Does anyone have more information on the staff arrest at Forest Oak Middle School today?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:"Privately manufactured" = ghost gun

Great. So MCPS staff are carrying ghost guns too. It's not just the students.

Isn't this their 2nd amendment right as an American?

He can own it, but can't have it on school property.

He cannot own a ghost gun legally in Maryland: https://wtop.com/prince-georges-county/2024/04/ghost-guns-are-already-illegal-sharing-the-tech-and-instructions-behind-the-isnt-for-now/

If it was a legally manufactured and registered firearm, then what you are saying would be accurate. But ghost guns? No.

Technically you can still have a ghost gun if you register it. (No idea if this guy's was or not.)

https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/06/01/ghost-guns-must-be-registered-in-maryland-starting-wednesday/

Fair enough. But I'm willing to bet this staff member's ghost gun was not in fact registered.

[Anonymous]

How did they know? I hope it wasn't visible because any kid could have seen it and gone for it

[Anonymous]

Was this related to the BCC suicide threat?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was this related to the BCC suicide threat?

The incidents were more than 15 miles apart so no

[Anonymous]

MoCo 360 article with more details, confirming the staff member in question was the Building Services Manager: https://moco360.media/2024/04/17/forest-oak-middle-school-staffer-arrested-for-having-loaded-gun-on-campus/

A building service manager at Forest Oak Middle School in Gaithersburg was arrested Tuesday for allegedly having a loaded ghost gun on campus, the Gaithersburg Police Department said in a Wednesday release.

William Broadus Coleman, 30, of Washington, was charged with possession of a firearm, possession of a loaded handgun and possession of a dangerous weapon on school property, according to police.

On Tuesday, around 12:24 p.m., Gaithersburg Police Community Engagement Officers responded to the middle school at 651 Saybrooke Oaks Blvd. for the report of a staff member who possessed a firearm, the statement said. Officers approached Coleman and searched his vehicle, finding a loaded ghost gun, police said.

[Anonymous]

How did anyone know it was in his car? Did he tell someone?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Was this related to the BCC suicide threat?

The incidents were more than 15 miles apart so no

How do you know it was not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was this related to the BCC suicide threat?

The incidents were more than 15 miles apart so no

How do you know it was not?

Common sense? Why would a student suicide threat at a high school have anything to do with a middle school employee 15 miles away?

[Anonymous]

It almost sounds to me like a set-up. He gave permission to search his car. How would anyone know it was there?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It almost sounds to me like a set-up. He gave permission to search his car. How would anyone know it was there?!

You...you think someone planted a gun in his car and then called the police?

Oh boy....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It almost sounds to me like a set-up. He gave permission to search his car. How would anyone know it was there?!

I am curious how they knew too, sounds like they had to search the car to even find it

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It almost sounds to me like a set-up. He gave permission to search his car. How would anyone know it was there?!

You...you think someone planted a gun in his car and then called the police?

Oh boy....

Sounds like PP thinks it could happen. I do too. Doesn't mean that's the only explanation we believe. Something sparked that search and unless he had it sitting on the front seat, he had to give permission for the search with no warrant. (free lesson: NEVER CONSENT TO A SEARCH EVER. NEVER.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:WOW.

That sort of action should come with a lifetime ban of ever working in schools.

No such thing. Probation and then record expunged. All good.

Record expunged for an adult?

Why?

It is Maryland. They expunge all kinds of crimes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It almost sounds to me like a set-up. He gave permission to search his car. How would anyone know it was there?!

You...you think someone planted a gun in his car and then called the police?

Oh boy....

Sounds like PP thinks it could happen. I do too. Doesn't mean that's the only explanation we believe. Something sparked that search and unless he had it sitting on the front seat, he had to give permission for the search with no warrant. (free lesson: NEVER CONSENT TO A SEARCH EVER. NEVER.)

A simple Maryland case search provides you with his address. His address tells you the dude lives a bad neighborhood in DC. His apartment building looks like you’d expect in NE. He probably needs it for actual protection and simply forgot until he got
to school. Might have told a fellow employee who did the right thing in calling the police. “Oh sh*t, I left my gun in my car.” Occams razor, folks. Of course DCUM would go straight to conspiracy theories instead of using logic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Privately manufactured" = ghost gun

Great. So MCPS staff are carrying ghost guns too. It's not just the students.

Isn't this their 2nd amendment right as an American?

He can own it, but can't have it on school property.

He cannot own a ghost gun legally in Maryland: https://wtop.com/prince-georges-county/2024/04/ghost-guns-are-already-illegal-sharing-the-tech-and-instructions-behind-the-isnt-for-now/

If it was a legally manufactured and registered firearm, then what you are saying would be accurate. But ghost guns? No.

Technically you can still have a ghost gun if you register it. (No idea if this guy's was or not.)

https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/06/01/ghost-guns-must-be-registered-in-maryland-starting-wednesday/

A registered gun is no longer a ghost