A 10-year-old Florida girl faces felony weapons charges after bringing a small steak knife to school to cut up her lunch, according to a report on WFTV.com.
School officials say the Ocala 5th grader had brought a piece of steak for her lunch, and had brought a steak knife. According to the report, a couple of teachers took the utensil and called authorities, who arrested the girl and took her to the county’s juvenile assessment center.
"She did not use it inappropriately. She did not threaten anyone with it. She didn't pull it out and brandish it. Nothing of that nature," explained Marion County School Spokesman Kevin Christian, who added that it made no difference what the knife was being used for, they had no choice but to call police.
"Anytime there's a weapon on campus, yes, we have to report it and we aggressively report it because we don't want to take any chances, regardless," Christian said.
The girl now faces a felony charge for possessing a weapon on school property and has been suspended from school for 10 days. The parents of the girl could not be reached for comment, WFTV.com reported.
--------------------------What ever happen to intend? It sounds like this student was just using a utensil (aka tool) to eat her lunch. Yes, a steak knife can be a weapon.....but the majority of the time, steak knives are used to cut meat which would be difficult to consume otherwise.
While I agree that rules are rules are rules...facing a felony charge for using a lunch utensil seems pretty silly to me.
Sometimes I am glad that I am not a kid anymore.
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