An 11-year-old W.D. Richards Elementary School student has been charged with a misdemeanor in juvenile court regarding allegations he told classmates on a school bus that he was bringing a gun to school.
The boy was initially charged with a preliminary charge of Level 6 felony intimidation in the case, after Columbus police and school resource officers were called to the school Oct. 3 about the threat, police said.
A detention hearing was held Oct. 4 for the juvenile at the Bartholomew County Courthouse for the male sixth grader, who was accused of making the claim about the gun while riding the school bus.
A search turned up no weapon on the boy’s person or in his belongings, Columbus Police spokesman Lt. Matt Harris said earlier.
The detention hearing for the boy was closed on Oct. 4, and all remaining hearings will also be closed since the prosecutor’s office has decided to file the case as a misdemeanor.
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