wilson and Berkley are fully cooperative, Becker said. Becker declined to answer where the gun was located before the child obtained it. Winstrom said officials did not believe there were any threats of violence from the student.īecker said the gun was brought into the child's home and left in an area where he could access it. Chavez Elementary School in Grand Rapids, Michigan, confiscated an unloaded handgun from the second grader on May 3. Grand Rapids Police Department Chief Eric Winstrom said the weapon is believed to be stolen, and further charges are possible. The child's mother, Aubrey Wilson, is charged with fourth-degree child abuse, and Wilson's fiancé, Chelsea Berkley, is charged with one count of felony firearms possession, Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker said at a news conference Tuesday. Watch Video: Bulletproof backpacks on back-to-school shopping listsĭETROIT - Michigan officials have filed charges against a parent and one other individual after a seven-year-old boy brought an unloaded gun to an elementary school earlier this month, prosecutors said Tuesday.
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